Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

unemployed

people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

 

dance school

a school where students are taught to dance

 

Foggy Bottom

United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River

 

signage

signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters)

 

disabled

people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

 

table

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

 

Congress of Racial Equality

an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

 

treasure

a collection of precious things

 

landing party

a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore

 

animal group

a group of animals

 

acquirer

the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card

 

cordon

a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing

 

independent agency

an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments

 

file allocation table

the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)

 

employment office

an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people

 

realism

an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

 

school of music

a school for the study of music

 

Maquis

the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II

 

community of scholars

the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees

 

confederacy

a union of political organizations