10-letter words containing s, j
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jack staff — a flagstaff at the bow of a vessel, on which a jack is flown.
- jack truss — any of a number of trapezoidal trusses for supporting those areas of a hip roof not beneath the peak or ridge, parallel to the truss or trusses that meet at the peak or ridge.
- jackanapes — an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- jacketless — Without a jacket (coat).
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- jackshafts — Plural form of jackshaft.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jackstraws — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacob riis — Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacqueries — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jaggedness — The state of being jagged.
- jailbait's — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbreaks — Plural form of jailbreak.
- james dean — James (Byron) 1931–55, U.S. actor.
- james espy — James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- james watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- jana sangh — a political party in India from 1951 to 1977; in 1977 it merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party. After the Janata Party split in 1980, it re-formed as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- janesville — a city in S Wisconsin.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- japanese's — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- japanesque — having a Japanese style.
- jaruzelski — Wojciech (Witold) [voi-chekh vee-tawld] /ˈvɔɪ tʃɛx ˈvi tɔld/ (Show IPA), 1923–2014, Polish general and political leader: prime minister 1981–85; president 1989–90.
- jasperated — Containing particles of jasper, mixed with jasper.
- jasperware — a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jauntiness — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- java 2 sdk — Java 2 Software Development Kit
- javascript — Alternative capitalization of JavaScript.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jazz hands — a movement in modern dance in which a performer shakes both hands rapidly with the palms facing forwards and the fingers extended
- jazzercise — vigorous dancing done to jazz dance music as an exercise for physical fitness.
- jazzperson — A jazz musician.
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jeistiecor — a tight-fitting garment
- jejuneness — The state or condition of being jejune.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.