12-letter words containing p, j
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- morris jesup — Cape, a cape of N Greenland, on the Arctic Ocean, 440 miles (710 km) from the North Pole: northernmost land point in the world.
- p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
- pajama party — slumber party.
- pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- pot marjoram — oregano.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- puffa jacket — a warm quilted and padded jacket
- pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
- quantum jump — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
- sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
- shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- sloppy joe's — a sandwich of ground beef cooked in a spicy tomato or barbecue sauce and usually served on a bun.
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- soup du jour — the soup featured by a restaurant on a particular day.
- special jury — struck jury.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- stephen jobs — (person) Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955). The co-founder and ex-president of Apple Computer, leader of the team that produced the Macintosh. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of Smalltalk at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first Macintosh was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as insanely great. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded Next, Inc.. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also lithium lick, Mathematica.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- unprejudiced — not prejudiced; without preconception; unbiased; impartial: the unprejudiced view of the judge.