12-letter words containing o, j, i
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jeffersonite — (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- jk flip-flop — (hardware) An edge triggered SR flip-flop with extra logic such that only one of the R and S inputs is enabled at any time. This prevents a race condition which can occur when both inputs of an RS flip-flop are active at the same time. In a JK flip-flop the R and S inputs are renamed J and K. The set input (J) is only enabled when the flip-flop is reset and K when it is set. If both J and K inputs are held active then the outputs will change ("togle") on each falling edge of the clock. JK flip-flops can be used to build a binary counter with a reset input.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
- job rotation — the practice of transferring an employee from one work station or activity to another during the working day in order to add variety to a job: often used in assembly line work
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- jodo shinshu — the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- jogging shoe — an athletic shoe designed to be worn while jogging.
- jogging suit — an outfit consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt, used while exercising or as sportswear.
- john bircher — Bircher.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- johnson city — a city in NE Tennessee.
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- joint return — a U.S. income-tax return reporting the combined income of a married couple.
- joint runner — (in plumbing) incombustible materials for packing a joint to be caulked with lead.
- joint tenant — one of two or more persons who hold property in joint tenancy.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- joliot-curie — Irène [ee-ren] /iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), (Irène Curie) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- joy, william — William Joy
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- kigoma-ujiji — a city composed of two merged towns in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: Stanley found Livingstone in Ujiji 1871.
- labia majora — female genitals: outer folds of skin