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16-letter words containing j

  • adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
  • adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
  • adjutant general — a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions
  • akiba ben joseph — a.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based.
  • alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
  • average adjuster — a person who calculates average claims, esp for marine insurance
  • blue-ribbon jury — a jury composed of persons having more than ordinary education and presumably exceptional intelligence and perceptiveness, selected by the court on the motion of plaintiff or defendant to try cases of unusual complexity or importance.
  • bring to justice — to capture, try, and usually punish (a criminal, an outlaw, etc)
  • brother jonathan — the United States or its people: predecessor of Uncle Sam
  • ceske budejovice — a city in the S Czech Republic, on the Vltava (Moldau) River. Pop: 94 747 (2007 est)
  • cherries jubilee — a dessert of dark sweet cherries served in a flaming brandy sauce over vanilla ice cream
  • churidar pyjamas — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
  • company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
  • compromise joint — a joint for linking together rails having different sections.
  • conic projection — a map projection on which the earth is shown as projected onto a cone with its apex over one of the poles and with parallels of latitude radiating from this apex
  • consent judgment — a judgment settled and agreed to by the parties to the action. Compare consent decree (def 2).
  • conservative jew — a Jew who adheres for the most part to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism with the reservation that, taking into account contemporary conditions, certain modifications or rejections are permissible.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • court of justice — a legal court
  • creeping juniper — a prostrate central North American shrub, Juniperus horizontalis, of the cypress family, of central North America, having bluish-green or gray-blue leaves and blue fruit, growing well in sandy, rocky soil.
  • criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
  • cut of one's jib — one's appearance or way of dressing
  • dear john letter — a letter from someone (esp to a man) breaking off a love affair
  • digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
  • direct injection — Direct injection is a diesel engine injection system in which the fuel is injected directly into the engine cylinder.
  • eyjafjallajökull — a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano. The volcano’s eruption in 2010 resulted in large high-altitude clouds of volcanic ash that caused major disruption to European passenger air traffic. Height: 1666 m (5466 ft)
  • foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
  • francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
  • franz josef land — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.
  • front projection — a display system that projects an enlarged television picture on the front surface of a reflective screen.
  • generation jones — members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s
  • grapefruit juice — nectar of the grapefruit
  • gutierrez najera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), ("El Duque Job") 1859–95, Mexican poet, short-story writer, and editor.
  • half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.
  • hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
  • high court judge — a judge who sits in the High Court
  • hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
  • ink-jet printing — a high-speed typing or printing process in which charged droplets of ink issuing from nozzles are directed onto paper under computer control.
  • j. random hacker — (jargon)   /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
  • jabir ibn hayyan — (Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
  • jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
  • jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
  • jacques cousteauJacques Yves [zhahk eev] /ʒɑk iv/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, French naval officer, author, and underseas explorer: developed the Aqua-Lung.
  • jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
  • james oglethorpeJames Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
  • janet ip service — (networking)   (JIPS) Joint Academic NETwork Internet Protocol. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • japanese anemone — an eastern Asian plant, Anemone hupehensis, of the buttercup family, having purplish or reddish flowers and grown widely in gardens.
  • japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red
  • japanese gelatin — agar (def 1).

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