10-letter words containing j, i, a
- jacqueries — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jaculation — the act of hurling or throwing
- jadotville — former name of Likasi.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- jaguarundi — a long-bodied and long-tailed tropical wildcat, Felis yagouaroundi, having a brownish-gray coat and a second color phase of reddish-brown: now reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- jail fever — a former name for typhus, once a common disease in jails
- 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.
- jamahiriya — an Arab socialist state
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- janesville — a city in S Wisconsin.
- janitorial — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- jardiniere — an ornamental receptacle or stand for holding plants, flowers, etc.
- jargonized — Simple past tense and past participle of jargonize.
- jaruzelski — Wojciech (Witold) [voi-chekh vee-tawld] /ˈvɔɪ tʃɛx ˈvi tɔld/ (Show IPA), 1923–2014, Polish general and political leader: prime minister 1981–85; president 1989–90.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jaundicing — Present participle of jaundice.
- jauntiness — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- java finch — a finchlike weaverbird, Padda oryzivora, of southeastern Asia, having gray plumage tinged with pink on the belly, often kept as a cage bird.
- javascript — Alternative capitalization of JavaScript.
- javelineer — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- jayawijaya — a range in E central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4750 meters).
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jazzercise — vigorous dancing done to jazz dance music as an exercise for physical fitness.
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- jedding ax — a stonemason's ax, similar to a kevel, having a head with one flat and one pointed face.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jeopardies — Plural form of jeopardy.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- jeopardise — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- jeopardize — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- 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
- jesuitical — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- jiang qing — 1914–91, wife of Mao Zedong: leader of the Gang of Four, arrested 1976, convicted and jailed 1981.
- jib-headed — (of a sail) pointed at the top or head
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- jinrikshas — Plural form of jinriksha.
- job action — any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
- johnsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Samuel Johnson or his works.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- jojoba oil — a valuable oil extracted from the seeds of the jojoba that is used in cosmetics
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.