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14-letter words containing n, j

  • injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
  • inkjet printer — a high-speed typing or printing process in which charged droplets of ink issuing from nozzles are directed onto paper under computer control.
  • interjectional — Being or pertaining to an interjection.
  • jack-in-office — a self-important petty official
  • jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
  • jacking engine — an engine for moving an idle reciprocating engine or turbine to permit inspection and repairs.
  • jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
  • jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • jacques necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
  • jamaica ginger — an alcoholic extract of ginger used as a flavoring.
  • james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
  • james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
  • japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
  • japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
  • japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
  • japanese maple — a small, graceful maple tree, Acer palmatum, of Korea and Japan, having small, purple flowers, the foliage turning bright red in autumn.
  • japanese paper — paper of a high rag content, used for woodcuts, engravings, etc.
  • japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
  • jardin anglais — a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting.
  • jean e. sammet — (person)   Author of several surveys of early programming languages, refererred to in many entries in this dictionary. E-mail: [email protected] Relevant publications include:
  • jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
  • jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • jerkwater town — a small unimportant town
  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • jesuits' resin — an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
  • jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • jeune premiere — the female juvenile lead in a play or movie.
  • jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
  • jewel neckline — a plain, slightly rounded neckline without a collar, as on a dress or sweater
  • jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • john atanasoff — John Vincent Atanasoff
  • john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
  • john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
  • john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
  • john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
  • john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
  • john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
  • johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
  • johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
  • joint compound — a plasterlike material used to cover joints or the heads of screws in drywall or plasterboard.
  • joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
  • joint passport — a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
  • jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
  • journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
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