8-letter words containing j, a, d
- jemadars — Plural form of jemadar.
- 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.
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- jihadeen — jihadists
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jihadist — a jihadi.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- 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.
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- jumada i — the fifth month of the Muslim year
- junagadh — a town in India, in Gujarat: noted for its Buddhist caves and temples. Pop: 168 686 (2001)
- junk dna — DNA that consists of repeated sequences of nucleotide and has no apparent function
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkyard — a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.
- khadijah — 554–619 ad, the first wife of the Prophet Mohammed, regarded as the first convert to Islam
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- mujtahid — a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.
- ndjamena — Lake, a lake in Africa at the junction of four countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. 5000 to 10,000 sq. mi. (13,000 to 26,000 sq. km) (seasonal variation).
- nonjaded — Not jaded; fresh.
- ondaatje — Michael. born 1943, Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer: his works include the poetry collection There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do (1979), the Booker-prizewinning novel The English Patient (1992, filmed 1997), Anil's Ghost (2000), and Divisadero (2007)
- pajamaed — wearing pajamas
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- sjælland — Zealand
- un-jaded — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- zidkijah — Zedekiah (def 1).