15-letter words containing n, a, j
- jnt association — (company) A non-profit company funded by the UK's advisory committee to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone. In 1970, the United Kingdom Computer Board commissioned Professor Mike Wells to report on UK university networking. As a result, on 1976-11-01, the Network Unit was created which in turn led to the creation in 1979 of a full-time Joint Network Team (JNT) and in 1982 to the creation of JANET. On 1993-12-10, the JNT Association was formed to develop and manage JANET for the education and research community.
- job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- johne's disease — a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
- joint agreement — a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- juan del encina — Juan del [hwahn del] /ʰwɑn dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1468?-1529? Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- just intonation — a system of tuning based on the pure perfect fifth and major third.
- justifiableness — Justifiability.
- juvenal plumage — the first plumage of birds, composed of contour feathers, which in certain species follows the naked nestling stage and in other species follows the molt of natal down.
- juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- majoritarianism — rule by a majority, especially the belief that those constituting a simple majority should make the rules for all members of a group, nation, etc.
- mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
- middelmannetjie — (South Africa) Ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- navajo mountain — a solitary dome-shaped mountain in SE Utah. 10,388 feet (3168 meters).
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- non-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language) A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- personal injury — injury to an individual
- petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- pictorial janus — K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
- pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
- prajna-paramita — a series of sutras dealing with the perfection of wisdom: systematized by the Madhyamikas.
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- project manager — sb who oversees project plan
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- ramjet (engine) — a jet engine, without moving parts, in which the air for oxidizing the fuel is continuously compressed by being rammed into the inlet by the high velocity of the aircraft