13-letter words containing s, j
- justice court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- justificative — Justificatory.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- juxtaposition — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtoposition — Misspelling of juxtaposition.
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- knox-johnston — Sir Robin (William Robert Patrick). born 1939, British yachtsman. He was the first to sail round the world alone nonstop (1968–69)
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- major release — (programming) A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
- maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
- measuring jug — a graduated jug used in cooking to measure ingredients
- misadjustment — Wrong or unsuitable adjustment.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
- mosbolletjies — Plural form of mosbolletjie.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- nullius juris — (especially in old English law) of no legal force.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- object lesson — a practical or concrete illustration of a principle.
- object pascal — (language) An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
- objectiveness — 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.
- objectivistic — Of or pertaining to objectivism.
- objectivities — Plural form of objectivity.
- passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- plus juncture — open juncture.
- postinjection — the act of injecting.
- projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
- rejuvenescent — becoming young again.
- right-justify — If printed text is right-justified, each line finishes at the same distance from the right-hand edge of the page or column.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
- safari jacket — bush jacket.
- san juan hill — a hill in SE Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba: captured by U.S. forces in battle during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scissors jack — a horizontal screw that raises or lowers a hinged, diamond-shaped frame.