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 |
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 |
foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
weather deck shelter deck | upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below |
weather map weather chart | (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region |
weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
weather satellite meteorological satellite | a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below |
weather ship | an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
watchfulness vigilance weather eye | vigilant attentiveness, he keeps a weather eye open for trouble |
meteorology weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be |
weather forecast weather outlook | a forecast of the weather |
National Weather Service | the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps |
Department of Health and Human Services Health and Human Services HHS | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare, created in |
military armed forces armed services military machine war machine | the military forces of a nation, their military is the largest in the region, the military machine is the same one we faced in but now it is weaker |
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada CISC | an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies |
Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence Inter-Services Intelligence ISI | the Pakistan intelligence agency, a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force, has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities, has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups |
Shin Bet General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
General Services Administration GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
weather bureau | an administrative unit responsible for gathering and interpreting meteorological data for weather study and forecasts |
meteorological observation post weather station | one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter |
weatherman weather forecaster | predicts the weather |
cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
fair weather sunshine temperateness | moderate weather, suitable for outdoor activities |
hot weather | a period of unusually high temperatures |
weather weather condition conditions atmospheric condition | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation, they were hoping for good weather, every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception, the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow |
consumption economic consumption usance use use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
to windward windward side weatherboard weather side | the side toward the wind |
good weather | weather suitable for outdoor activities |
bad weather inclemency inclementness | weather unsuitable for outdoor activities |
raw weather | unpleasantly cold and damp weather |
weather | change under the action or influence of the weather, A weathered old hut |
weather | sail to the windward of |
weather | cause to slope |
weather endure brave brave out | face and withstand with courage, She braved the elements |
weather-bound | delayed or shut in by bad weather, weather-bound traffic, irritable weather-bound children |
weather-stripped | having cracks blocked with weather stripping |
upwind weather(a) | towards the side exposed to wind |
all-weather | usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather, a good all-weather road, all-weather flying |
weather-beaten | tanned and coarsened from being outdoors, a weather-beaten face |
ailing indisposed peaked(p) poorly(p) sickly unwell under the weather seedy | somewhat ill or prone to illness, my poor ailing grandmother, feeling a bit indisposed today, you look a little peaked, feeling poorly, a sickly child, is unwell and can't come to work |
weather-beaten weatherworn weathered | worn by exposure to the weather, a house of weathered shingles |