8-letter words containing ja
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- jackstay — a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- jackyard — a small, inclined spar upholding the head of a quadrangular gaff topsail similar in form to a lugsail.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- jaculate — to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).
- jacuzzis — Plural form of jacuzzi.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jafaican — a dialect of English spoken in London, with marked Jamaican influences
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jagghery — Alternative spelling of jaggery.
- jagiello — Jagello.
- jahangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- jai alai — a game resembling handball, played on a three-walled court between two, four, or six players who are equipped with a long, curved wicker basket, or cesta, strapped to the wrist for catching and throwing a small, hard ball against the front wall.
- jai hind — victory to India: a political slogan and a form of greeting in Hindi
- jailable — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- jailbait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- jailings — Plural form of jailing.
- jajapura — Jayapura.
- jakobson — Roman [roh-mahn,, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn,, -mən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
- jalapeno — a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking.
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jam puff — a small pastry with fruit jam inside it
- jam-pack — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- jamadars — Plural form of jamadar.
- jamaican — of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.
- jamalpur — a city in N Bangladesh.
- jambeaux — Plural form of jambeau.
- jambolan — an evergreen tree of the Myrtaceae family that is native to southern Asia and which produces a fruit that is edible and which is also used in alternative medicine
- jamboree — a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
- james ii — 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.
- jammable — capable of being jammed
- jamnagar — a city in W Gujarat, in W central India.
- jampanee — a bearer of a jampan
- jamproof — built so as to prevent jamming: a jamproof copying machine.
- jane doe — a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a female party whose true name is not known.