Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

mailing

mail sent by a sender at one time

 

septette

seven people considered as a unit

 

bureaucracy

any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

 

row

a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side

 

chain

(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

 

professional organisation

an organization of and for professional people

 

rear

the back of a military formation or procession

 

infantry

an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

 

Federal Protective Service

an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business

 

magazine

a business firm that publishes magazines

 

Akhbari

a religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli

 

Second Empire

the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870

 

stock

a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

 

catena

a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)

 

Office of Intelligence Support

agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy

 

Air Combat Command

a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft

 

Egyptian Islamic Jihad

an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells

 

electronics company

a company that makes and sells electronic instruments

 

rag trade

makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

 

Fifth Lateran Council

the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey