11-letter words containing y, j
- judiciously — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- jump jockey — A jump jockey is someone who rides horses in races such as steeplechases, where the horses have to jump over obstacles.
- juridically — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- jury system — a legal system used to determine the facts in a lawsuit
- jury-rigged — Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- karl jansky — Karl Guthe, 1905–50, U.S. engineer: pioneer in radio astronomy.
- major party — a political party with enough electoral strength to periodically gain control of the government or to effectively oppose the party in power.
- narayanganj — a port in SE Bangladesh, SE of Dacca.
- objectively — 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.
- objectivity — the state or quality of being objective: He tries to maintain objectivity in his judgment.
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- over-joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- overenjoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overenjoy.
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- rajahmundry — a city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River.
- rajya sabha — the upper house of parliament in India.
- rejectingly — in a rejecting way or manner
- rejoicingly — in a rejoicing or exultant manner
- royal jelly — a viscous substance secreted from the pharyngeal glands of worker honeybees, fed to all larvae during their first few days and afterward only to those larvae selected to be queens.
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- tukey, john — John Tukey
- unenjoyable — giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure: a very enjoyable film.
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- william joy — (person) (Bill Joy) Author of the C shell and vi, he was also one of the people at the University of California at Berkeley responsible for the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix. He also wrote a book on Unix. He was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he is still (1997) Vice-President of Research. Among his many projects for Sun have been helping to design the Network File System and the SPARC architechture. See also dinosaur.
- ye jianying — 1898–1986, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1971–78.
- yellow jack — Informal. quarantine flag.