7-letter words containing a, j
- 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.
- 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.
- jellaba — a loose-fitting hooded gown or robe worn by men in North Africa.
- jemadar — any of various government officials.
- jeofail — an oversight in a legal pleading
- jeopard — to jeopardize.
- jerboas — Plural form of jerboa.
- jeritza — Maria [mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1982, Austrian operatic soprano.
- jessamy — jasmine
- jessant — shooting up, as a plant.
- jessica — a female given name, form of Jesse.
- jet lag — a temporary disruption of the body's normal biological rhythms after high-speed air travel through several time zones.
- jetbead — a shrub, Rhodotypos scandens, of the rose family, having white flowers and glossy black fruit, cultivated as an ornamental.
- jetboat — A boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft.
- jetpack — a jet-powered backpack used by astronauts to move around in space away from a spacecraft.
- jezabel — Also, Douay Bible, Jezabel. the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. I Kings 16:31.
- jialing — a river in central China, flowing E and S to the Yangtze River. 695 miles (1119 km) long.
- jiamusi — a city in E Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- jiangsu — a maritime province in E China. 40,927 sq. mi. (106,001 sq. km). Capital: Nanjing.
- jiangxi — a province in SE China. 63,629 sq. mi. (164,799 sq. km). Capital: Nanchang.
- jiaozuo — a city in Henan province, E central China.
- jicamas — Plural form of jicama.
- jigaboo — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jigsaws — Plural form of jigsaw.
- jihadis — Plural form of jihadi.
- jihlava — a city in W Moravia, in the S central Czech Republic: former silver-mining center.
- jimjams — extreme nervousness; jitters.
- jivatma — Hinduism. the individual soul, regarded as a particular manifestation of Atman.
- jiveass — misleading or ridiculous
- joachim — Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1831–1907, Hungarian violinist and composer.
- joannes — johannes.
- jobname — the title of a position or job
- jocasta — Classical Mythology. a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius and the mother, later the wife, of Oedipus, by whom she bore Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone: called Epicaste by Homer.
- jocular — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- johanna — a female given name.
- jojobas — Plural form of jojoba.
- jordans — Plural form of jordan.
- jornada — a full day's travel across a desert without a stop for taking on water.
- jouhaux — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
- 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.
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- joypads — Plural form of joypad.