5-letter words containing j
- abjad — (linguistics) A writing system, similar to a syllabary, in which there is one glyph (that is a symbol or letter) for each consonant or consonantal phoneme. Some languages that use abjads are Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. Abjads differ from syllabaries (such as the Japanese hiragana) in that the vowel quality of each letter is left unspecified, and must be inferred from context and grammar.
- abuja — the federal capital of Nigeria, in the centre of the country. Pop: 467 000 (2005 est)
- ajiva — (in Jainism) a thing without life or a soul
- ajman — a sheikdom in E Arabia, the smallest of the United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf. 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- ajmer — a city in NW India, in Rajasthan: textile centre. Pop: 485 197 (2001)
- ajuga — a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family
- ajvar — Relish made principally out of red bell peppers, with eggplant, garlic and chili pepper, predominantly popular in the Western Balkans.
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- askja — a volcano in E central Iceland: active in 1961; largest crater in Iceland. Height: 1510 m (4954 ft). Area of crater: 88 sq km (34 sq miles)
- awaji — an island in Japan, S of Honshu and N of Shikoku. 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- bajaj — (Indonesia) A tuk-tuk.
- bajan — a native of Barbados
- bajer — Fredrik [fred-rik;; Danish frith -rik] /ˈfrɛd rɪk;; Danish ˈfrɪð rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1837–1922, Danish politician and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- bajra — a type of millet grown in India
- banjo — A banjo is a musical instrument that looks like a guitar with a circular body, a long neck, and four or more strings.
- baoji — a city in W Shaanxi province, in central China.
- bejas — a member of a group of nomadic, predominantly Muslim peoples of northeastern Sudan.
- bejel — a nonvenereal syphilis occurring mainly among children in certain subtropical areas of southern Africa and southeastern Asia, caused by the spirochete strain Treponema pallidum endemicum.
- bhaji — A bhaji is a small piece of food of Indian origin, made of vegetables fried in batter with spices.
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- bojer — Johan [yoh-hahn;; Norwegian yoh-hahn,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ hɑn;; Norwegian yoʊˈhɑn,, yʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1872–1959, Norwegian novelist and playwright.
- cajal — Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906
- cajan — a member of a group of people living in parts of the South, especially Alabama, whose ancestry is a mixture of white, black, and possibly Indian.
- cajon — a Peruvian wooden box used as a drum and played with the hands
- cajun — Cajun means belonging or relating to a group of people who live mainly in Louisiana in the United States, and are descended from French people. Cajun is also used to refer to the language and culture of these people.
- chaja — A Brazilian bird, the crested screamer, often domesticated and used to guard poultry.
- cheju — a volcanic island in the N East China Sea, southwest of Korea: constitutes a province (Cheju-do) of South Korea. Capital: Cheju. Pop: 302 000 (2005 est). Area: 1792 sq km (692 sq miles)
- conj. — conjugation, conjunction, or conjunctive
- cudjo — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cunji — (Australia, colloquial) short for cunjevoi.
- dijon — a department in E France. 3393 sq. mi. (8790 sq. km). Capital: Dijon.
- djawa — Java2
- djgpp — (tool) A 32-bit GNU C/C++/etc development system for MS-DOS. Address: DJ Delorie, Rochester, NH, USA.
- djing — The role of a DJ (disk jockey).
- djinn — any of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.
- djins — jinn.
- dojos — Plural form of dojo.
- dorje — a small trident symbolizing power.
- dunaj — Czech and Slovak name of the Dvina.
- dvija — a person who is twice-born: a distinction made between the first three classes of society and the lowest class, the Shudra. Only the dvijas may study the Vedas.
- eejit — (Ireland and Scotland, pejorative) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.
- eject — Force or throw (something) out, typically in a violent or sudden way.
- ejido — (in Mexico) a piece of land farmed communally under a system supported by the state.
- emoji — Any of the standardized emoticons used in Japanese text messaging.
- enjoy — Take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion).
- falaj — A qanat.
- fjeld — a rocky, barren plateau of the Scandinavian peninsula.
- fjord — a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
- gadjo — a non-ethnic Romany
- ganja — marijuana, especially in the form of a potent preparation used chiefly for smoking.
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