9-Letter Words Starting: JACK

• a large knife with one or more folding blades

• a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out

• dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

• screw-operated jack

• a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night

• hunt with a jacklight

• East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds

• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

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

• (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot

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