5-letter words containing ja
- 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)
- 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)
- bajaj — (Indonesia) A tuk-tuk.
- bajan — a native of Barbados
- bejas — a member of a group of nomadic, predominantly Muslim peoples of northeastern Sudan.
- 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.
- chaja — A Brazilian bird, the crested screamer, often domesticated and used to guard poultry.
- djawa — Java2
- 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.
- ganja — marijuana, especially in the form of a potent preparation used chiefly for smoking.
- guija — Lake, a lake on the border between SE Guatemala and NW El Salvador, in Central America. About 20 miles (32 km) long.
- hejab — Alternative spelling of hijab.
- hejaz — a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.
- hijab — a traditional scarf worn by Muslim women to cover the hair and neck and sometimes the face.
- hijaz — a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.
- hodja — A Muslim schoolmaster.
- ikeja — a town in SW Nigeria, capital of Lagos state: residential and industrial suburb of Lagos. Pop (local government area): 313 196 (2006)
- jabal — a son of Lamech, and the progenitor of nomadic shepherds. Gen. 4:20.
- jabir — Geber.
- jabot — a decorative ruffle or other arrangement of lace or cloth attached at the neckline and extending down the front of a woman's blouse or dress or, formerly, of a man's shirt.
- jacal — JAffer's Canonical ALgebra
- jaccl — (tool) An LR1 grammar parser generator written by Dave Jones at Megatest.
- jack- — male
- jacks — a male given name, form of Jacob or John.
- jacky — gin1 .
- jacob — the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 25:24–34.
- jaded — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jades — Plural form of jade.
- jaffa — a former seaport in W Israel, part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa since 1950: ancient Biblical town.
- jagan — Cheddi Berret [ched-ee ber-it] /ˈtʃɛd i ˈbɛr ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–97, Guyanese politician: prime minister of British Guiana 1953, president of Guyana 1992–97.
- jager — any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
- jaggy — jagged; notched.
- jagir — Alternative spelling of jaghir.
- jagra — the state of wakefulness
- jahel — Jael.
- jahve — a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
- jails — Plural form of jail.
- jakes — a male given name, form of Jacob.
- jakey — a homeless alcoholic
- jakie — A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult form.
- jalap — the dried tuberous root of any of several plants, especially Exogonium purga, of the morning glory family, or the light yellowish powder derived from it, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
- jalee — (in Indian architecture) decorated and pierced slabs of marble used as a screen.
- jaleo — A lively dance of Andalusian origin, or the music or handclapping which accompanies it.
- jalor — any of a wide variety of East Indian rowing and sailing ships.
- jamal — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “beauty.”.
- jambe — Architecture, Building Trades. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
- jambi — a province on SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- jambo — an E African salutation
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