9-letter words containing r, j
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jointworm — the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, especially of the genus Harmolita, that feeds within the stems of grasses, often causing a gall near the first joint.
- jokesters — Plural form of jokester.
- jonesboro — a city in NE Arkansas.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- jonquiere — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- jordanian — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- jottering — Misspelling of jotting.
- journeyed — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- journeyer — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- joy-rider — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joypopper — a person who takes addictive drugs occasionally without becoming addicted
- joyridden — Past participle of joyride.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- joyriding — The action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment.
- juddering — Present participle of judder.
- judicator — a person who acts as judge or sits in judgment.
- judiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- jug-eared — having ears (jug ears) that stick out from the head resembling the way that a handle sticks out from a jug
- jullundur — a city in N Punjab, in NW India.
- jumbotron — A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots.
- jump rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- jump turn — a turn in which a skier plants one or both poles in the snow in advance of the forward ski, bends close to the ground, and pivots in the air around the pole or poles.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- junctural — of or relating to phonological juncture.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- juneberry — the American serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- juniority — the state or fact of being junior in age, rank, standing, etc.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- junketeer — a person who goes on junkets, especially regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- juristics — The theory of law, or its study.
- jury duty — service on a court jury
- jury room — a private room, adjacent to a courtroom, where a trial jury discusses a case and reaches its verdict.
- jurywoman — a female juror.
- jurywomen — Plural form of jurywoman.
- jusserand — Jean (Adrien Antoine) Jules [zhahn a-dree-ahn ahn-twan zhyl] /ʒɑ̃ a driˈɑ̃ ɑnˈtwan ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, French diplomat, historian, and essayist.
- justiciar — a high judicial officer in medieval England.
- justifier — (chiefly, philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies (some belief or action).
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- kharijite — a member of an ultraconservative, sometimes fanatical, sect emphasizing the importance of strict adherence to Muslim principles of conduct, and advocating the killing of anyone seriously violating those principles.
- knee-jerk — of or relating to a knee-jerk.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.