8-letter words containing j, a
- japanize — to make Japanese or Japaneselike, as in design, culture, or usability; imbue with Japanese characteristics: working on a project to Japanize an American software program.
- japanned — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japanner — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jararaca — A species of venomous snake found in South America, Bothrops jararaca.
- jaredite — (in Mormon belief) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- jauntier — Comparative form of jaunty.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jaunting — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- java fig — a small tree, Ficus benjamina, of the mulberry family, native to southeastern Asia and Australia, having drooping branches and glossy leaves: widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- java man — the fossil remains of Homo erectus found in Java.
- java sea — a sea between Java and Borneo.
- javanese — of or relating to the island of Java, its people, or their language.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- jaw harp — jew's-harp
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- jaxartes — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1300 miles (2100 km) long.
- jayapura — the W part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. About 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). Capital: Jayapura.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- jaywalks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk.
- jazerant — a coat of armour composed of metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jazz age — the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.
- jazz mag — a pornographic magazine
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jazziest — Superlative form of jazzy.
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- jealouse — to suspect
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jeanette — a light jean cloth
- jehangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jellabas — Plural form of jellaba.
- jemadars — Plural form of jemadar.
- jemappes — a town in SW Belgium, near Mons: French victory over Austrians 1792.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.