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13-letter words containing u, n, j

  • joint-venture — to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.
  • journal entry — sth written in a diary
  • journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
  • juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
  • juan de onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
  • judah ha-nasi — Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgment debt — Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court of law.
  • judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
  • juggling eggs — Keeping a lot of state in your head while modifying a program. "Don't bother me now, I'm juggling eggs", means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's being scrambled. In the classic first-contact SF novel "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien describes a very difficult task by saying "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity." See also hack mode.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • jumping genes — transposon.
  • jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • junction city — a city in NE Kansas.
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • junior doctor — a doctor in postgraduate training
  • junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
  • junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
  • jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
  • jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
  • jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
  • jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
  • jus canonicum — canon law.
  • jus sanguinis — the principle that the country of nationality of a child is that of the country of nationality of the parents.
  • just a minute — wait, stop
  • just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
  • justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
  • 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.
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • 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.
  • mutt and jeff — a very short and a very tall person who are paired as companions, teammates, or associates.
  • new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • non-juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
  • nonconjugated — not conjugated
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