Words containing jo
2 letter words containing jo
- jo — beloved one; darling; sweetheart.
3 letter words containing jo
- ijo — a member of an indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.
- 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.
4 letter words containing jo
- dojo — The Dojo Toolkit
- hojo — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as regents in the name of the shoguns during the period 1203–1333.
- joab — a commander of David's army and the slayer of Abner and Absalom. II Sam. 3:27; 18:14.
- joan — ("Fair Maid of Kent") 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
- jobe — To harangue, to rebuke in a long-winded or drawn-out way.
5 letter words containing jo
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- banjo — A banjo is a musical instrument that looks like a guitar with a circular body, a long neck, and four or more strings.
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- cajon — a Peruvian wooden box used as a drum and played with the hands
- cudjo — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
6 letter words containing jo
- acajou — a type of mahogany used by cabinet-makers in France
- adjoin — If one room, place, or object adjoins another, they are next to each other.
- ahidjo — Ahmadou [ah-mah-doo] /ɑ mɑˈdu/ (Show IPA), 1924–1989, statesman: president of Cameroon 1960–82.
- ajowan — a spice originating in the Middle East and now grown in certain areas of Asia, used in cookery and traditionally as a digestive aid and antiemetic
- banjos — Plural form of banjo.
7 letter words containing jo
- abjoint — to cut off part of a mycelium or spore by forming a septum
- acajous — Plural form of acajou.
- adjoins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin.
- adjoint — a generalization in category theory of this notion
- adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
8 letter words containing jo
- abatjour — A skylight or other device whose purpose it is to direct light into a room.
- adjoined — to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
9 letter words containing jo
- abat-jour — a device, as a skylight or reflector, for diverting light into a building.
- adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
- adjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- banjolele — a four-stringed musical instrument with a neck like a ukulele and a body like a banjo
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
10 letter words containing jo
- adjourning — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- asbjornsen — Peter Christen [pey-tuh r kris-tuh n] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈkrɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1812–85, Norwegian naturalist and folklorist.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- bijouterie — jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
11 letter words containing jo
- adjournment — An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting.
- burne-jones — Sir Edward. 1833–98, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer of stained-glass windows and tapestries
- conjoinedly — In a conjoined manner; conjointly.
- contre-jour — the technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject
- disjointing — Present participle of disjoint.
12 letter words containing jo
- adjournments — Plural form of adjournment.
- conjointment — (rare) conjunction (state of being conjoined).
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- disjointness — (mathematics) The condition of being disjoint.
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
13 letter words containing jo
- enjoyableness — The quality or state of being enjoyable.
- hobson-jobson — the alteration of a word or phrase borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the phonological and lexical patterns of the borrowing language, as in English hoosegow from Spanish juzgado.
- joint-venture — to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.
- jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- joseph's-coat — a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
14 letter words containing jo
- disjointedness — having the joints or connections separated: a disjointed fowl.
- double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
- flower-of-jove — a white, woolly plant, Lychnis flos-jovis, of the pink family, having red or purple flowers in dense clusters.
- johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
- journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
15 letter words containing jo
- bonheur-du-jour — a delicate fall-front desk of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- majoritarianism — rule by a majority, especially the belief that those constituting a simple majority should make the rules for all members of a group, nation, etc.
16 letter words containing jo
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- saint-john-night — Midsummer Eve.
17 letter words containing jo
- eyjafjallajökull — a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano. The volcano’s eruption in 2010 resulted in large high-altitude clouds of volcanic ash that caused major disruption to European passenger air traffic. Height: 1666 m (5466 ft)
- majority-minority — relating to a population in which more than half represent social, ethnic, or racial minorities, and in which fewer members of the more socially, politically, or financially dominant group are represented: majority-minority public schools.
18 letter words containing jo
- johnny-come-lately — a late arrival or participant; newcomer: the Johnny-come-latelies producing space-war films after the trend had ended.
- johnny-on-the-spot — a person who is on hand to perform a service, seize an opportunity, deal with an emergency, etc.
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