11-letter words containing a, t, o, j
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- 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.
- 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.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- 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.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- take a joke — have a sense of humour
- tobacco jar — a container formerly used for storing tobacco and keeping it fresh
- transjordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- west jordan — a town in N central Utah.