9-Letter Words with J,A,P,I

• oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito

• medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

• able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

• a small short-billed Old World snipe

• American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

• a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)

• an archaic term for a parrot

• greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

• deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

• lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

• a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

• lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

• a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

• coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan