12-letter words containing u, n, j
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- johnny house — Johnny (def 3).
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- joint return — a U.S. income-tax return reporting the combined income of a married couple.
- joint runner — (in plumbing) incombustible materials for packing a joint to be caulked with lead.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jump the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping gene — transposon.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- jungle juice — moonshine: home-made alcohol
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- junk science — faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- jury-rigging — the act of setting something up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
- 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 in case — if it should happen that
- just in time — Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. Abbreviation: JIT.
- just-in-time — dynamic translation
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- 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.
- juvenescence — being or becoming youthful; young.
- juvenilizing — Present participle of juvenilize.