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9-letter words containing j, a, e

  • jack pine — a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.
  • jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
  • jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
  • jackanape — Of or pertaining to a jackanapes.
  • jackasses — Plural form of jackass.
  • jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
  • jackknife — a large pocketknife.
  • jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
  • jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
  • jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
  • jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
  • jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
  • jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
  • jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
  • jail cell — a small room in a jail where a prisoner is kept
  • jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
  • jaileress — a female jailer
  • jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
  • jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
  • jalousies — Plural form of jalousie.
  • jamborees — Plural form of jamboree.
  • jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
  • jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
  • james bay — the S arm of Hudson Bay, in E Canada between Ontario and Quebec provinces. 300 miles (483 km) long; 160 miles (258 km) wide.
  • james iii — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
  • james vii — title as king of Scotland of James II of England and Ireland
  • jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
  • jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
  • jan mayen — a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Norway: a possession of Norway. 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km).
  • jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
  • jane eyre — a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontë.
  • janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
  • janjaweed — an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan
  • jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
  • japanners — Plural form of japanner.
  • jargoneer — a user of jargon
  • jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
  • jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
  • jarlsberg — a hard mild-tasting yellow-coloured cheese with holes in it
  • jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
  • jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
  • jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
  • jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
  • jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
  • jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
  • jaundiced — affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.
  • jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
  • javabeans — (programming)   A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans". JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe. JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).
  • javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
  • jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
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