9-letter words containing r, j
- jabbering — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- jacaranda — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- jack arch — flat arch.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jaculator — a person who hurls or throws
- jaghirdar — a person who holds a jaghire
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jaileress — a female jailer
- jalandhar — a city in N Punjab, in NW India.
- jamborees — Plural form of jamboree.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jane eyre — a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontë.
- 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.
- januarius — Saint, a.d. 272?–305? Italian ecclesiastic and martyr: patron saint of Naples.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- jargonaut — Someone who uses jargon excessively.
- jargoneer — a user of jargon
- jargoning — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
- jarlsberg — a hard mild-tasting yellow-coloured cheese with holes in it
- jarringly — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
- jaz drive — (hardware, storage) Iomega Corporation's drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is dependent on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this speed. The Jaz drive was the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- jeeringly — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- jefferies — Richard. 1848–87, British writer and naturalist, noted for his observation of English country life: his books include Bevis (1882) and collections of essays such as The Open Air (1885)
- jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- jellyroll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jeoparded — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopard.
- jeoparder — a person who puts in jeopardy
- jequirity — the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family.
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.