| tour de force | a masterly or brilliant feat |
| international flight | a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another |
tour
circuit | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area, they took an extended tour of Europe, we took a quick circuit of the park, a ten-day coach circuit of the island |
| grand tour | a sightseeing tour of a building or institution |
| grand tour | an extended cultural tour of Europe taken by wealthy young Englishmen (especially in the th century) as part of their education |
on the road
on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
sea-duty
service abroad
shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
package tour
package holiday | a tour arranged by a travel agent, transportation and food and lodging are all provided at an inclusive price |
| whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
| international terrorism | terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
| jihad jehad international jihad | a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
world affairs
international affairs | affairs between nations, you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television |
mutual aid
international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
concert pitch
philharmonic pitch
international pitch | the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances, usually assignsHz to the A above middle C |
Morse
Morse code
international Morse code | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
International Wanted Notice
Red Notice | an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition, a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries, an Interpol Red Notice is the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today |
| Tour de France | a French bicycle race for professional cyclists that lasts three weeks and covers about , miles |
| International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders | a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh |
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 |
Hare Krishna
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
ISKCON | a religious sect founded in the United States in , based on Vedic scriptures, groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna, devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy |
| Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office
Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
| Foreign Service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
| foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW | an organization of United States war veterans |
Lions Club
International Association of Lions clubs | club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare |
Rotary Club
Rotary International | a group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace |
| foreign legion | a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state |
| French Foreign Legion | a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France |
world organization
world organisation
international organization
international organisation
global organization | an international alliance involving many different countries |
International Court of Justice
World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations |
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA | the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO | the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation |
International Development Association
IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
International Finance Corporation
IFC | a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors, affiliated with the World Bank |
International Labor Organization
International Labour Organization
ILO | the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor |
International Maritime Organization
IMO | the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities |
International Monetary Fund
IMF | a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
| international intelligence agency | an intelligence agency outside the United States |
Foreign Intelligence Service
Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki
SVR | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information, collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime |
International Relations and Security Network
ISN | Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations |
| international law enforcement agency | an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement |