| 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 |
| change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
| Secretary of State | the position of the head of the State Department, the position of Secretary of State was established in |
| research | systematic investigation to establish facts |
| operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
| biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
| stemell research | research on stem cells and their use in medicine |
| embryonic stemell research | biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine |
marketing research
market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
| product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
| consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
| state-sponsored terrorism | terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism |
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
| auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
| chair of state | a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person |
| 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 |
lab
laboratory
research lab
research laboratory
science lab
science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
Naval Research Laboratory
NRL | the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
| Ohio State University | a university in Columbus, Ohio |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
| state prison | a prison maintained by a state of the U.S. |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
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 |
inquiry enquiry
research | a search for knowledge, their pottery deserves more research than it has received |
| empirical research | an empirical search for knowledge |
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 |
| solid-state physics | the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals, superconductivity, photoconductivity |
| state's evidence | evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings |
Kaplan Group
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
Caliphate State | a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany, seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran |
authoritarian state
authoritarian regime | a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people |
| State Department | a department of government in one of thestates |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA | the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense, responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since
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Department of State
United States Department of State
State Department
State DoS | the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies, the Department of State was created in |
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
INR | an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community |
state
nation
country
land
commonwealth
res publica
body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
rogue state
renegade state
rogue nation | a state that does not respect other states in its international actions |
| church-state | a state ruled by religious authority |
city state
city-state | a state consisting of a sovereign city |
| welfare state | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc. |
puppet government
puppet state
pupet regime | a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed |
| state | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state, the state has lowered its income tax |
| state government | the government of a state in the United States |
totalitarian state
totalitation regime | a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures |
| research colloquium | a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported |
supreme court state supreme court
high court | the highest court in most states of the United States |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |