6-letter words containing j
- java 2 — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
- javari — a river in E South America, flowing NE from Peru to the upper Amazon, forming part of the boundary between Peru and Brazil. 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- javits — Jacob K(oppel) [koh-pel] /koʊˈpɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1957–81.
- jawans — Plural form of jawan.
- jawara — Sir Dawda (ˈdɔːdə). born 1924, Gambian statesman; president of The Gambia (1970–94); overthrown in a military coup
- jawbox — a metal kitchen sink
- jawing — Present participle of jaw.
- jaycee — a member of a civic group for young business and community leaders.
- jaygee — lieutenant junior grade
- jayvee — a player on a junior varsity team.
- jazzbo — a jazz musician or fan
- jazzed — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jazzer — A jazz musician.
- jazzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jazz.
- jcs-13 — (language) An early system on the IBM 701.
- jeaned — (mostly, in combination) Wearing jeans.
- jeanne — a female given name, form of Jean.
- jeelie — jelly or jam
- jeeped — (lowercase) to ride or travel in a jeep.
- jeered — Simple past tense and past participle of jeer.
- jeerer — One who jeers; a mocker.
- jejune — without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
- jekyll — Gertrude. 1843–1932, British landscape gardener: noted for her simplicity of design and use of indigenous plants
- jell-o — Jell-O is a transparent, usually coloured food that is eaten as a dessert. It is made from gelatine, fruit juice, and sugar.
- jelled — to congeal; become jellylike in consistency.
- jemima — a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dove.”.
- jenkem — A hallucinogenic inhalant made from fermented sewage.
- jenner — Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
- jennet — a female donkey.
- jenney — William Le Baron [luh bar-uh n] /lə ˈbær ən/ (Show IPA), 1832–1907, U.S. engineer and architect: pioneer in skyscraper construction.
- jennie — a female given name, form of Jennifer.
- jensen — J. Hans D [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1963.
- jequie — a city in E Brazil.
- jerash — a town in N Jordan, N of Amman: Roman ruins.
- jerboa — any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
- jereed — a blunt wooden javelin used in games played on horseback in certain Muslim countries in the Middle East.
- jeremy — a male given name, form of Jeremiah.
- jerids — Plural form of jerid.
- jerked — jerky2 .
- jerker — A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
- jerkin — a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- jerold — a male given name, form of Gerald.
- jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- jerque — to search (a ship) for contraband or undeclared goods
- jerrid — jereed.
- jersey — a close-fitting, knitted sweater or shirt.
- jervis — John, Earl St. Vincent (1735-1823), British admiral. In 1797, as commander of the British fleet, he defeated a Spanish fleet off the coast of Portugal.
- jessed — Having jesses on, as a hawk.
- jesses — a male or female given name, form of Jesse, Jessie, or Jessica.
- jessie — a female given name, form of Jessica.