| Russian roulette | a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger |
| induction of labor | (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac |
Braxton-Hicks contraction
false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
Russian bank
crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
President of the United States
President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
Secretary of Labor
Labor Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Labor, the post of Labor Secretary was created in |
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor | head of a former executive department created inand divided into two departments in |
labor
labour
toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages), his labor did not require a great deal of skill |
manual labor
manual labour | labor done with the hands |
iontophoresis
ionic medication
iontotherapy
electromotive drug administration
EMDA | therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues |
| administration judicature | the act of meting out justice according to the law |
| administration giving medication | the act of administering medication |
undertaking
project
task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
labor of love
labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
| labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers |
government
governing
governance
government activity
administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
administration
disposal | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
| Russian Revolution February Revolution | the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March |
| Russian Revolution October Revolution | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in |
borzoi
Russian wolfhound | tall fast-moving dog breed |
little chief hare
Ochotona princeps | North American pika |
corrective
restorative | a device for treating injury or disease |
| gulag | a Russian prison camp for political prisoners |
labor camp
labour camp | a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor |
labor contract
labor agreement
collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
| letters of administration | legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named |
Master in Business
Master in Business Administration
MBA | a master's degree in business |
| Russian | the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia |
Belarusian
Byelorussian
White Russian | the Slavic language spoken in Belarus |
| acronym | a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name |
Russian dressing
Russian mayonnaise | mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup, sometimes with caviar added |
| White Russian | a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream |
Kurdistan Workers Party
Kurdistan Labor Pary
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
PPK | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey |
| Russian Orthodox Church | an independent church with its own Patriarch, until it was the established church or Russia |
Food and Drug Administration
FDA | a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and healthelated products |
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 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 |
| Technology Administration | an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth |
Social Security Administration
SSA | an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system |
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Labor DoL | the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States, created in |
Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Agency
DEA | federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances, goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations |
Transportation Security Administration
TSA | an agency established in to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel |
| Department of Commerce and Labor | a former executive department of the United States government, created inand split into two departments in |
administration
governance
governing body
establishment brass
organization organisation | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something, he claims that the present administration is corrupt, the governance of an association is responsible to its members, he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment |
| Bush administration | the executive under President George W. Bush |
| Clinton administration | the executive under President Clinton |
| Bush administration | the executive under President George H. W. Bush |
| Reagan administration | the executive under President Reagan |