15-letter words containing s, j, a
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- 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.
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- 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.
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- sammet, jean e. — Jean E. Sammet
- san jacinto day — a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
- special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
- traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
- trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- west coast jazz — cool jazz.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.