9-letter words containing r, j
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- jerkwater — Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
- jeroboams — Plural form of jeroboam.
- jerry can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- jerry-rig — jury-rig.
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- jerubbaal — Gideon (def 1).
- jerusalem — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- jespersen — (Jens) Otto (Harry) [yens ot-oh hahr-ee] /yɛns ˈɒt oʊ ˈhɑr i/ (Show IPA), 1860–1943, Danish philologist.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jetavator — an extension of the exhaust nozzle of a rocket, for controlling the direction of the exhaust gases.
- jetliners — Plural form of jetliner.
- jetsetter — a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.
- jetstream — Alternative spelling of jet stream.
- jettatura — a curse of the evil eye, whereby all that the cursed looks upon will suffer bad luck
- jewellers — Plural form of jeweller.
- jewellery — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- jewelries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
- jharkhand — a state in NE India, created in 2000 from S Bihar. 28,833 sq. mi. (74,677 sq. km). Capital: Ranchi.
- jib crane — a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
- jibbering — Present participle of jibber.
- jibberish — Alternative spelling of gibberish.
- jicarilla — a member of a group of North American Indians who once inhabited primarily northern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado and are situated in northwestern New Mexico.
- jigamaree — a trick or manoeuvre
- jiggering — to interfere with.
- jillaroos — Plural form of jillaroo.
- jillstrap — (informal) A pelvic protector, a woman's equivalent of a man's jockstrap.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- jitterbug — a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- jittering — jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- job corps — an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.
- job offer — an offer of employment
- job order — a written order to a worker or group of workers to perform a certain job.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- jobcentre — Alternative spelling of Jobcentre.
- jobernowl — a stupid person; blockhead
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- jobseeker — A person seeking employment.
- jobstears — (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- jocularly — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- joculator — (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- john dory — any fish of the family Zeidae, especially Zeus faber, of European seas, having a vertically compressed body and long spines in the dorsal fin.
- joint bar — one of a pair of bars used to join two rails longitudinally.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.