union unification uniting conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
coupling mating pairing conjugation union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
Cooper Union Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
system system of rules | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior, they have to operate under a system they oppose, that language has a complex system for indicating gender |
union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
order rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union trade union trades union brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |
craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
company union | a union of workers for a single company, a union not affiliated with a larger union |
union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
Constitutional Union Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union |
union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations, the Soviet Union |
customs union | an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members |
Union Army | the northern army during the American Civil War |
labor movement trade union movement labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
Myanmar Union of Burma Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, much opium is grown in Myanmar |
Serbia and Montenegro Union of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
Soviet Union Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in , included Russia and other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others), officially dissolved December |
Union North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), he has visited every state in the Union, Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union, the North's superior resources turned the scale |
Federal Federal soldier Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |
Robert's Rules of Order | a book of rules for presiding over a meeting, written by Henry M. Martin in and subsequently updated through many editions |
trade unionist unionist union member | a worker who belongs to a trade union |
union representative | a representative for a labor union |
union conglutination | healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones |
marriage matrimony union spousal relationship wedlock | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce), a long and happy marriage, God bless this union |
civil union | a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex, parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage |
union unification | the state of being joined or united or linked, there is strength in union |
Union Federal | being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War, Union soldiers, Federal forces, a Federal infantryman |
union | of trade unions, the union movement, union negotiations, a union-shop clause in the contract |