9-letter words containing j, d
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- jacaranda — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- jack cade — Jack, died 1450, English rebel during the reign of Henry VI, based in Kent.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jaghirdar — a person who holds a jaghire
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- 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.
- jam today — the principle of living for the moment
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- janjaweed — an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- jaundiced — affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- jaywalked — Simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk.
- jaz drive — (hardware, storage) Iomega Corporation's drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is dependent on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this speed. The Jaz drive was the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive.
- jazz band — a band specializing in jazz, and consisting typically of trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, piano, double bass, and percussion.
- jazzed up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jazzed-up — made more exciting and more modern
- jellified — Simple past tense and past participle of jellify.
- jeoparded — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopard.
- jeoparder — a person who puts in jeopardy
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.
- jetlagged — a temporary disruption of the body's normal biological rhythms after high-speed air travel through several time zones.
- jewelweed — any of several plants of the genus Impatiens, especially I. capensis, having orange-yellow flowers spotted with reddish brown, or I. pallida, having yellow flowers sometimes spotted with brownish red.
- jharkhand — a state in NE India, created in 2000 from S Bihar. 28,833 sq. mi. (74,677 sq. km). Capital: Ranchi.
- jihadists — Plural form of jihadist.
- jim-dandy — of superior quality; excellent: a jim-dandy sports car.
- job order — a written order to a worker or group of workers to perform a certain job.
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- jocundity — the state or an instance of being jocund; gaiety.
- john dory — any fish of the family Zeidae, especially Zeus faber, of European seas, having a vertically compressed body and long spines in the dorsal fin.
- john held — John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- join duty — to report for work after a period of leave or a strike
- joined-up — In joined-up writing, you join all the letters in each word together, without taking your pen off the paper. This sort of writing is used by older children and adults.
- jointedly — In a jointed way; with, or by means of, joints.
- jointweed — a plant of the buckwheat family, with jointed stems and clustered white or pink flowers
- jordanian — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- journeyed — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- joy-rider — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyridden — Past participle of joyride.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- joyriding — The action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment.
- jubilated — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judaistic — an adherent or supporter of Judaism.
- juddering — Present participle of judder.
- judgeable — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judgeless — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judgelike — Resembling a judge or some aspect of one.