| Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
Stars and Bars
Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
occupational safety and health act
federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
jellyroll
Swiss roll | thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake |
chard
Swiss chard
spinach beet
leaf beet | long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
| Swiss cheese | hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland |
| Swiss steak | steak braised in tomato and onion mixture |
| federal government | a government with strong central powers |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Federal Communications Commission
FCC | an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
FLETC | a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies |
Federal Bureau of Prisons
BoP | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes |
| Federal Judiciary | the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws |
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
Federalist Party
American Federalist Party
Federal Party | a major political party in the United States in the early th century, founded by Alexander Hamilton, favored a strong centralized government |
| Federal Reserve Board | the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System |
| federal court | a court establish by the authority of a federal government |
agency
federal agency
government agency
bureau
office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Fed
FRS | the central bank of the United States, incorporates Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and statehartered commercial banks and some trust companies, the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply |
Federal Reserve Bank
reserve bank | one of regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region |
Federal Trade Commission
FTC | an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition, enforces federal antitrust laws, educates the public about identity theft |
Federal Protective Service
FPS | an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Freddie Mac
FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fannie Mae
FNMA | a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages |
Confederate Army
Army of the Confederacy | the southern army during the American Civil War |
| Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
Federal Housing Administration
FHA | the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages |
federal savings bank
FSB | a federally chartered savings bank |
Federal Security Bureau
FSB Federal Security Service | the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB, formerly led by Vladimir Putin |
| federal district | a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation |
Comoros
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands |
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
Deutschland
FRG
| a republic in central Europe, split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in |
West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Yaltopya
Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
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 |
Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, gained independence from Britain in , most populous African country |
Switzerland
Swiss Confederation
Suisse
Schweiz
Svizzera | a landlocked federal republic in central Europe |
| Swiss canton | one of the cantons of Switzerland |
Confederacy
Confederate States
Confederate States of America
South
Dixie
Dixieland | the southern states that seceded from the United States in |
Swiss
Swiss people | the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland |
accomplice
confederate | a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
confederate collaborator henchman
partner in crime | someone who assists in a plot |
| Confederate | a supporter of the Confederate States of America |
| Confederate soldier | a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War |
Federal
Fed
federal official | any federal law-enforcement officer |
Federal Federal soldier
Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |