pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
egoism
egocentrism
self-interest
selfoncern
selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism
self-interest self-seeking
expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
sake
interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
| interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest
involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
inquiry enquiry
research | a search for knowledge, their pottery deserves more research than it has received |
| empirical research | an empirical search for knowledge |
| reader | one of a series of texts for students learning to read |
interest
interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
| special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
| vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
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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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 |
| research colloquium | a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
| research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
Casualty Care Research Center
CCRC | an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care |
| lay reader | a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church |
lector
lecturer reader | a public lecturer at certain universities |
| lector reader | someone who reads the lessons in a church service, someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church |
| lip reader | someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips |
| mind reader telepathist thoughteader | a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) |
newsreader
news reader | someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin |
proofreader
reader | someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections |
| reader | a person who enjoys reading |
| reader | a person who can read, a literate person |
research director
director of research | a supervisor in a research center |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
| reviewer referee reader | someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication |
| subscriber reader | someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication |
telepathist
thoughteader
mental telepathist
mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization | income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted, an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts) |
| interest expense | interest paid on loans |