10-letter words containing j, u, a
- 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.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- japanesque — having a Japanese style.
- 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.
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jentacular — Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- jesuitical — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- journalize — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
- journeyman — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- juan peron — Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- juana diaz — a city in S Puerto Rico, NE of Ponce.
- juantorena — Alberto (alˈβɛrto). born 1951, Cuban runner: won the 400 metres and the 800 metres in the 1976 Olympic Games
- jubilantly — With jubilation or triumph.
- jubilarian — a person who celebrates or has celebrated a jubilee, as a nun observing 25 or more years of religious life.
- jubilating — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilation — a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation: Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judas tree — a purple-flowered Eurasian tree, Cercis siliquastrum, of the legume family, supposed to be the kind upon which Judas hanged himself.
- judder bar — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to reduce speeding
- judge-made — established by a court, as by an application or interpretation of a law that is allegedly contrary to the intentions of the enacting body or by a decision that does not rest on legislation.
- judgmental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- judication — the act of judging
- judicative — having ability to judge; judging: the judicative faculty.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- judicature — the administration of justice, as by judges or courts.
- judiciable — judicable.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- juggernaut — (often lowercase) any large, overpowering, destructive force or object, as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- juiceheads — Plural form of juicehead.
- julian day — a serial number equal to the number of days elapsed since January 1, 4713 b.c., proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and used in astronomical calculations: January 1, 1965, at noon, Greenwich Civil Time, was Julian Day 2,438,762.0. Abbreviation: J.D.
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.