9-letter words containing n, a, s
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- janissary — (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.
- janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
- jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
- januarius — Saint, a.d. 272?–305? Italian ecclesiastic and martyr: patron saint of Naples.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- javabeans — (programming) A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans". JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe. JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jazziness — The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jeevesian — of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- jessamine — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- jonsonian — Ben, 1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- jusserand — Jean (Adrien Antoine) Jules [zhahn a-dree-ahn ahn-twan zhyl] /ʒɑ̃ a driˈɑ̃ ɑnˈtwan ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, French diplomat, historian, and essayist.
- justinian — (Flavius Anicius Justinianus"Justinian the Great") a.d. 483–565, Byzantine emperor 527–565.
- k'ang hsi — (Shêng-tsu) 1654?–1722, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1662–1722.
- kabloonas — Plural form of kabloona.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kahn test — a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.
- kakemonos — (uncommon) Plural form of kakemono.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kandinsky — Wassily [vas-uh-lee] /ˈvæs ə li/ (Show IPA), or Vasili [vas-uh-lee,, vuh-sil-ee;; Russian vuh-syee-lyee] /ˈvæs ə li,, vəˈsɪl i;; Russian vʌˈsyi lyi/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, Russian painter.
- kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- katangese — a native or inhabitant of Katanga.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- keynesian — of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.
- khamaseen — A cyclonic type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.