8-letter words containing j, a
- fujisawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, S of Tokyo.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- fujiyama — a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 feet (3778 meters).
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- gem jade — transparent jadeite of gem quality; a true jade.
- gray jay — a gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis, of northern North America, noted for its boldness in stealing food from houses, traps, camps, etc.
- gujarati — an Indic language of western India.
- hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hot jazz — jazz which is extremely emotionally intense and features a lot of improvisation
- in a jam — in, into a difficult situation
- iwo jima — one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968.
- j'accuse — any strong denunciation
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- jabalpur — a city in central Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- jabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of jabber.
- jabberer — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- jaboatao — a city in E Brazil, W of Recife.
- jacamars — Plural form of jacamar.
- jacinthe — a yellowish orange
- jack oak — the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.
- jack off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jack tar — a sailor.
- jack-off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack-tar — a sailor.
- jackaroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackatar — a Newfoundland native of mixed French and Amerindian descent.
- jackboot — a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jacketed — Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- jackstay — a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- jackyard — a small, inclined spar upholding the head of a quadrangular gaff topsail similar in form to a lugsail.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (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.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.