6-letter words containing a, j
- jarvey — a hackney coachman.
- jascha — a male given name, Russian form of Jacob or James.
- jasmin — a female given name.
- jasper — a city in NW Alabama.
- jassid — leafhopper.
- jataka — a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha.
- jauked — to dally; dawdle.
- jaunce — to prance
- jaunts — Plural form of jaunt.
- jaunty — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jaures — Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1859–1914, French socialist and writer.
- java 2 — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
- javari — a river in E South America, flowing NE from Peru to the upper Amazon, forming part of the boundary between Peru and Brazil. 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- javits — Jacob K(oppel) [koh-pel] /koʊˈpɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1957–81.
- jawans — Plural form of jawan.
- jawara — Sir Dawda (ˈdɔːdə). born 1924, Gambian statesman; president of The Gambia (1970–94); overthrown in a military coup
- jawbox — a metal kitchen sink
- jawing — Present participle of jaw.
- jaycee — a member of a civic group for young business and community leaders.
- jaygee — lieutenant junior grade
- jayvee — a player on a junior varsity team.
- jazzbo — a jazz musician or fan
- jazzed — 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.
- jazzer — A jazz musician.
- jazzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jazz.
- jeaned — (mostly, in combination) Wearing jeans.
- jeanne — a female given name, form of Jean.
- jemima — a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dove.”.
- jerash — a town in N Jordan, N of Amman: Roman ruins.
- jerboa — any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
- jetlag — Alternative spelling of jet lag.
- jetsam — goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
- jetway — A portable bridge put against an aircraft door to allow passengers to embark or disembark.
- jezail — a long-barrelled Afghan musket
- jhansi — a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.
- jhatka — the slaughter of animals for food according to Sikh law
- jibaro — an inhabitant of the rural regions of Puerto Rico.
- jicama — the large, edible, tuberous root of a tropical American plant, Pachyrhizus erosus, of the legume family, eaten as a vegetable either raw or boiled.
- jictar — Joint Industry Committee for Television Advertising Research
- jiddah — a port in W Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea: the diplomatic capital of the country; the port of entry for Mecca, 80 km (50 miles) east. Pop: 3 807 000 (2005 est)
- jigawa — a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Dutse. Pop: 4 348 649 (2006). Area: 23 154 sq km (8940 sq miles)
- jigsaw — Also, jig saw. an electric machine saw with a narrow blade mounted vertically in a frame, for cutting curves or other difficult lines or patterns.
- jihadi — an Islamic fundamentalist who participates in or supports jihad, especially armed and violent confrontation. See also mujahedin.
- jihads — Plural form of jihad.
- jilbab — a long robe covering the head worn by some Muslim women
- jingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- jinnah — Mohammed Ali ("Quaid-i-Azam") 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.
- jivaro — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, formerly renowned for their custom of preserving the hair and shrunken skin from the severed heads of enemies.
- jizyah — the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.
- joanna — (Cockney rhyming slang) A piano.