8-letter words containing j, a
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- jerrican — Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- jerseyan — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jet boat — a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jhabvala — Ruth Prawer, original name Ruth Prawer. 1927–2013, British writer living in India and the US, born in Germany to Polish parents: author of the Booker-prizewinning novel Heat and Dust (1975) and scripts for films by James Ivory
- jiantizi — Alternative spelling of Jiantizi.
- jiaozhou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jig back — an inclined cable tramway with two cars that are connected in such a way that as one goes up the other comes down.
- jigaboos — Plural form of jigaboo.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- jihadeen — jihadists
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jihadist — a jihadi.
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- jingbang — (colloquial, chiefly, Scotland) thing, lot, shebang.
- jipijapa — Also called Panama-hat plant. a tropical American, palmlike plant, Carludovica palmata.
- job bank — a data file or agency for matching persons seeking work with suitable job openings.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- joe soap — a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- johannes — a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century.
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- joinable — That can be joined.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- jonathan — a son of Saul and friend of David. I Sam. 18–20.
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- journall — Obsolete form of journal.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- jovially — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.