9-letter words containing j, a, r, e
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- jobstears — (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
- jug-eared — having ears (jug ears) that stick out from the head resembling the way that a handle sticks out from a jug
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- jusserand — Jean (Adrien Antoine) Jules [zhahn a-dree-ahn ahn-twan zhyl] /ʒɑ̃ a driˈɑ̃ ɑnˈtwan ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, French diplomat, historian, and essayist.
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- kharijite — a member of an ultraconservative, sometimes fanatical, sect emphasizing the importance of strict adherence to Muslim principles of conduct, and advocating the killing of anyone seriously violating those principles.
- lehrjahre — an apprenticeship
- lower jaw — the mandible or lower part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the lower jaw is fused to the cranium and the upper jaw
- major key — a key whose essential harmony is based on the major scale.
- majorette — drum majorette.
- mary jane — marijuana. Abbreviation: MJ.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- re-adjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- reykjavik — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- serjeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
- soerabaja — Dutch name of Surabaya.
- trijugate — having three pairs of leaflets.
- unabjured — not denied or renounced
- upper jaw — the maxilla or upper part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the upper jaw is fused to the cranium and the lower jaw (mandible)
- wapperjaw — Informal. a projecting underjaw.
- waterjets — Plural form of waterjet.