8-letter words starting with j
- j'accuse — any strong denunciation
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- j'ouvert — the eve of Mardi gras; the Monday morning on which the festivities begin
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jabalpur — a city in central Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- jabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of jabber.
- jabberer — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- jaboatao — a city in E Brazil, W of Recife.
- jacamars — Plural form of jacamar.
- jacinthe — a yellowish orange
- jack oak — the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.
- jack off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jack tar — a sailor.
- jack-off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack-tar — a sailor.
- jackaroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackatar — a Newfoundland native of mixed French and Amerindian descent.
- jackboot — a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jacketed — Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- 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.
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