12-letter words containing y, n
- jelly fungus — any of various fungi of the order Tremellales, distinguished by gelatinous basidiocarp.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- johnny house — Johnny (def 3).
- johnson city — a city in NE Tennessee.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- 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
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kernel style — K&R style
- keystone kop — Usually, Keystone Kops. (in early silent movies) a team of comic policemen noted for their slapstick routines.
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- kidney donor — someone who donates one of their kidneys to be transplanted into another person
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lallygagging — Present participle of lallygag.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.