Royal National Eisteddfod | an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts |
national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
national censorship | censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions |
team sport | a sport that involves competition between teams of players, baseball is a team sport by golf is not |
team teaching | a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students |
national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
dalmatian coach dog carriage dog | a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots, originated in Dalmatia |
coach horse | strong draft horse for drawing coaches |
a bus autobus coach charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach omnibus passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
bus terminal bus depot bus station coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers |
coach four-in-hand coach-and-four | a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver |
coach house carriage house remise | a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles |
hackney hackney carriage hackney coach | a carriage for hire |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations NASDAQ | a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter |
National Baseball Hall of Fame | a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players |
National Library of Medicine United States National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
national monument | memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest, set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment |
passenger car coach carriage | a railcar where passengers ride |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
trolleybus trolley coach trackless trolley | a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires |
esprit de corps morale team spirit | the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
Higher National Diploma HND | a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area, good students may progress to a course leading to a degree |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
national flag ensign | an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality |
national anthem | a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation |
Grand National | an annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England |
team | two or more draft animals that work together to pull something |
Irish National Liberation Army INLA People's Liberation Army People's Republican Army Catholic Reaction Force | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland |
National Liberation Army ELN Nestor Paz Zamora Commission CNPZ | a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups, a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the s |
National Liberation Army ELN | a Marxist terrorist group formed in by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution, responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade, ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations |
National Liberation Front of Corsica FLNC | a terrorist group formed in to work for Corsican independence, attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism |
National Trust NT | an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty, founded in and supported by endowment and private subscription |
defense defence defense team defense lawyers | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively, the defense called for a mistrial |
A-team | a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization |
major-league team major-league club | a team that plays in a major league |
minor-league team minor-league club | a team that plays in a minor league |
farm team farm club | a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball) |
baseball team | a team that plays baseball |
basketball team five | a team that plays basketball |
football team eleven | a team that plays football |
hockey team | a team that plays ice hockey |
varsity first team | a team representing a college or university |
defense defence defending team | (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring, his teams are always good on defense |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight |
National Archives and Records Administration NARA | the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections |
National Labor Relations Board NLRB | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions |
National Science Foundation NSF | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education |
National Security Council NSC | a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security, supervises the Central Intelligence Agency |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA | an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources, predicts changes to the earth's environment, provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather |