9-letter words containing l, a, j
- jaywalked — Simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk.
- jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
- jazz club — jazz music venue
- jealously — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- jelly bag — a muslin bag used to strain off the juice from the fruit in making jelly (the preserve)
- jellybean — a small, bean-shaped, usually brightly colored candy with a hard sugar coating and a firm gelatinous filling.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jerubbaal — Gideon (def 1).
- jerusalem — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet plane — an airplane moved by jet propulsion.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jetlagged — a temporary disruption of the body's normal biological rhythms after high-speed air travel through several time zones.
- jiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- jicarilla — a member of a group of North American Indians who once inhabited primarily northern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado and are situated in northwestern New Mexico.
- jillaroos — Plural form of jillaroo.
- jillstrap — (informal) A pelvic protector, a woman's equivalent of a man's jockstrap.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jive talk — black American slang
- jocularly — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- joculator — (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- joe blake — a snake
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- jollyboat — Alternative form of jolly boat.
- joviality — the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity.
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- jubilated — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- jubilatio — jubilus.
- judgeable — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judicable — capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- junctural — of or relating to phonological juncture.
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- jyvaskyla — a city in S central Finland.
- kajillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- la granja — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- lancejack — a lance corporal
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- lavalleja — Juan Antonio [hwahn ahn-taw-nyaw] /ʰwɑn ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1853, Uruguayan revolutionary: leader in war of independence against Brazil 1825.