9-letter words containing j, e, n
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jan mayen — a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Norway: a possession of Norway. 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km).
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- jane eyre — a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontë.
- janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
- janjaweed — an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan
- jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- jargoneer — a user of jargon
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
- jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
- 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.
- javabeans — (programming) A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans". JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe. JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jazziness — The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jazzwomen — Plural form of jazzwoman.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- jeannette — a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- jeeringly — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- jeevesian — of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity
- jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- jejunitis — (pathology) inflammation of the jejunum.
- jellybean — a small, bean-shaped, usually brightly colored candy with a hard sugar coating and a firm gelatinous filling.
- jelutongs — Plural form of jelutong.
- jemminess — neatness or smartness
- jenkinson — Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1770–1828, British statesman: prime minister 1812–27.
- jenneting — an apple that ripens early in the growing season
- jensenism — the theory that an individual's IQ is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- jerry can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- jespersen — (Jens) Otto (Harry) [yens ot-oh hahr-ee] /yɛns ˈɒt oʊ ˈhɑr i/ (Show IPA), 1860–1943, Danish philologist.
- jessamine — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jesselton — former name of Kota Kinabalu.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jestingly — Said, written or done in jest.
- jet plane — an airplane moved by jet propulsion.