manhattan project

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Manhattan Project
    n 1: a former United States executive agency that was
         responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
    2: code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942
       to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manhattan Project \Manhattan Project\ prop. n. (U. S. History)
   A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic
   bombs during World War II.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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