8-letter words containing e, j, a
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jambeaux — Plural form of jambeau.
- jamboree — a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
- james ii — 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.
- jammable — capable of being jammed
- jampanee — a bearer of a jampan
- jane doe — a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a female party whose true name is not known.
- japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- japanize — to make Japanese or Japaneselike, as in design, culture, or usability; imbue with Japanese characteristics: working on a project to Japanize an American software program.
- japanned — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japanner — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jaredite — (in Mormon belief) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- jauntier — Comparative form of jaunty.
- java sea — a sea between Java and Borneo.
- javanese — of or relating to the island of Java, its people, or their language.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- jaxartes — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1300 miles (2100 km) long.
- jazerant — a coat of armour composed of metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jazz age — the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jazziest — Superlative form of jazzy.
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- jealouse — to suspect
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jeanette — a light jean cloth
- jehangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jellabas — Plural form of jellaba.
- jemadars — Plural form of jemadar.
- jemappes — a town in SW Belgium, near Mons: French victory over Austrians 1792.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.