anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
anti-G suit G suit | worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration |
anti-inflammatory anti-inflammatory drug | a medicine intended to reduce inflammation |
anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
fragmentation bomb antipersonnel bomb anti-personnel bomb daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug NSAID | an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids, NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox- and Cox- enzymes |
stabilizer bar anti-sway bar | a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks, serves to stabilize the chassis |
tail rotor anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
virility drug anti-impotence drug | drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction |
anti-Semitism antisemitism | the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people |
anti-Catholicism | a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism |
anti-drug law | a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
anti-virus program | a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFLP Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine PDFLP | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, in the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren |
Japanese Red Army JRA Anti-Imperialist International Brigade | a terrorist group organized into overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution, is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists, in the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel |
Khmer Rouge KR Party of Democratic Kampuchea Communist Party of Kampuchea | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in , became a terrorist organization in when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people, was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until |
Anti-Masonic Party | a former political party in the United States, founded in in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs |
Democratic Party | the older of two major political parties in the United States |
Democratic-Republican Party | a former major political party in the United States in the early th century, opposed the old Federalist party, favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government |
Social Democratic Party | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late th century, originally Marxist, now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism |
States' Rights Democratic Party Dixiecrats | a former political party in the United States, formed in by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman |
Algeria Algerie Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, colonized by France in the th century but gained autonomy in the early s |
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon, became independent of the United Kingdom in |
Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Belgian Congo | a republic in central Africa, achieved independence from Belgium in |
East Germany German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Yaltopya Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea D.P.R.K. DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia, achieved independence from France in |
Sao Tome and Principe Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome e Principe Sao Thome e Principe St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, achieved independence from Portugal in , has enormous offshore oil reserves |
anti | a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.), the antis smelled victory after a long battle |
anti-American | a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies |
anti-Semite Jew-baiter | someone who hates and would persecute Jews |
philistine anti-intellectual lowbrow | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits |
anti-dumping duty | a tariff imposed to prevent dumping |
racist antiblack anti-Semite(a) | discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion |
democratic popular | representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large, democratic art forms, a democratic or popular movement, popular thought, popular science, popular fiction |
democratic | characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality, democratic government, a democratic country, a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords- George du Maurier |
anti-intellectual philistine | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values |
anti | not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) |
Democratic | belong to or relating to the Democratic Party, Democratic senator |
anti-American | opposed to the United States and its policies |
anti-semitic antisemitic | relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism, hating Jews |