11-letter words containing s, j
- joint stool — a low wood stool having turned legs with all parts joined by a mortise joint.
- jointedness — The state or condition of being jointed.
- jointresses — Plural form of jointress.
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- josephinite — a mineral alloy of nickel and iron
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
- journalists — Plural form of journalist.
- joylessness — The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy; unjoy.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- judicatures — Plural form of judicature.
- judiciaries — Plural form of judiciary.
- judiciously — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
- julian alps — a range of the Alps in NW Slovenia. Highest peak, Mt. Triglav, 9394 feet (2863 meters).
- julius raab — Julius, 1891–1964, Austrian engineer and statesman: chancellor of Austria 1953–61.
- jumble sale — rummage sale.
- jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
- jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- junior miss — a teenage girl, especially a subdebutante.
- jury system — a legal system used to determine the facts in a lawsuit
- jus divinum — divine law.
- jus gentium — 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)
- jus naturae — law of nature; natural law
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- justiceable — Liable to trial in a court of justice.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- justiciable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- justifiable — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- justinian i — (Flavius Anicius Justinianus"Justinian the Great") a.d. 483–565, Byzantine emperor 527–565.
- juvenescent — being or becoming youthful; young.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karl jansky — Karl Guthe, 1905–50, U.S. engineer: pioneer in radio astronomy.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- mess jacket — a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now especially as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.
- misadjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misjoinders — Plural form of misjoinder.
- misjudgment — An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
- most-jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- multijugous — having several pairs, especially pairs of leaflets; multijugate
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- nondisjunct — Not disjunct.
- object lens — objective (def 3).
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- objectifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of objectify.