9-letter words containing s, j
- 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.
- justicoat — justaucorps.
- justified — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- justifier — (chiefly, philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies (some belief or action).
- justifies — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- justinian — (Flavius Anicius Justinianus"Justinian the Great") a.d. 483–565, Byzantine emperor 527–565.
- juveniles — Plural form of juvenile.
- juvenoids — Plural form of juvenoid.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- jyvaskyla — a city in S central Finland.
- kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
- maharajas — Plural form of maharaja.
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- majesties — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
- majuscule — (of letters) capital.
- mason jar — a glass jar with a wide mouth and an airtight screw top, much used in home canning.
- misadjust — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misjudged — Simple past tense and past participle of misjudge.
- misjudges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misjudge.
- mom jeans — Informal. unstylish women's jeans.
- moose jaw — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.
- mot juste — the exact, appropriate word.
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- nonjurors — Plural form of nonjuror.
- objectors — Plural form of objector.
- only just — by slight margin
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- rajahship — the office or territory of a rajah
- rajasthan — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- re-adjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- resubject — to subject again
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sacajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sakajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- serjeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- sincelejo — a city in Sucre department, NW Colombia.
- sinfjotli — the son of Signy by her brother Sigmund.
- sjaelland — Zealand.
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- smokejack — an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
- soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
- soerabaja — Dutch name of Surabaya.
- sojourner — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- songjiang — a former province in NE China, now a part of Inner Mongolia. 79,151 sq. mi. (205,001 sq. km).