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) |
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 |
alcohol abuse
alcoholic abuse
alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks |
alcohol thermometer
alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
| rubbing alcohol | lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use |
tribromoethanol
tribromoethyl alcohol | an intravenous anesthetic |
education training
breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
| 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 |
| education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, it was clear that he had a very broad education |
guidance
counsel
counseling
counselling
direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action |
Master of Education
MEd | a master's degree in education |
Doctor of Education
EdD
DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
alcohol
alcoholic drink
alcoholic beverage
intoxicant
inebriant | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent, alcohol (or drink) ruined him |
neutral spirits
ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of percent orproof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
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 |
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
ATF | the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson |
| Department of Health Education and Welfare | a former executive department of the United States government, created in and divided in |
school board
board of education | a board in charge of local public schools |
Secretary of Education
Education Secretary | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education, Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education |
alcoholism
alcohol addiction
inebriation drunkenness | habitual intoxication, prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms |
fetal alcohol syndrome
FAS | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy |
alcoholic dementia
alcohol amnestic disorder
Korsakoff's psychosis
Korsakoff's syndrome
Korsakov's psychosis
Korsakov's syndrome
polyneuritic psychosis | dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism, involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact |
General Certificate of Secondary Education
GCSE
O level | the basic level of a subject taken in school |
alcohol group
alcohol radical | the chemical group -OH |
methanol
methyl alcohol
wood alcohol
wood spirit | a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol, used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol |
| alcohol | any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
ethyl alcohol
ethanol
fermentation alcohol
grain alcohol | the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors, used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel, proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline |
| absolute alcohol | pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than % water) |
isopropyl alcohol
isopropanol | alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent |
| denatured alcohol | ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes |
aldol
aldehyde-alcohol | an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde, contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) |
allyl alcohol
propenyl alcohol | an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit, use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals |
| amyl alcohol | a mixture of or more isomeric alcohols, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis |
butyl alcohol
butanol | a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents |
diol
glycol dihydric alcohol | any of a class of alcohols having hydroxyl groups in each molecule |
lauryl alcohol
-dodecanol | a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals |
propanol
propyl alcohol | a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic |
sterol
steroid alcohol | any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals, they are waxy insoluble substances |
alcoholic
alcohol-dependent | addicted to alcohol, alcoholic expatriates in Paris- Carl Van Doren |