8-letter words containing o, j
- jocosely — given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
- jocosity — the state or quality of being jocose.
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- jodhpurs — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- joe blow — an average citizen; man in the street.
- joe code — /joh' kohd"/ 1. Code that is overly tense and unmaintainable. "Perl may be a handy program, but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code." 2. Badly written, possibly buggy code. Correspondents wishing to remain anonymous have fingered a particular Joe at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and observed that usage has drifted slightly; the original sobriquet "Joe code" was intended in sense 1.
- joe soap — a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat
- jog trot — a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.
- joggling — Present participle of joggle.
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- johannes — a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century.
- john dee — John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
- john doe — an anonymous, average man.
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- john hop — a policeman
- john iii — (Catelinus) died a.d. 574, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 561–574.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- 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.
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- 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.
- johnsons — Plural form of johnson.
- johnston — Albert Sidney, 1803–62, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- 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.
- jokebook — a book of jokes.
- jokeless — Devoid of jokes.
- jokesome — Joky, humorous.
- jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
- 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.
- 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.
- jonathan — a son of Saul and friend of David. I Sam. 18–20.
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- 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
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.