10-letter words containing j, a
- james espy — James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- james watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- jana sangh — a political party in India from 1951 to 1977; in 1977 it merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party. After the Janata Party split in 1980, it re-formed as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- janesville — a city in S Wisconsin.
- janet reno — Janet, 1938–2016, U.S. lawyer: first woman U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001.
- janitorial — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- japanese's — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- japanesque — having a Japanese style.
- jardiniere — an ornamental receptacle or stand for holding plants, flowers, etc.
- jargonized — Simple past tense and past participle of jargonize.
- jaruzelski — Wojciech (Witold) [voi-chekh vee-tawld] /ˈvɔɪ tʃɛx ˈvi tɔld/ (Show IPA), 1923–2014, Polish general and political leader: prime minister 1981–85; president 1989–90.
- jasperated — Containing particles of jasper, mixed with jasper.
- jasperware — a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jaundicing — Present participle of jaundice.
- jauntiness — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- java 2 sdk — Java 2 Software Development Kit
- java finch — a finchlike weaverbird, Padda oryzivora, of southeastern Asia, having gray plumage tinged with pink on the belly, often kept as a cage bird.
- javascript — Alternative capitalization of JavaScript.
- javelineer — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jawbreaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jayawijaya — a range in E central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4750 meters).
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jazz hands — a movement in modern dance in which a performer shakes both hands rapidly with the palms facing forwards and the fingers extended
- jazz-dance — to perform jazz dance.
- jazzercise — vigorous dancing done to jazz dance music as an exercise for physical fitness.
- jazzpeople — Plural form of jazzperson.
- jazzperson — A jazz musician.
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- jean blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- jean genet — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–86, French playwright and novelist.
- jean morel — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1903–75, French orchestra conductor.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jedding ax — a stonemason's ax, similar to a kevel, having a head with one flat and one pointed face.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jelly baby — soft gelatine sweet
- jelly bean — candy: small chewy sweet
- jelly bear — a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a bear in shape
- jelly coat — an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of sperm to the ovum; fertilizin.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jenga code — (humour, programming) A style of programming which results in the whole thing collapsing when you touch a single block of code. Named after the game where players try to remove wooden blocks from a tower without it falling down. Also known as Crispy Noodle Code.
- jentacular — Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.