9-letter words containing j, a
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jackanape — Of or pertaining to a jackanapes.
- jackasses — Plural form of jackass.
- jackboots — Plural form of jackboot.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackshaft — Also called countershaft. a short shaft, connected by belting, gears, etc., that transmits motion from a motor or engine to a machine or machines being driven (distinguished from main shaft).
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jackstaff — A short flagpole at a ship’s bow, on which a jack is flown.
- jackstays — Plural form of jackstay.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jacobinic — Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jactation — boasting; bragging.
- jaculator — a person who hurls or throws
- jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jagannath — Hinduism. a name of Krishna or Vishnu.
- jaghirdar — a person who holds a jaghire
- jail bait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jail cell — a small room in a jail where a prisoner is kept
- jail-bait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbaits — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jaileress — a female jailer
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jalalabad — a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)
- jalandhar — a city in N Punjab, in NW India.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- jalousies — Plural form of jalousie.
- jam today — the principle of living for the moment
- jambalaya — a dish of Creole origin, consisting of rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, herbs, spices, and vegetables, especially tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
- jamborees — Plural form of jamboree.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- james bay — the S arm of Hudson Bay, in E Canada between Ontario and Quebec provinces. 300 miles (483 km) long; 160 miles (258 km) wide.
- james iii — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- james vii — title as king of Scotland of James II of England and Ireland
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.