7-letter words containing j, a
- jacktar — (British) Nickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.
- jacobin — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jaconet — a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.
- jacques — a male given name, French form of Jacob or James.
- jacuzzi — A hot tub with underwater jets that massage the body.
- jadedly — In a jaded manner.
- jadeite — a mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSi 2 O 6 , usually fibrous, occurring in compact masses, whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- jadetex — (text, tool) A program which uses TeX as a back-end for producing DVI (or PDF) printable output from James' DSSSL Engine.
- jaditic — relating to jadeite
- jadrool — (slang, US, Italian American) a loser; a bum.
- jaegers — Plural form of jaeger.
- jaffles — Plural form of jaffle.
- jagatai — Chagatai.
- jagello — a member of a dynasty ruling in Bohemia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland in the 14th to 16th centuries.
- jaggedy — (informal) jagged.
- jaggers — Plural form of jagger.
- jaggery — a coarse, dark sugar, especially that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.
- jaggier — Comparative form of jaggy.
- jaggies — aliasing.
- jagging — a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
- jaghire — Alternative spelling of jaghir.
- jagless — producing no intoxication from drugs or alcohol
- jaguars — Plural form of jaguar.
- jahvism — Yahwism.
- jahvist — Yahwist.
- jahwism — the worship of Yahweh or the religious system based on such worship.
- jailers — Plural form of jailer.
- jailing — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- jainism — a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century b.c. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, especially through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living creatures.
- jakarta — East Indies (def 1).
- jalapin — a resin that is one of the purgative principles of jalap.
- jalebis — Plural form of jalebi.
- jalisco — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- jalouse — (Scotland) To suspect.
- jam jar — a glass container used for jam, a sweet preserve or jelly containing fruit, which has been boiled with sugar until the mixture sets
- jam nut — lock nut (def 2).
- jamadar — Alternative spelling of jemadar.
- jamaica — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- jambeau — Armor. greave.
- jambeux — (historical) mediaeval armour for the legs below the knees.
- jambier — a greave
- jambiya — an Arabian knife having a curved, double-edged blade, usually with a central rib.
- jambone — a lone hand in euchre that is played while a player's cards are exposed on the table
- jamdani — a type of fine, patterned muslin made in Bangladesh
- james i — 1566–1625, king of England and Ireland 1603–25; as James VI, king of Scotland 1567–1625 (son of Mary Stuart).
- james v — 1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son of James IV
- jameson — Sir Leander Starr [stahr] /stɑr/ (Show IPA), ("Doctor Jameson") 1853–1917, Scottish physician and statesman: colonial administrator in South Africa.
- jamison — Judith, born 1943, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- jamlike — similar to jam