8-letter words containing j, i
- injoined — Simple past tense and past participle of injoin.
- injurers — Plural form of injurer.
- injuries — Plural form of injury.
- injuring — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- iwo jima — one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968.
- jacinthe — a yellowish orange
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (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.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jacuzzis — Plural form of jacuzzi.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jafaican — a dialect of English spoken in London, with marked Jamaican influences
- jagiello — Jagello.
- jahangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- jai alai — a game resembling handball, played on a three-walled court between two, four, or six players who are equipped with a long, curved wicker basket, or cesta, strapped to the wrist for catching and throwing a small, hard ball against the front wall.
- jai hind — victory to India: a political slogan and a form of greeting in Hindi
- jailable — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- jailbait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- jailings — Plural form of jailing.
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jamaican — of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.
- james ii — 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.
- jangling — to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- janitrix — A female janitor.
- janizary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- jannings — Emil (Theodor Emil Janenz) 1886–1950, German film actor.
- janthina — Alternative form of ianthina.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japanize — to make Japanese or Japaneselike, as in design, culture, or usability; imbue with Japanese characteristics: working on a project to Japanize an American software program.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jaredite — (in Mormon belief) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.