8-letter words containing j, l
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- jealouse — to suspect
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jejunely — In a jejune manner.
- jellabas — Plural form of jellaba.
- jellicoe — John Rushworth [ruhsh-wurth] /ˈrʌʃ wɜrθ/ (Show IPA), 1st Earl, 1859–1935, British admiral.
- jellying — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- jelutong — a tree, Dyera costulata, of the Malay Peninsula, from which a resinous latex is obtained.
- jet fuel — fuel to be used in jet aircraft
- jetfoils — Plural form of jetfoil.
- jetliner — a commercial jet plane for carrying passengers.
- jewelers — Plural form of jeweler.
- jewelery — Misspelling of jewellery (UK).
- jewelled — (chiefly, of a watch) set with jewels.
- jeweller — a person who designs, makes, sells, or repairs jewelry, watches, etc.; a person who deals in jewels.
- jezebels — Plural form of jezebel.
- jhabvala — Ruth Prawer, original name Ruth Prawer. 1927–2013, British writer living in India and the US, born in Germany to Polish parents: author of the Booker-prizewinning novel Heat and Dust (1975) and scripts for films by James Ivory
- jiggling — Present participle of jiggle.
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.
- jillions — Plural form of jillion.
- jingling — A jingle, the sounds of a jingle.
- job loss — the act or an instance of a person losing his or her job
- jocosely — given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- joe blow — an average citizen; man in the street.
- joggling — Present participle of joggle.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- joinable — That can be joined.
- joinvile — a seaport in S Brazil.
- jokeless — Devoid of jokes.
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- joliette — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- jolliest — Superlative form of jolly.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- journall — Obsolete form of journal.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- jovially — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jowliest — Superlative form of jowly.
- joyfully — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyously — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilees — Plural form of jubilee.
- jubilent — Misspelling of jubilant.
- judicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.