Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- Maktab al-Khidmat
- a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
- parade
- a ceremonial procession including people marching
- Nazi Germany
- the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)
- white knight
- a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover
- reception line
- a line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party
- fleet
- group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
- correspondence school
- a school that teaches nonresident students by mail
- infant school
- British school for children aged 5-7
- quadrumvirate
- a group of four men
- queue
- a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
- second string
- a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game
- Northern Baptist Convention
- an association of Northern Baptists
- restaurant chain
- a chain of restaurants
- United States Air Force Academy
- a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force
- Mogul empire
- an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857
- discomfited
- people who are defeated
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
- standing committee
- a permanent committee
- armour
- a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
- United States Trade Representative
- the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade
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