16-letter words containing a, d, j
- adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
- adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
- adjutant general — a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions
- alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
- average adjuster — a person who calculates average claims, esp for marine insurance
- churidar pyjamas — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
- dear john letter — a letter from someone (esp to a man) breaking off a love affair
- foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
- franz josef land — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.
- half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.
- j. random hacker — (jargon) /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
- john of damascus — Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judas maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
- judicial inquiry — a formal legal investigation conducted into a matter of public concern by a judge, appointed by the government
- jump up and down — bounce
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- middelmannetjies — Plural form of middelmannetjie.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- orthodox judaism — Judaism as observed by Orthodox Jews.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
- romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
- san juan islands — a group of islands between NW Washington, US, and SE Vancouver Island, Canada: administratively part of Washington
- share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
- st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
- to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
- vesuvianite jade — a green variety of vesuvianite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
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