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 |
adult | any mature animal |
education training breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
adult body | the body of an adult human being |
adult female body woman's body | the body of an adult woman |
adult male body man's body | the body of an adult man |
permanent tooth adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
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 |
Master of Education MEd | a master's degree in education |
Doctor of Education EdD DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
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 |
school board board of education | a board in charge of local public schools |
adult grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward |
man adult male | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman), there were two women and six men on the bus |
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 |
woman adult female | an adult female person (as opposed to a man), the woman kept house while the man hunted |
adult intelligence | the average IQ of the adults in a given population |
adult respiratory distress syndrome ARDS wet lung white lung | acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales, inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen, occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc. |
d type II diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes ketosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketosisesistant diabetes ketoacidosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketoacidosisesistant diabetes adult-onset diabetes mellitus adult-onset diabetes maturity-onset diabetes mellitus maturity-onset diabetes mature-onset diabetes | mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults, can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors, can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin |
General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE O level | the basic level of a subject taken in school |
adult big full-grown fully grown grown grownup | (of animals) fully developed, an adult animal, a grown woman |
pornographic adult | designed to arouse lust, pornographic films and magazines, adult movies |