Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- phalanx
- a body of troops in close array
- Military Intelligence Section 5
- the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
- psychology department
- the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology
- extended care facility
- a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness)
- bevy
- a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
- medical community
- the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine
- kin
- group of people related by blood or marriage
- falun gong
- a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
- American Federation of Labor
- a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
- private school
- a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
- suburbia
- suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
- witches' brew
- a fearsome mixture
- public
- a body of people sharing some common interest
- shudra
- the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status
- Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence
- the council in 1431-1439 that concentrated on the elimination of heresies and on reforms within the Roman Catholic Church
- Islamic law
- the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed
- baseball team
- a team that plays baseball
- Gestapo
- the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods
- Chukaku-Ha
- an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing
- Pentagon
- the United States military establishment
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