union
unification
uniting
conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
coupling
mating
pairing
conjugation
union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
| Christian liturgy | the Christian worship services |
Cooper Union
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
long underwear
union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
| student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
| union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack
Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
| Christian theology | the teachings of Christian churches |
Christianity
Christian religion | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior |
| Christian Science | religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing |
Christian name
baptismal name | the first name given to Christians at birth or christening |
Bible
Christian Bible
Book Good Book
Holy Scripture
Holy Writ
Scripture
Word of God
Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
| union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
| union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
| union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
DFLP
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PDFLP | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, in the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren |
Khmer Rouge
KR
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Communist Party of Kampuchea | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in , became a terrorist organization in when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people, was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until |
church
Christian church | one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship |
| Christian Church Disciples of Christ | a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion |
Christian Science
Church of Christ Scientist | Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in |
| Congregational Christian Church | merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church |
European Union
EU
European Community
EC
European Economic Community
EEC
Common Market
Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
| Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union
trade union
trades union
brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union
vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
| Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |
| craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
| credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
| company union | a union of workers for a single company, a union not affiliated with a larger union |
| union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
| Constitutional Union Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union |
| Democratic Party | the older of two major political parties in the United States |
| Democratic-Republican Party | a former major political party in the United States in the early th century, opposed the old Federalist party, favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government |
| Social Democratic Party | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late th century, originally Marxist, now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism |
States' Rights Democratic Party
Dixiecrats | a former political party in the United States, formed in by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman |
| union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations, the Soviet Union |
| customs union | an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members |
| Union Army | the northern army during the American Civil War |
labor movement
trade union movement
labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
Algeria
Algerie
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, colonized by France in the th century but gained autonomy in the early s |
Myanmar
Union of Burma
Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, much opium is grown in Myanmar |
Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon, became independent of the United Kingdom in |
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
Belgian Congo | a republic in central Africa, achieved independence from Belgium in |
East Germany
German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Yaltopya
Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
Serbia and Montenegro
Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
D.P.R.K.
DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia, achieved independence from France in |
Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome e Principe
Sao Thome e Principe
St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, achieved independence from Portugal in , has enormous offshore oil reserves |