government
governing
governance
government activity
administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
central chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes troglodytes | black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa, closely related to eastern chimpanzees |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
| government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
fissure of Rolando
Rolando's fissure
central sulcus
sulcus centralis | a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres, separates the frontal and parietal lobes |
central artery of the retina
arteria centralis retinae | a branch of the ophthalmic artery, enters the eyeball with the optic nerve |
central veins of liver
venae centrales hepatis | terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids |
central vein of retina
vena centrales retinae | vein formed by the union of the retinal veins, accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve |
central vein of suprarenal gland
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | a single draining vein, on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava, on the left it empties into the left renal vein |
centrosome
central body | small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus, contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules |
central nervous system
CNS
systema nervosum centrale | the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
| central gyrus | either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus |
| central vision | vision using the fovea and parafovea, the middle part of the visual field |
| government | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed, tyrannical government |
politics
political science
government | the study of government of states and other political units |
Thai
Siamese
Central Thai | a branch of the Tai languages |
| South-Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India |
| Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India |
government
authorities
regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit, the government reduced taxes, the matter was referred to higher authorities |
| federal government | a government with strong central powers |
| government-in-exile | a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated |
| local government | the government of a local area |
military government
stratocracy | government by the military and an army |
| government department | a department of government |
local department
department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council |
Government Accounting Office
GAO
United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
| Central Powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies |
| Central America | the nations of Central America collectively |
puppet government
puppet state
pupet regime | a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed |
| municipal government | the government of a municipality |
| state government | the government of a state in the United States |
agency
federal agency
government agency
bureau
office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
Central Intelligence Machinery
CIM | the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies |
| central bank | a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government |
| European Central Bank | the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency, The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve |
United States government
United States
U.S. government
US Government
U.S. | the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States |
United States Government Printing Office
US Government Printing Office
Government Printing Office
GPO | an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government |
government officials
officialdom | people elected or appointed to administer a government |
political system
form of government | the members of a social organization who are in power |
city center
city centre
central city | the central part of a city |
Central American country
Central American nation | any one of the countries occupying Central America, these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments |
Central African Republic
Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Bangui
capital of Central Africa | the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic |
| Central America | the isthmus joining North America and South America, extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia |