post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others, the mayor tried to maintain city services, the medical services are excellent |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
President of the United States President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
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 |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort |
pilot project pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
Manhattan Project | code name for the secret United States project set up in to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
government office | an office where government employees work |
Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
National Library of Medicine United States National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
shipping office | the office of a shipping agent, an office where seamen are hired |
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 |
project projection | a planned undertaking |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |