| state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes, the current state of knowledge, his state of health, in a weak financial state |
bell ringer
bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
rescue
deliverance
delivery
saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
homer
home run | a base hit on which the batter scores a run |
economy
saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
| change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
initiation founding
foundation
institution
origination
creation innovation
introduction instauration | the act of starting something for the first time, introducing something new, she looked forward to her initiation as an adult, the foundation of a new scientific society |
| home game | a game played at home |
| Secretary of State | the position of the head of the State Department, the position of Secretary of State was established in |
| state-sponsored terrorism | terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism |
| home invasion | burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home |
preservation
saving | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
harvest harvesting
harvest home | the gathering of a ripened crop |
| home banking | banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer) |
face saver
face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
| chair of state | a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person |
| correctional institution | a penal institution maintained by the government |
detention home
detention house
house of detention
detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
dwelling
home
domicile
abode
habitation
dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |
| Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
expressway
freeway
motorway
pike state highway
superhighway
throughway
thruway | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
funeral home
funeral parlor
funeral parlour
funeral chapel
funeral church
funeralesidence | a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
home nursing home
rest home | an institution where people are cared for, a home for the elderly |
home appliance
household appliance | an appliance that does a particular job in the home |
| home computer | a computer intended for use in the home |
| home court | (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games |
| home-farm | a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment |
home plate
home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
home room
homeroom | a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business |
home theater
home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
| institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
mental hospital
psychiatric hospital
mental institution
institution mental home
insane asylum
asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mobile home
manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
| Ohio State University | a university in Columbus, Ohio |
penal institution
penal facility | an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
soap scoop max
liquid ecstasy
grievous bodily harm
goop
Georgia home boy
easy lay | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate |
| stately home | a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family |
| state prison | a prison maintained by a state of the U.S. |
| vacation home | a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation |
| saving grace | a redeeming quality or characteristic, her love of music remains her one saving grace, her sense of humor has to be a saving grace, the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs |
| institution | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society, the institution of marriage, the institution of slavery, he had become an institution in the theater |
cognitive state
state of mind | the state of a person's cognitive processes |
religious trance
ecstatic state | a trance induced by intense religious devotion, does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances |
| home truth | an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) |
steady state theory
continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |