conference center conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
conference room | a room in which a conference can be held |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose, he walked with the help of a wooden staff |
column editorial newspaper column | an article giving opinions or perspectives |
conference call | a telephone call in which more than two people participate |
staff stave | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written |
staff line | any of the horizontal marks comprising a staff |
treble clef treble staff G clef | a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff |
conference group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
press conference news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |
pretrial pretrial conference | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried, more useful in civil than in criminal cases |
round table roundtable round-table conference | a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views, a roundtable on the future of computing |
staff | a rod carried as a symbol |
bread breadstuff staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
personnel department personnel office personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Chiefs | the executive agency that advises the President on military questions, composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps |
league conference | an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members |
staff faculty | the body of teachers and administrators at a school, the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university |
conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) |
Potsdam Conference | a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended |
Yalta Conference | a conference held in Yalta in February where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe |
office office staff | professional or clerical workers in an office, the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard |
research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
security staff | those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft |
service staff maintenance staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
headquarters staff | military staff stationed at headquarters |
staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task, the hospital has an excellent nursing staff, the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions |
half-mast half-staff | a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
chief of staff | the senior officer of a service of the armed forces |
staff member staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
staff officer | a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff |
staff sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman st class in the Air Force |
ocotillo coachwhip Jacob's staff vine cactus Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
Celastraceae family Celastraceae spindle-tree family staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
staff tree | any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus |
bittersweet American bittersweet climbing bittersweet false bittersweet staff vine waxwork shrubby bittersweet Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
staff | building material consisting of plaster and hair, used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration |
staff | provide with staff, This position is not always staffed |
staff | serve on the staff of, The two men staff the reception desk |
editorial | of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives, editorial column |
editorial | relating to or characteristic of an editor, editorial duties |