Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind |
General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals |
General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import |
General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number |
General (a.) Having a relation to all |
General (a.) As a whole |
General (a.) Usual |
General (a.) The whole |
General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country |
General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together |
General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
General (a.) The public |
Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him |
Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. |
Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. |
Postmasters-general (pl. ) of Postmaster-general |
Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet. |
Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain |
States-general (n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. |
States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with |
Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To thrust in |
Strike (v. t.) To punish |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats |
Strike (v. t.) To lower |
Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse |
Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite |
Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify |
Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently |
Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. |
Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly |
Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of |
Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. |
Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly |
Strike (v. t.) To advance |
Strike (v. i.) To move |
Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust |
Strike (v. i.) To hit |
Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows |
Strike (v. i.) To make an attack |
Strike (v. i.) To touch |
Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
Attorney General Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
quarterback signal caller field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
command post general headquarters GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
general anesthetic general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
inhalation anesthetic inhalation anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
public knowledge general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
internal medicine general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity general theory of relativity general relativity theory Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
rap strike tap | a gentle blow |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
general delivery poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
legislature legislative assembly legislative body general assembly law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in |
General Assembly | the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
Shin Bet General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
Office of Inspector General OIG | the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission |
General Services Administration GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
adjutant general | a general's adjutant, chief administrative officer |
attorney general | the chief law officer of a country or state |
brigadier brigadier general | a general officer ranking below a major general |
Comptroller General | a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government |
general full general | a general officer of the highest rank |
general superior general | the head of a religious order or congregation |
general manager | the highest ranking manager |
general officer | officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel |