means
agency
way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
| means | an instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
independent variable
experimental variable | (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables |
| law of independent assortment | each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random |
main clause
independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS | an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec |
| Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
| independent agency | an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea | a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, in it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations |
Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
Western Samoa
Samoa i Sisifo | a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific |
freelancer
freelance
free-lance
free lance
independent
self-employed person | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them |
man of means
rich man
wealthy man | a man who is wealthy |
| mugwump independent fencesitter | a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) |
Johnson grass
Aleppo grass
means grass
evergreen millet
Sorghum halepense | tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder, naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land |
means
substance | considerable capital (wealth or income), he is a man of means |
| ways and means | resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) |
| independent | free from external control and constraint, an independent mind, a series of independent judgments, fiercely independent individualism |
| independent main(a) | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence, the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb |
| independent | not controlled by a party or interest group |
autonomous
independent
self-governing
sovereign | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces, an autonomous judiciary, a sovereign state |
| by all means | definitely or certainly, Visit us by all means |
by no means
not by a long sight
not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |
artificially
unnaturally
by artificial means | not according to nature, not by natural means, artificially induced conditions |
by hook or by crook
by any means | in any way necessary, I'll pass this course by hook or by crook |