Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose |
Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. |
General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind |
General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals |
General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import |
General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number |
General (a.) Having a relation to all |
General (a.) As a whole |
General (a.) Usual |
General (a.) The whole |
General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country |
General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together |
General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
General (a.) The public |
Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him |
Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. |
Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. |
Postmasters-general (pl. ) of Postmaster-general |
Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet. |
Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished |
Purpose (n.) Proposal to another |
Purpose (n.) Instance |
Purpose (v. t.) To set forth |
Purpose (v. t.) To propose, as an aim, to one's self |
Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention |
Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain |
States-general (n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. |
States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations |
Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials |
Tool (n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service. |
Tool (n.) A weapon. |
Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person |
Tool (v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool. |
Tool (v. t.) To drive, as a coach. |
Tool-post (n.) Alt. of Tool-stock |
Tool-stock (n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped. |
Tool-rest (n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool. |
Top-tool (n.) A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed. |
instrument tool | the means whereby some act is accomplished, my greed was the instrument of my destruction, science has given us new tools to fight disease |
general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
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 |
tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
quarterback signal caller field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
carpenter's kit tool kit | a set of carpenter's tools |
command post general headquarters GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
cutter cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
entrenching tool trenching spade | a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches |
garden tool lawn tool | used for working in gardens or yards |
general anesthetic general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
graver graving tool pointel pointrel | a tool used by an engraver |
hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands |
inhalation anesthetic inhalation anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
power tool | a tool driven by a motor |
shaping tool | a tool for shaping metal |
tire iron tire tool | hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel |
tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
tool bag | a bag in which tools are carried |
toolbox tool chest tool cabinet tool case | a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools |
resoluteness firmness firmness of purpose resolve resolution | the trait of being resolute, his resoluteness carried him through the battle, it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work |
determination purpose | the quality of being determined to do or achieve something, firmness of purpose, his determination showed in his every movement, he is a man of purpose |
function purpose role use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
purposefulness sense of purpose | the quality of having a definite purpose |
cock prick dick shaft pecker peter tool putz | obscene terms for penis |
public knowledge general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
purpose intent intention aim design | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions, his intent was to provide a new translation, good intentions are not enough, it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs, he made no secret of his designs |
cross-purpose | a contrary aim, at cross-purposes |
internal medicine general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity general theory of relativity general relativity theory Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
general delivery poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
legislature legislative assembly legislative body general assembly law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in |
General Assembly | the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
Shin Bet General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
Office of Inspector General OIG | the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission |
General Services Administration GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
adjutant general | a general's adjutant, chief administrative officer |