8-letter words containing u, j
- jousters — Plural form of jouster.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- joyfully — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyously — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilees — Plural form of jubilee.
- jubilent — Misspelling of jubilant.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- juddered — Simple past tense and past participle of judder.
- judgment — an act or instance of judging.
- judicare — a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to the poor.
- judicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- jug wine — any inexpensive wine sold in large bottles, especially a bottle containing 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts) or more.
- jugglers — Plural form of juggler.
- jugglery — the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
- juggling — Continuously toss into the air and catch (a number of objects) so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others, typically for the entertainment of others.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- jugulate — to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
- jugurtha — died 104 b.c, king of Numidia 113–104.
- juice up — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- juiciest — Superlative form of juicy.
- julienne — (of food, especially vegetables) cut into thin strips or small, matchlike pieces.
- julius i — Saint, died a.d. 352, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 337–352.
- jumada i — the fifth month of the Muslim year
- jumbling — Present participle of jumble.
- jumboize — (nautical) To lengthen a ship replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
- jumbucks — Plural form of jumbuck.
- jump bid — a bid higher than necessary to reach the next bidding level, usually to indicate exceptional strength.
- jump cut — an abrupt break in the continuity of a scene created by editing out part of a shot or scene.
- jump jet — a jet airplane capable of taking off and landing vertically or on an extremely short runway or flight deck.
- jump out — be noticeable
- jump-off — an act or instance of jumping; leap.
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- jumpsuit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
- junagadh — a town in India, in Gujarat: noted for its Buddhist caves and temples. Pop: 168 686 (2001)
- junction — an act of joining; combining.
- juncture — 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.
- june bug — Also called May beetle. any of several large, brown beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, of the scarab family, appearing in late spring and early summer.
- jungfrau — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4166 meters).
- junglist — A performer or enthusiast of jungle music.
- junipers — Plural form of juniper.
- junk art — sculptural assemblage constructed from discarded materials, as glass, scrap metal, plastic, and wood.
- junk dna — DNA that consists of repeated sequences of nucleotide and has no apparent function
- junketed — Simple past tense and past participle of junket.
- junketer — Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- junkpile — A pile of junk; a scrapheap.