9-letter words containing s, j, a
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- james bay — the S arm of Hudson Bay, in E Canada between Ontario and Quebec provinces. 300 miles (483 km) long; 160 miles (258 km) wide.
- james iii — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- james vii — title as king of Scotland of James II of England and Ireland
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- 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.
- jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
- januarius — Saint, a.d. 272?–305? Italian ecclesiastic and martyr: patron saint of Naples.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jarlsberg — a hard mild-tasting yellow-coloured cheese with holes in it
- jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- javabeans — (programming) A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans". JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe. JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jazz shoe — a man's plain, close-fitting, low-heeled oxford made of soft leather or other material and having a thin, flexible sole, worn for jazz dancing.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- jazziness — The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jealously — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jeevesian — of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.
- jeroboams — Plural form of jeroboam.
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- 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.
- jessamine — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jetstream — Alternative spelling of jet stream.
- jigsawing — Present participle of jigsaw.
- jihadists — Plural form of jihadist.
- jillaroos — Plural form of jillaroo.
- jillstrap — (informal) A pelvic protector, a woman's equivalent of a man's jockstrap.
- jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- 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.
- 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.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- jonsonian — Ben, 1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.