8-letter words containing j, a, c
- jafaican — a dialect of English spoken in London, with marked Jamaican influences
- jam-pack — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- jamaican — of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
- jararaca — A species of venomous snake found in South America, Bothrops jararaca.
- 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.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jerrican — Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jig back — an inclined cable tramway with two cars that are connected in such a way that as one goes up the other comes down.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- judicare — a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to the poor.
- judicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- justicia — any of numerous plants and shrubs of the genus Justicia, which includes the shrimp plant and water willow.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- majestic — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majolica — Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
- majorcan — a native or inhabitant of Majorca
- man jack — a single individual (in the phrases every man jack, no man jack)
- maracuja — A passion fruit.
- minijack — A small jack (electrical connector).
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- rejacket — a new covering or jacket, esp for a book
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- skipjack — any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- slapjack — a simple card game.
- stickjaw — a food item that is difficult to chew such as toffee
- the jack — venereal disease
- whackjob — (colloquial, pejorative) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whipjack — a beggar imitating a distressed sailor