cruelty inhuman treatment | a cruel act, a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering |
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 |
birth control birth prevention family planning | limiting the number of children born |
prevention bar | the act of preventing, there was no bar against leaving, money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza |
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 |
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 |
cruelty cruelness harshness | the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance |
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
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 |
cruelty mercilessness pitilessness ruthlessness | feelings of extreme heartlessness |
society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
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 |
Tammany Hall Tammany Society Tammany | a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 's and early 's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism |
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 |
Hare Krishna International Society for Krishna Consciousness ISKCON | a religious sect founded in the United States in , based on Vedic scriptures, groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna, devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC | a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, located in Atlanta, investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases) |
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 |
National Climatic Data Center NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
National Weather Service | the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps |
National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST | an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
National Technical Information Service NTIS | an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information |
National Institutes of Health NIH | an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health, is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government |
National Park Service | an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks |
National Institute of Justice NIJ | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice |
Society of Jesus Jesuit order | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen, it is strongly committed to education and scholarship |
Religious Society of Friends Society of Friends Quakers | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about , commonly called Quakers |
Shakers United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
Air National Guard ANG | a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies |
club social club society guild gild lodge order | a formal association of people with similar interests, he joined a golf club, they formed a small lunch society, men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today |
secret society | a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers |
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh National Volunteers Association | an all-male organization begun in to foster nationalism in India's Hindus |
Fabian Society | an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism |