change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
| pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
| change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
| oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
| change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
change of direction
reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
| change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
| change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
| change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
| change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
| change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
President of the United States
President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
convention
convening | the act of convening |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| Secretariat | thoroughbred that won the triple crown in |
| change | a different or fresh set of clothes, she brought a change in her overnight bag |
| change | a thing that is different, he inspected several changes before selecting one |
| framework | a structure supporting or containing something |
| Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
National Library of Medicine
United States National Library of Medicine
U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
United States Mint
U.S. Mint
US Mint | the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks, processes gold and silver bullion |
| variety change | a difference that is usually pleasant, he goes to France for variety, it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic |
conventionality
convention
conventionalism | orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional |
framework
fabric | the underlying structure, providing a factual framework for future research, it is part of the fabric of society |
convention
normal
pattern rule formula | something regarded as a normative example, the convention of not naming the main character, violence is the rule not the exception, his formula for impressing visitors |
reversal
change of mind
flip-flop
turnabout
turnaround | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
model
theoretical account
framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
United States Constitution
U.S. Constitution
US Constitution
Constitution Constitution of the United States | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states |
United States Code
U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
| convention | (diplomacy) an international agreement |
| Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
| Geneva Convention | an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime |
change
alteration
modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another, the change was intended to increase sales, this storm is certainly a change for the worse, the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago |
change of location
travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
| sea change | a profound transformation |
| sex change | a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments) |
| bureau de change | (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money |
Lautaro Youth Movement
Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement
Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces | a violent terrorist group organized in the s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government, leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths |
Revolutionary United Front
RUF | a terrorist group formed in the s in Sierra Leone, seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions, responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities, sponsored by the president of Liberia |
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia
United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUC | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups, is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members, the AUC conducted over assassinations in one year |
British Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown |
American Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Convention | an association of Northern Baptists |
| Southern Baptist Convention | an association of Southern Baptists |
| United Church of Christ | merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in |
| Evangelical United Brethren Church | a Methodist denomination |
| United Methodist Church | union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church |