| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
Secretary of Education
Education Secretary | the position of the head of the Education Department, the post of Education Secretary was created in |
| Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
| education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
education
instruction teaching pedagogy didactics
educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
| continuing education | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time |
| adult education | a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study |
| elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school |
| higher education | education provided by a college or university |
| secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades, provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
general anesthetic
general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic
inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
education training
breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
public knowledge
general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
| education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge, education is a preparation for life, a girl's education was less important than a boy's |
| physical education | training in the development of and care for the human body, stresses athletics, includes hygiene |
self-education
selfultivation | the process of educating yourself |
| special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom |
vocational training
vocational education | training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade |
| general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
| education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, it was clear that he had a very broad education |
internal medicine
general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy
general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity
general theory of relativity
general relativity theory
Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
Master of Education
MEd | a master's degree in education |
Doctor of Education
EdD
DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist
General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
Department of Education
Education Department
Education | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students), created |
| Department of Health Education and Welfare | a former executive department of the United States government, created in and divided in |
general delivery
poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
legislature
legislative assembly
legislative body
general assembly
law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
| States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
| Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in |
| General Assembly | the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
Shin Bet
General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
Office of Inspector General
OIG | the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission |
General Services Administration
GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
| general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
school board
board of education | a board in charge of local public schools |
| adjutant general | a general's adjutant, chief administrative officer |
| attorney general | the chief law officer of a country or state |
brigadier
brigadier general | a general officer ranking below a major general |