8-letter words containing o, j
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- 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).
- josephus — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), (Joseph ben Matthias) a.d. 37?–c100, Jewish historian and general.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- jottings — Plural form of jotting.
- jouncing — Present participle of jounce.
- journall — Obsolete form of journal.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- journeys — Plural form of journey.
- journies — Plural form of journy.
- jousters — Plural form of jouster.
- 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.
- joyfully — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyously — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- joyrider — A person who goes on a joyride.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.
- joystick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- jumboize — (nautical) To lengthen a ship replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
- jump out — be noticeable
- jump-off — an act or instance of jumping; leap.
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- junction — an act of joining; combining.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- juratory — pertaining to, constituting, or expressed in an oath.
- jury box — courtroom: area where jury sits
- jus soli — the principle that the country of citizenship of a child is determined by its country of birth.
- just now — a moment ago
- juvenoid — A juvenile hormone analogue.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kemijoki — the longest river in Finland, flowing SW from Lapland to the Gulf of Bothnia. 345 miles (555 km) long.
- kill-joy — a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport.
- killjoys — Plural form of killjoy.
- kinkajou — a brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail, related to the raccoon and coati.
- komitaji — a rebel or revolutionary belonging to a guerrilla group in Macedonia or the Balkans
- kortrijk — Flemish name of Courtrai.
- kwyjibos — Plural form of kwyjibo.
- la jolla — a resort area in San Diego, in S California.
- la rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- logjuice — poor quality port wine
- longjump — jumping contest decided by length
- lord jim — a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.
- mah jong — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- mahjongg — Alternative spelling of mahjong.