accession rise to power | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne), Elizabeth's accession in |
country-dance country dancing contredanse contra danse contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
entree access accession admission admittance | the right to enter |
country music country and western C and W | a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States, usually played on stringed instruments |
accession assenting | agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly), accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent, assenting to the Congressional determination |
cross country | a long race run over open country |
country people countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
nation land country | the people who live in a nation or country, a statement that sums up the nation's mood, the news was announced to the nation, the whole country worshipped him |
commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth |
developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically |
foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
state nation country land commonwealth res publica body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries OPEC | an organization of countries formed in to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum |
country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing |
area country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography), it was a mountainous area, Bible country |
high country | an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline |
backwoods back country boondocks hinterland | a remote and undeveloped area |
fatherland homeland motherland mother country country of origin native land | the country where you were born |
buffer state buffer country | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
country state land | the territory occupied by a nation, he returned to the land of his birth, he visited several European countries |
old country | the country of origin of an immigrant |
country rural area | an area outside of cities and towns, his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country |
European country European nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
Scandinavian country Scandinavian nation | any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia |
Balkan country Balkan nation Balkan state | any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula |
African country African nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
Asian country Asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
South American country South American nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent |
North American country North American nation | any country on the North American continent |
Central American country Central American nation | any one of the countries occupying Central America, these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments |
West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
Bluegrass Bluegrass Country Bluegrass Region | an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses |
Low Countries | the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands |
campaigner candidate nominee | a politician who is running for public office |
candidate prospect | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) |
country doctor | a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital, do country doctors still make house calls? |
job candidate | an applicant who is being considered for a job |
write-in candidate write-in | a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters |
country borage Coleus aromaticus Coleus amboinicus Plectranthus amboinicus | an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa, sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus |
accession addition | something added to what you already have, the librarian shelved the new accessions, he was a new addition to the staff |
accession | (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement |
accession | a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group), the art collection grew through accession |
accession | make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library |
contradance country-dance contredanse contra danse | perform a contradance |
country-bred | rough and uncouth, a country boy |
country-style | typical of the country, country-style sausage, country music |
cross-country | across the countryside, the river runs cross-country, the road runs cross-country |