8-letter words containing j, a, e
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- jerrican — Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- jerseyan — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jet boat — a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- jihadeen — jihadists
- 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).
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- joe soap — a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat
- johannes — a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century.
- joinable — That can be joined.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- 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.
- jugulate — to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- majestic — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majestie — Archaic form of majesty.
- majlises — Plural form of majlis.
- marjorie — a feminine name
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- naartjie — (South Africa) Citrus reticulata, (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
- nartjies — Plural form of nartjie.
- 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)
- open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
- pajamaed — wearing pajamas
- pejorate — to change for the worse
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- rejacket — a new covering or jacket, esp for a book
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- san josé — a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Capital: San José.
- sarajevo — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo.
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- serajevo — Sarajevo.