Words containing aja

Ajar means: Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.

Ajar means: In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

Cacajao means: A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

Chaja means: The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

Elcaja means: An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

Maharajah means: A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

Raja means: Same as Rajah.

Rajah means: A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.

Rajahship means: The office or dignity of a rajah.

Tajacu means: Alt. of Tajassu

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.