red flag | something that irritates or demands immediate action, doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull |
Royal National Eisteddfod | an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts |
national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
national censorship | censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions |
national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
flag | a conspicuously marked or shaped tail |
American flag Stars and Stripes Star-Spangled Banner Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
battle flag | a flag that leads troops into battle |
black flag pirate flag Jolly Roger blackjack | a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background, indicates a pirate ship |
flag | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design |
flag flagstone | stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations NASDAQ | a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter |
National Baseball Hall of Fame | a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players |
National Library of Medicine United States National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
national monument | memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest, set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment |
pin flag | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green |
Stars and Bars Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
Union Jack Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
whistle stop flag stop way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
white flag flag of truce | flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce |
Higher National Diploma HND | a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area, good students may progress to a course leading to a degree |
masthead flag | a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
flag signal flag | a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device |
code flag nautical signal flag | one of an international code of flag signals used between ships |
national flag ensign | an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality |
red flag | the emblem of socialist revolution |
national anthem | a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation |
flag waving jingoism | an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions |
red flag | a flag that serves as a warning signal, we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up |
Grand National | an annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England |
Irish National Liberation Army INLA People's Liberation Army People's Republican Army Catholic Reaction Force | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland |
National Liberation Army ELN Nestor Paz Zamora Commission CNPZ | a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups, a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the s |
National Liberation Army ELN | a Marxist terrorist group formed in by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution, responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade, ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations |
National Liberation Front of Corsica FLNC | a terrorist group formed in to work for Corsican independence, attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism |
National Trust NT | an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty, founded in and supported by endowment and private subscription |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight |
National Archives and Records Administration NARA | the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections |
National Labor Relations Board NLRB | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions |
National Science Foundation NSF | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education |
National Security Council NSC | a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security, supervises the Central Intelligence Agency |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA | an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources, predicts changes to the earth's environment, provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather |
National Climatic Data Center NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
National Weather Service | the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps |
National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST | an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
National Technical Information Service NTIS | an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information |
National Institutes of Health NIH | an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health, is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government |
National Park Service | an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks |
National Institute of Justice NIJ | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice |