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security staff |
Noun
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those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft |
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service staff |
Noun
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those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
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standing committee |
Noun
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a permanent committee |
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steering committee |
Noun
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a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body |
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symposium |
Noun
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a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations |
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service agency |
Noun
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a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee |
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service bureau |
Noun
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a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee |
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service firm |
Noun
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a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee |
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special court-martial |
Noun
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a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action |
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sayeret |
Noun
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Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions |
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soviet |
Noun
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an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
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secondary modern school |
Noun
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a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education |
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school board |
Noun
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a board in charge of local public schools |
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schmeer |
Noun
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from Yiddish, a batch of things that go together |
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schmear |
Noun
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(Yiddish) a batch of things that go together |
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squirearchy |
Noun
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the gentry who own land (considered as a class) |
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shmear |
Noun
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(Yiddish) a batch of things that go together |
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smart set |
Noun
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the fashionable elite |
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smart money |
Noun
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people who are highly experienced or who have inside information |
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smart money |
Noun
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(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
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smart money |
Noun
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money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information) |
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samurai |
Noun
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feudal Japanese military aristocracy |
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samurai |
Noun
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a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy |
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social organization |
Noun
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the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships |
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supreme headquarters |
Noun
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the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military) |
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social organisation |
Noun
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the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships |
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social structure |
Noun
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the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships |
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social system |
Noun
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the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships |
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sex segregation |
Noun
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the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded |
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standing army |
Noun
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a permanent army of paid soldiers |
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staggered board of directors |
Noun
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a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually |
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sistership |
Noun
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an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest |
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sistership |
Noun
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the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings |
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state capitalism |
Noun
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an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production |
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state socialism |
Noun
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an economic system in which the government owns most means of production but some degree of private capitalism is allowed |
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socialist economy |
Noun
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an economic system based on state ownership of capital |
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shadow cabinet |
Noun
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a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power |
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senior high school |
Noun
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a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 |
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senior high |
Noun
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a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 |
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schola cantorum |
Noun
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a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education |
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sovietism |
Noun
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Soviet communism |
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shell corporation |
Noun
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a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations |
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shell entity |
Noun
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a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations |
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soldiery |
Noun
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soldiers collectively |
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sabbat |
Noun
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a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery |
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skinheads |
Noun
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a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies |
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sick call |
Noun
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the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick |
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sick parade |
Noun
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the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick |
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shariah |
Noun
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the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed |
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shariah law |
Noun
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the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed |