9-letter words containing a, l
- joe blake — a snake
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- jollyboat — Alternative form of jolly boat.
- joviality — the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity.
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- jubilated — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- jubilatio — jubilus.
- judgeable — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judicable — capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- junctural — of or relating to phonological juncture.
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- jyvaskyla — a city in S central Finland.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- kabillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- kabloonas — Plural form of kabloona.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kajillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- kala-azar — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kali yuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- kalispell — a city in NW Montana.
- kallithea — a city in E Greece, a suburb of Athens.
- kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kaolinite — a very common mineral, hydrated aluminum disilicate, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 , formed by the alteration of other minerals, especially feldspar: the most common constituent of kaolin.
- kaolinize — to convert (minerals containing kaolinite) into kaolin by weathering.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- kapok oil — a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.
- karl marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- karlfeldt — Erik Axel [ey-rik ahk-suh l] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1864–1931, Swedish poet: Nobel Prize posthumously 1931.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- katalyses — catalysis.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- kathakali — a form of dance drama of S India using mime and based on Hindu literature