3-letter words containing j
- jdl — Jewish Defense League
- jdt — Judith
- jee — Alternative spelling of gee.
- jeg — (machinery) Alternative form of jig.
- jeh — a female demon who was the companion of Angra Mainyu and was believed to have corrupted the female sex: sometimes considered the first woman.
- jel — (UK, slang) jealous.
- jen — a compassionate love for humanity or for the world as a whole.
- jer — Slavic Linguistics. either of two letters (ъ, ь) of the Cyrillic alphabet used, as in Old Church Slavonic, to indicate two short vowels, or, as in Russian, to indicate that the preceding consonant is hard or soft. Compare hard sign, soft sign.
- jes — Job Entry System
- jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- jeu — a game.
- jew — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- jfk — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- jgs — Judges
- jhs — Jesus
- jib — the act of jibing.
- jig — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jim — the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- jin — jinn.
- jip — (Ireland, colloquial) Ejaculated semen.
- jit — dynamic translation
- jiu — Any Chinese alcoholic beverage.
- jiz — to ejaculate.
- jj. — Judges
- jly — July
- jms — Java Message Service
- jnd — just noticeable difference
- jni — Java Native Interface
- jnr — Jnr is a written abbreviation for junior. It is used after a man's name to distinguish him from an older member of his family with the same name.
- job — the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
- jod — Alternative spelling of yodh.
- joe — E(dward) Franklin, 1894–1962, U.S. sociologist.
- jog — to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
- jol — (South Africa, slang) party.
- jon — a male given name, form of John.
- jor — In Indian music, a formal section of composition in the long elaboration (alap) of a raga that forms the beginning of a performance.
- jos — a female given name, form of Josephine.
- jot — to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
- jow — the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.
- joy — a female given name.
- jpg — A file extension indicating a file of JPEG file format; i.e., a digital picture.
- jpl — (language) JAM Programming Language.
- jpn — Japan
- jre — Java Run-Time Environment
- jrl — J. Random Loser. The names JRL and JRN were sometimes used as example names when discussing a kind of user ID used under TOPS-10 and WAITS. They were understood to be the initials of (fictitious) programmers named "J. Random Loser" and "J. Random Nerd". For example, if one said "To log in, type log one comma jay are en" (that is, "log 1,JRN"), the listener would have understood that he should use his own computer ID in place of "JRN".
- jrn — J. Random Nerd. See JRL.
- jsa — Japanese Standards Association.
- jsd — Doctor of Juristic Science
- jse — Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- jsf — JavaServer Faces