10-letter words containing j, i, n
- jack chain — a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (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.
- jacobinize — to imbue with Jacobinism.
- jacqueline — a female given name.
- jaculation — the act of hurling or throwing
- 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.
- jailbroken — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- 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.
- 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.
- javelineer — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- 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.
- 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.
- jellifying — Present participle of jellify.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases.
- jetsetting — Alternative spelling of jet-setting.
- jettisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jettison.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- jiang qing — 1914–91, wife of Mao Zedong: leader of the Gang of Four, arrested 1976, convicted and jailed 1981.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- jingdezhen — a city in E Jiangxi province, in E China: known for its fine porcelain.
- jingoistic — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- 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.
- john firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
- john fitch — John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
- john smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- john xviii — (Fasanus) died 1009, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1003–09.
- john xxiii — (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881–1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958–63.
- johnsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Samuel Johnson or his works.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- join issue — to join in controversy