| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
| product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
program
programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
President of the United States
President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
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 |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
exploitation
development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
| land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
National Library of Medicine
United States National Library of Medicine
U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
United States Mint
U.S. Mint
US Mint | the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks, processes gold and silver bullion |
audit program
audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| program programme | a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need, he proposed an elaborate program of public works, working mothers rely on the day care program |
United States Constitution
U.S. Constitution
US Constitution
Constitution Constitution of the United States | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states |
program programme computer program
computer programme | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute, the program required several hundred lines of code |
application application program
applications programme | a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task, he has tried several different word processing applications |
| broadcast program programme | a radio or television show, did you see his program last night? |
United States Code
U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
course of study
program programme curriculum
syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
crash course
crash program
crash programme | a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency), he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy, his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people, a crash programme is needed to create new jobs |
program
programme | an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event, you can't tell the players without a program |
| development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
program music
programme music | musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
Lautaro Youth Movement
Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement
Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces | a violent terrorist group organized in the s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government, leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths |
Revolutionary United Front
RUF | a terrorist group formed in the s in Sierra Leone, seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions, responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities, sponsored by the president of Liberia |
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia
United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUC | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups, is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members, the AUC conducted over assassinations in one year |
British Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown |
| United Church of Christ | merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in |
| Evangelical United Brethren Church | a Methodist denomination |
| United Methodist Church | union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church |
United States Postal Service
US Postal Service
USPS | an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States |
United States Postal Inspection Service
US Postal Inspection Service | the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service |
United States Trade Representative
US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
Department of Defense
Defense Department
United States Department of Defense
Defense DoD | the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States, created in |
United States Public Health Service
PHS | an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General, includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health |
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development
HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
United States Border Patrol
US Border Patrol | the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
Department of State
United States Department of State
State Department
State DoS | the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies, the Department of State was created in |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
US Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS | an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats, assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution |
Department of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Treasury United States Treasury | the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances, the Treasury Department was created in |
United States Marshals Service
US Marshals Service
Marshals | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system |
United States Post Office
US Post Office
Post Office
PO | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States |
Shakers
United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
United States Senate
U.S. Senate
US Senate
Senate | the upper house of the United States Congress |