about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
| natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
| planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
planning
preparation
provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
defense program
defense policy
defence program
defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
tax program
tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
| policy | a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group, it was a policy of retribution, a politician keeps changing his policies |
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy | a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy |
regional anatomy
topographic anatomy
topology | the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region |
| urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
policy insurance policy
insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
floater
floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
| policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government, they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation |
| economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
| fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
| social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
trade policy
national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
open-door policy
open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
| zero-tolerance policy | any policy that allows no exception, a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests |
| Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
| planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
advisory board
planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
| policy maker | someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc., policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason |
regional anesthesia
regional anaesthesia | loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) |
regional enteritis
regional ileitis
Crohn's disease | a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss |
| policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
| regional | related or limited to a particular region, a regional dialect |
| regional | characteristic of a region, regional flora |