11-letter words containing j
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
- project mac — (project) A project suggested by J C R Licklider; its founding director was MIT Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's Multics development and Marvin Minsky's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use CTSS and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also Early PL/I, MacLisp, MACSYMA, MDL, Multipop-68, OCAL.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projectment — a design or projection
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- quart major — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- rajahmundry — a city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River.
- rajya sabha — the upper house of parliament in India.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- readjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- red jasmine — a fragrant shrub with fragrant flowers, also known as frangipani
- reinjection — an injection that follows a previous injection
- reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
- rejectingly — in a rejecting way or manner
- rejoicement — rejoicing; delight; exultation; gladness; joy
- rejoicingly — in a rejoicing or exultant manner
- rejoneadora — a female bullfighter who rides horseback during a fight and spears the bull with lances
- rejuvenated — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenesce — to make or become youthful or restored to vitality
- rejuvenized — to rejuvenate.
- rich object — In artificial intelligence, an object which cannot be completely described or represented but about which assertions can be made.
- rijksmuseum — a museum in Amsterdam housing the national art collection of the Netherlands
- rivet joint — a join made by use of rivets
- royal jelly — a viscous substance secreted from the pharyngeal glands of worker honeybees, fed to all larvae during their first few days and afterward only to those larvae selected to be queens.
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- san joaquin — a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- set-jetting — the practice of visiting places used as locations in feature films
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- sojournment — the state of sojourning
- steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
- stirrup jar — pseudamphora.
- stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- strip joint — a nightclub or other establishment featuring striptease performances.
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.