8-letter words starting with j
- 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.
- jangling — to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- janitrix — A female janitor.
- janizary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- jannings — Emil (Theodor Emil Janenz) 1886–1950, German film actor.
- janthina — Alternative form of ianthina.
- japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japanize — to make Japanese or Japaneselike, as in design, culture, or usability; imbue with Japanese characteristics: working on a project to Japanize an American software program.
- japanned — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japanner — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jararaca — A species of venomous snake found in South America, Bothrops jararaca.
- jaredite — (in Mormon belief) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jarovize — to vernalize.