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12-letter words containing s, j, a

  • jay's treaty — the agreement in 1794 between England and the U.S. by which limited trade relations were established, England agreed to give up its forts in the northwestern frontier, and a joint commission was set up to settle border disputes.
  • 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.
  • jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
  • jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
  • jeopardously — with risk or peril
  • jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
  • jesus freaks — a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people) originating in the early 1970s and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings.
  • jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • 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.
  • jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
  • joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
  • johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
  • johnsongrass — a tall perennial sorghum widely used as forage
  • joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
  • joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
  • journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
  • jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
  • jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
  • junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
  • juristic act — a proceeding designed to have a legal effect
  • juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
  • jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
  • just as well — fortunate
  • just because — for the sole reason that
  • just in case — if it should happen that
  • justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
  • justinian ii — 669–711 ad, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11). Banished (695) after a revolt against his oppressive rule, he regained the throne with the help of the Bulgars. He was killed in a second revolt
  • justinianian — of or relating to Justinian I or the Byzantine dynasty (a.d. 518–610) named after him.
  • juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
  • lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
  • lese majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • lèse-majesté — a crime against the sovereign; offense against a ruler's dignity as head of the state; treason
  • lese-majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • leze majesty — lese majesty (def 1).
  • majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
  • majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
  • major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
  • maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
  • mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
  • misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
  • nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
  • not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
  • object glass — objective (def 3).
  • over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
  • port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
  • pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
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