9-Letter Words Containing JACKS_

• screw-operated jack

• a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

• A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.

• A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.

• A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.

• (underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.

• a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length)

• a small short-billed Old World snipe

• American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

• A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.