15-letter words containing j
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- 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.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- 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.
- solid injection — injection of fuel into an internal-combustion engine without an air blast.
- special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
- st.-john's-wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
- 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
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- 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.
- trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
- traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
- trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
- trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
- 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
- well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
- west coast jazz — cool jazz.
- 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.