Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- ethnic minority
- a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population
- Pashtun
- an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
- Federal Trade Commission
- 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
- diagonal
- an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
- tax law
- the body of laws governing taxation
- consistory
- a church tribunal or governing body
- broken home
- a family in which the parents have separated or divorced
- savings and loan association
- a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
- drove
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
- venture capitalism
- capitalism that invests in innovative enterprises (especially high technology) where the potential profits are large
- brethren
- (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
- Boy Scouts of America
- a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training
- band
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- Department of Education
- the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
- artistic movement
- a group of artists who agree on general principles
- Salafast Group for Call and Combat
- an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa
- al-Qa'ida
- a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
- nexus
- a connected series or group
- wedding
- a party of people at a wedding
- welfare state
- a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
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