| natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
| planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
planning
preparation
provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
| urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department
department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
| art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department
department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
| department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department
department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department
department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department
department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department
department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department
department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department
department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department
department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department
department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department
department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
| business department | a division of a business firm |
advertising department
advertising division | the division of a business that is responsible for advertising |
| editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
| parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
plant department
building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
| purchasing department | the division of a business that is responsible for purchases |
sales department
sales division
sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
| service department | the division of a business that provides customer services |
| government department | a department of government |
payroll
payroll department | the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee |
local department
department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
corrections
department of corrections | the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders, for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections |
security
security department | a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers, the head of security was a former policeman |
| fire department | the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires |
| police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
| sanitation department | the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage |
| State Department | a department of government in one of thestates |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
| executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Agriculture USDA | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy), created in |