5-letter words containing ja
- jambs — Plural form of jamb.
- jambu — Alternative form of jambul.
- james — James I.
- jamie — a male given name, form of James.
- jammu — a city in and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in the SW part, in N India.
- jammy — very lucky.
- janes — Plural form of jane.
- janet — Joint Academic NETwork
- janie — a female given name, form of Jane.
- janky — (slang) of poor quality, odd.
- janny — a janitor
- janty — Archaic form of jaunty.
- janus — an ancient Roman god of doorways, of beginnings, and of the rising and setting of the sun, usually represented as having one head with two bearded faces back to back, looking in opposite directions.
- japan — a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Capital: Tokyo. Japanese Nihon, Nippon.
- japed — Simple past tense and past participle of jape.
- japer — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japes — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japie — Alternative form of yarpie.
- jared — (in the Book of Mormon) the eponymous ancestor of the Jaredites.
- jarls — Plural form of jarl.
- jarmo — a Neolithic village site in northeastern Iraq, dated c6500 b.c. and noted as one of the world's earliest food-producing settlements.
- jarry — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1873–1907, French poet and playwright.
- jarta — a heart
- jarvy — Alternative form of jarvey.
- jasey — a wig, especially one made of worsted.
- jason — Classical Mythology. a hero, the leader of the Argonauts, who at the request of his uncle Pelias retrieved the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes of Colchis with the help of Medea.
- jaspe — given a veined and spotted appearance imitating jasper.
- jassy — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- jatis — Plural form of jati.
- jatos — Plural form of jato.
- jauks — to dally; dawdle.
- jaunt — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- jaups — a splash, spurt, or drop of water.
- javac — (computing) Java compiler.
- javan — of or relating to Java or its inhabitants
- javel — (obsolete) A vagabond.
- jawan — a soldier in the Indian army.
- jawar — Sorghum.
- jawed — having a jaw or jaws, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination): heavy-jawed; square-jawed.
- jayne — a female given name.
- jazzy — pertaining to or suggestive of jazz music.
- jinja — a city in SE Uganda, on Lake Victoria.
- kajal — (Asia) kohl.
- kajar — a dynasty that ruled Persia 1794–1925.
- khoja — a teacher in a Muslim school.
- najaf — a city in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿites; shrine contains tomb of Ali (a.d. c600–661), founder of the Shiʿite sect.
- najas — Plural form of naja.
- ninja — a person who is expert or highly skilled in a specified field or activity (often used attributively): marketing ninjas; ninja gamers.
- ouija — Alternative form of Ouija.
- rajab — the seventh month of the Muslim calendar.