7-letter words starting with j
- japygid — any eyeless, wingless, primitive insect of the family Japygidae, having a pair of pincers at the rear of its abdomen.
- jargons — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- jargony — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jargoon — A variety of zircon.
- jarhead — a U.S. Marine.
- jarkman — a forger of passes or licences
- jarldom — a chieftain; earl.
- jarrahs — Plural form of jarrah.
- jarrell — Randall, 1914–65, U.S. poet and critic.
- jarrett — Keith, born 1945, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- jasmine — a female given name.
- jaspers — a city in NW Alabama.
- jaspery — containing or composed of jasper.
- jaunted — Simple past tense and past participle of jaunt.
- jaunter — Someone who jaunts.
- java vm — Java Virtual Machine
- javelin — a light spear, usually thrown by hand.
- jawbone — a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- jawfall — depression or dejection
- jawfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Opisthognathidae, common along sandy bottoms of warm seas.
- jawhole — a hole into which sewage or waste water is thrown
- jawless — Lacking a jaw.
- jawlike — resembling a jaw or pair of jaws.
- jawline — The contour of the lower edge of a person's jaw.
- jawrope — a rope tied across the jaw of a gaff to hold it to the mast.
- jaybird — jay1 .
- jaywalk — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jazelle — (database) A data management system for High Energy Physics from Stanford Linear Accelerator.
- jazz up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jazzily — In a jazzy way.
- jazzist — A jazz musician.
- jazzman — a musician who plays jazz.
- jazzmen — Plural form of jazzman.
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jeanine — a female given name.
- jeannie — a female given name, form of Jean.
- jeepers — Used to express surprise or alarm.
- jeeping — (lowercase) to ride or travel in a jeep.
- jeepney — a Philippine twin-benched jitney bus, seating about a dozen passengers.
- jeering — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- jeffers — (John) Robinson, 1887–1962, U.S. poet.
- jeffrey — Francis ("Lord Jeffrey") 1773–1850, Scottish jurist, editor, and critic.
- jehovah — a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
- jejunal — the middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum.
- jejunum — the middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum.
- jellaba — a loose-fitting hooded gown or robe worn by men in North Africa.
- jellied — containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
- jellies — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- jellify — to make into a jelly; reduce to a gelatinous state.