| merging meeting coming together | the act of joining together as one, the merging of the two groups occurred quickly, there was no meeting of minds |
| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
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 |
prayer meeting
prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
meeting
coming together | the social act of assembling for some common purpose, his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day |
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 |
forum
assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
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) |
annual
yearly
yearbook | a reference book that is published regularly once every year |
meeting
encounter | a casual or unexpected convergence, he still remembers their meeting in Paris, there was a brief encounter in the hallway |
meet
sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| race meeting | a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track, the Epsom race meeting was an important social event |
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 |
meeting
group meeting | a formally arranged gathering, next year the meeting will be in Chicago, the meeting elected a chairperson |
board meeting
committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
| camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days |
| stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company |
| meeting get together | a small informal social gathering, there was an informal meeting in my living room |
| town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
summit
summit meeting | a meeting of heads of governments |
| town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
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 |
rally
mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
luncheon meeting
lunch meeting | a meeting for lunch, usually to conduct business while eating |
revival
revival meeting | an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion |
| general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
confluence
meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers), Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers |
| 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 |