7-letter words starting with j
- jollyer — a person who uses a jolley or jigger to make pottery
- joltily — in a jolty manner
- jolting — to jar, shake, or cause to move by or as if by a sudden rough thrust; shake up roughly: The bus jolted its passengers as it went down the rocky road.
- joneses — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- jonnick — jannock.
- jonnock — genuine; real
- jonquil — a narcissus, Narcissus jonquilla, having long, narrow, rushlike leaves and fragrant, yellow or white flowers.
- jookery — deceit; trickery
- jordans — Plural form of jordan.
- jornada — a full day's travel across a desert without a stop for taking on water.
- joselyn — a female given name.
- josephs — Plural form of joseph.
- joshing — good-natured banter.
- joskins — Plural form of joskin.
- jostled — Simple past tense and past participle of jostle.
- jostles — Plural form of jostle.
- jotters — Plural form of jotter.
- jotting — the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.
- joubert — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1754–1824, French moralist and essayist.
- jouhaux — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
- jounced — Simple past tense and past participle of jounce.
- jounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce.
- jourdan — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), Count, 1762–1833, French marshal.
- journal — a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations: She kept a journal during her European trip.
- journey — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- journos — Plural form of journo.
- jousted — Simple past tense and past participle of joust.
- jouster — A person who jousts.
- jowlers — Plural form of jowler.
- jowlier — Comparative form of jowly.
- joy-pop — to inject a narcotic drug under the skin, esp. in small quantities and infrequently
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- joyfull — Obsolete form of joyful.
- joyless — without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.
- joypads — Plural form of joypad.
- joyride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyrode — Simple past tense and past participle of joyride.
- juanita — a female given name.
- jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- jubilus — (in Roman Catholic music) a rejoicing, melodic group of tones to which is chanted the last “a” of the second and third alleluias, often following the gradual of the Mass.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- judaean — of or relating to Judea.
- judaeo- — relating to Judaism
- judaica — the literature, customs, culture, etc, of the Jews
- judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- judaist — an adherent or supporter of Judaism.
- judaize — to conform to the spirit, character, principles, or practices of Judaism.
- judases — Plural form of judas.
- judders — Plural form of judder.