union unification uniting conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
personal foul | a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football) |
coupling mating pairing conjugation union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
judgment in personam judgement in personam personal judgment personal judgement | a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages |
Cooper Union Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
personal computer PC microcomputer | a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time |
personal digital assistant PDA personal organizer personal organiser organizer organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
identity personal identity individuality | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity, you can lose your identity when you join the army |
charisma personal appeal personal magnetism | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
personal equation | variability attributable to individual differences |
manner personal manner | a way of acting or behaving |
personal business personal matters affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
episodic memory personal memory | memory for episodes in your own life |
personal | a short newspaper article about a particular person or group |
personal pronoun | a pronoun expressing a distinction of person |
union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
personal letter | a letter dealing with personal affairs |
personal identification number PIN PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union trade union trades union brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |
craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
company union | a union of workers for a single company, a union not affiliated with a larger union |
union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
Constitutional Union Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union |
union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations, the Soviet Union |
customs union | an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members |
Union Army | the northern army during the American Civil War |
labor movement trade union movement labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
Myanmar Union of Burma Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, much opium is grown in Myanmar |
Serbia and Montenegro Union of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
Soviet Union Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in , included Russia and other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others), officially dissolved December |
Union North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), he has visited every state in the Union, Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union, the North's superior resources turned the scale |
Federal Federal soldier Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |
personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |
trade unionist unionist union member | a worker who belongs to a trade union |
union representative | a representative for a labor union |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
chattel personal chattel movable | personal as opposed to real property, any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) |
effects personal effects | property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business, she left some of her personal effects in the house, I watched over their effects until they returned |