8-letter words containing o, j, i
- jetfoils — Plural form of jetfoil.
- jettison — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jiaozhou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- jib boom — a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jigaboos — Plural form of jigaboo.
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.
- jillions — Plural form of jillion.
- jim crow — racial segregation
- jim-crow — favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
- jingoish — Jingoistic.
- jingoism — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- jingoist — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- jocosity — the state or quality of being jocose.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- joggling — Present participle of joggle.
- john iii — (Catelinus) died a.d. 574, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 561–574.
- john vii — died a.d. 707, Greek ecclesiastic: pope 705–707.
- john xii — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- john xiv — died a.d. 984, pope 983–984.
- john xix — died 1032, pope 1024–32.
- john xxi — (Petrus Hispanus) died 1277, Portuguese ecclesiastic: pope 1276–77.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- johnnies — Plural form of johnny.
- joinable — That can be joined.
- joinders — Plural form of joinder.
- jointers — Plural form of jointer.
- jointing — The act of making a joint.
- jointure — an estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.
- joinvile — a seaport in S Brazil.
- jokiness — The state or condition of being joky.
- 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.
- joliette — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- jolliest — Superlative form of jolly.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- jonesing — Present participle of jones.
- jongkind — Johann Barthold (joːˈhɑn ˈbartɔlt). 1819–91, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, working in Paris: best known for his atmospheric seascapes
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- joseph i — 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- jottings — Plural form of jotting.
- jouncing — Present participle of jounce.
- journies — Plural form of journy.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- 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.
- joy ride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyrider — A person who goes on a joyride.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.