military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
big science | scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results |
military censorship | all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces |
military training | training soldiers in military procedures |
military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons |
military action action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
operation military operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign), it was a joint operation of the navy and air force |
maneuver manoeuvre simulated military operation | a military training exercise |
campaign military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
expedition military expedition hostile expedition | a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
mission military mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters, the planes were on a bombing mission |
military ceremony | a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary |
siege besieging beleaguering military blockade | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
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 |
headquarters HQ military headquarters | the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command, the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents |
lab laboratory research lab research laboratory science lab science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
military hospital | hospital for soldiers and other military personnel |
military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
military post post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
military quarters | living quarters for personnel on a military post |
military uniform | prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers |
military vehicle | vehicle used by the armed forces |
science museum | a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest |
warplane military plane | an aircraft designed and used for combat |
military capability military strength strength military posture posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war, we faced an army of great strength, politicians have neglected our military posture |
skill science | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain, the skill of a well-trained boxer, the sweet science of pugilism |
creation science | an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis |
science scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge, the science of genetics |
natural science | the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena |
life science bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
biology biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
biomedical science | the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine |
medical science | the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease |
ecology bionomics environmental science | the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment |
genetics genetic science | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
zoology zoological science | the branch of biology that studies animals |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
physics physical science | the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something, he studied the physics of radiation |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
geophysics geophysical science | geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth |
engineering engineering science applied science technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
computer science computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
psychology psychological science | the science of mental life |
information science informatics information processing IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
cognitive science | the field of science concerned with cognition, includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
politics political science government | the study of government of states and other political units |