social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
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 |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
social welfare welfare public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S., includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance |
social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
social insect | an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species |
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 |
inquiry enquiry research | a search for knowledge, their pottery deserves more research than it has received |
empirical research | an empirical search for knowledge |
social psychology | the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
social anthropology cultural anthropology | the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society |
social democracy | the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means |
Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
social action | a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform) |
intercourse social intercourse | communication between individuals |
social event | an event characteristic of persons forming groups |
affair occasion social occasion function social function | a vaguely specified social event, the party was quite an affair, an occasion arranged to honor the president, a seemingly endless round of social functions |
social group | people sharing some social relation |
class stratum social class socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
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 |
Social Security Administration SSA | an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system |
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 |
unit social unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group, the coach said the offensive unit did a good job, after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit |
club social club society guild gild lodge order | a formal association of people with similar interests, he joined a golf club, they formed a small lunch society, men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today |
social gathering social affair | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship |
sociable social mixer | a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity |
Social Democratic Party | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late th century, originally Marxist, now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism |
Economic and Social Council ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |