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army corps |
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an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support |
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air unit |
Noun
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a military unit that is part of the airforce |
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air force |
Noun
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the airborne branch of a country's armed forces |
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airforce |
Noun
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the airborne branch of a country's armed forces |
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air division |
Noun
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a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings |
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air group |
Noun
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a unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wing |
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actuarial table |
Noun
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a table of statistical data |
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aircrew |
Noun
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the crew of an aircraft |
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air crew |
Noun
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the crew of an aircraft |
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academia |
Noun
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the academic world |
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academe |
Noun
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the academic world |
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air force academy |
Noun
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an academy for training air force officers |
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armada |
Noun
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a large fleet |
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alinement |
Noun
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an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
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ally |
Noun
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a friendly nation |
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ally |
Noun
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an associate who provides cooperation or assistance |
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ally |
Verb
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to become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage |
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auxiliary cell |
Noun
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a terrorist cell responsible for logistics |
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appeal board |
Noun
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a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals |
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appeals board |
Noun
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a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals |
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amphictyony |
Noun
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an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece |
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autarchy |
Noun
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a political system governed by a single individual |
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autarchy |
Noun
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economic independence as a national policy |
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advertising agency |
Noun
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an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients |
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ad agency |
Noun
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an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients |
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appellate court |
Noun
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a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies |
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appeals court |
Noun
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a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies |
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assizes |
Noun
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the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) |
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aristocracy |
Noun
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the most powerful members of a society |
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aristocracy |
Noun
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a privileged class holding hereditary titles |
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alma mater |
Noun
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your alma mater is a school you graduated from |
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artillery unit |
Noun
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an army unit that uses big guns |
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advisory board |
Noun
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a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
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art exhibition |
Noun
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an exhibition of art objects, such as paintings or statues |
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argosy |
Noun
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one or more large merchant ships |
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automobile traffic |
Noun
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cars coming and going |
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admiralty law |
Noun
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the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. |
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agent bank |
Noun
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a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank |
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agent bank |
Noun
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a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests |
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arithmetic progression |
Noun
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(mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term |
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analytical cubism |
Noun
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the early phase of cubism |
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air power |
Noun
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the aggregation of a country's military aircraft |
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acquirer |
Noun
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a credit card processing bank |
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acquirer |
Noun
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the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card |
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acquirer |
Noun
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a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock |
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acquirer |
Noun
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a person who acquires something (usually permanently) |
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accounting data |
Noun
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all the data that support a financial statement usually from ledgers, journals, and spreadsheets |
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ana |
Noun
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a collection of anecdotes about a person or place |
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art deco |
Noun
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a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s |
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art nouveau |
Noun
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a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s |