10-letter words containing j, b
- jailbait's — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbreaks — Plural form of jailbreak.
- jailbroken — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jawbreaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jean blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jelly baby — soft gelatine sweet
- jelly bean — candy: small chewy sweet
- jelly bear — a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a bear in shape
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jerrybuild — To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
- jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- jervis bay — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia, in Jervis Bay Territory on the coast of S New South Wales: regarded for some purposes as part of the Australian Capital Territory: site of the Royal Australian Naval College
- jib-headed — (of a sail) pointed at the top or head
- jitterbugs — Plural form of jitterbug.
- job action — any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.
- job centre — In Britain, a job centre is a place where people who are looking for work can go to get advice on finding a job, and to look at advertisements placed by people who are looking for new employees.
- job hopper — a person who job-hops
- job market — the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.
- job seeker — a person who is actively looking for employment.
- job setter — a worker who readies or adjusts machinery for tooling on the production line.
- job ticket — a slip or card accompanying a job order and used for giving instructions or for recording time spent on the work.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- jobseekers — Plural form of jobseeker.
- jobsworths — Plural form of jobsworth.
- jockey box — a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- joe bloggs — an average or typical man
- joe public — also Joe Bloggs; US = John Q. Public
- john cabot — John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- jojoba oil — a valuable oil extracted from the seeds of the jojoba that is used in cosmetics
- jolly boat — a light boat carried at the stern of a sailing vessel.
- jollyboats — Plural form of jollyboat.
- jonah crab — a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.
- joy buzzer — a device used for a practical joke with a handshake, concealed in the palm of the hand and producing a buzzing sound and an unpleasant vibrating sensation when it is pressed against the victim's hand.
- jubbulpore — Jabalpur.
- jubilantly — With jubilation or triumph.
- jubilarian — a person who celebrates or has celebrated a jubilee, as a nun observing 25 or more years of religious life.
- jubilating — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilation — a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation: Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judder bar — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to reduce speeding
- judiciable — judicable.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jumblingly — in a jumbling or tumultuous manner
- jumbo loan — a loan that exceeds the standard maximum amount offered by a financial institution
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- jumbo-boom — a very large person, animal, or thing.
- jumbotrons — Plural form of jumbotron.
- junk bonds — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.