union unification uniting conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
coupling mating pairing conjugation union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
African clawed frog Xenopus laevis | a tongueless frog native to Africa, established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals |
African chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon | a chameleon found in Africa |
African monitor Varanus niloticus | destroys crocodile eggs |
African crocodile Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus | a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
African coral snake Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
African hunting dog hyena dog Cape hunting dog Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs, now rare in settled area |
African wild ass Equus asinus | a wild ass of Africa |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
African elephant Loxodonta africana | an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
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 |
kat khat qat quat cat Arabian tea African tea | the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea, has the effect of a euphoric stimulant, in Yemen kat is used daily by % of adults |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
African American Vernacular English AAVE African American English Black English Black English Vernacular Black Vernacular Black Vernacular English Ebonics | a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States |
Afrikaans Taal South African Dutch | an official language of the Republic of South Africa, closely related to Dutch and Flemish |
West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
black music African-American music | music created by African-American musicians, early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses |
union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union trade union trades union brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |
craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
company union | a union of workers for a single company, a union not affiliated with a larger union |
union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
Constitutional Union Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union |
union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations, the Soviet Union |
customs union | an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members |
Union Army | the northern army during the American Civil War |
labor movement trade union movement labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
African country African nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
Myanmar Union of Burma Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, much opium is grown in Myanmar |
Central African Republic Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Serbia and Montenegro Union of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
Soviet Union Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in , included Russia and other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others), officially dissolved December |
Union North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), he has visited every state in the Union, Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union, the North's superior resources turned the scale |
African | a native or inhabitant of Africa |
Black African | an African who is Black |
African-American African American Afro-American Black American | an American whose ancestors were born in Africa |
South African | a native or inhabitant of South Africa |
Federal Federal soldier Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |