15-letter words containing u, j
- pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- pulsejet engine — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- 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.
- quintec-objects — Based on Quintec Prolog (not Quintus). British.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
- 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 pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- 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
- the jury is out — If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
- to jump for joy — If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
- to jump the gun — If you jump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- unobjectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- unobjectionably — without objection
- western juniper — a round-headed tree, Juniperus occidentalis, of the western coast of the U.S., having scalelike leaves with a gland on the back and oval, blue-black fruit.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.