10-letter words containing j, l
- jaculatory — relating to hurling or throwing
- jade plant — a succulent shrub, Crassula argentea, of the stonecrop family, native to southern Africa, having fleshy, oval leaves, often grown as a houseplant.
- jadotville — former name of Likasi.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- javelineer — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- 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.
- jazzpeople — Plural form of jazzperson.
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- jean blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- jean morel — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1903–75, French orchestra conductor.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jellifying — Present participle of jellify.
- jelly baby — soft gelatine sweet
- jelly bean — candy: small chewy sweet
- jelly bear — a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a bear in shape
- jelly coat — an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of sperm to the ovum; fertilizin.
- jelly roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jelly-roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.
- jentacular — Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.
- jerrybuild — To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
- jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- jesuitical — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- jet-lagged — Someone who is jet-lagged is suffering from jet lag.
- jet-to-let — the practice of buying a property in a foreign country for rental as an investment
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- jewelweeds — Plural form of jewelweed.
- jezreelite — Plain of, Esdraelon.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joe bloggs — an average or typical man
- joe miller — Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.
- joe public — also Joe Bloggs; US = John Q. Public
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- john locke — Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- john logan — John or James (Tah-gah-jute) c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.