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• noun a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast
  

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• noun a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
  ANG.
  

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• noun a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion
  

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• noun a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies
  ARNG.
  

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• noun a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites
  

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• noun a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife
  

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• noun a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life
  

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• noun a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions
  

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• noun a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River
  

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• noun a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife
  

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• noun a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations
  

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• noun a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life
  

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• noun a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano
  

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• noun a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault
  

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• noun a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
  

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• noun a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
  Fannie Mae; FNMA.
  

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• noun a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier
  

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• noun a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
  

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• noun an annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England
  

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• noun a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains
  

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• noun a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States
  

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• noun former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
  GNP.
  

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• noun a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds
  

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• noun a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano
  

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• noun a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes
  

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• noun a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area; good students may progress to a course leading to a degree
  HND.
  

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• noun a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects
  

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• noun a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
  INC.
  

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• noun a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
  People's Liberation Army; INLA; People's Republican Army; Catholic Reaction Force.
  

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• noun a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines
  

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• noun a national park in Alaska featuring mountains
  

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• noun a national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines
  

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• noun a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers
  

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• noun a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites
  

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• noun a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites
  

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• noun a national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs
  

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• noun a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river
  

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• noun a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape
  

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• noun a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps
  

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• noun an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
  NASA.
  

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• noun a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
  

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• a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England.

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• noun the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
  NARA.
  

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• noun benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
  supplementary benefit; social assistance.
  

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• noun a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
  

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• noun a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
  NASDAQ.
  

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• noun a commercial bank chartered by the federal government
  

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• the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.

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• noun a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players
  

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• noun the capital city of a nation
  

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• noun censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions
  

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• noun the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
  NCDC.
  

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• noun the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions)
  

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• noun a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress
  

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• noun an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality
  ensign.
  

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• . See under Flag.

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• noun a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
  NGA.
  

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• noun United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
  home reserve.
  

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• a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States.

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• noun the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
  NGB.
  

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• noun authorized by law and limiting work or official business
  public holiday; legal holiday.
  

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• noun the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)
  

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• noun the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
  NIJ.
  

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• noun an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
  NIST.
  

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• noun an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
  NIH.
  

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• noun social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services
  

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• noun a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
  Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community; IC.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
  NLRB.
  

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• noun a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
  statesman; solon.
  

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• noun a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade
  ELN.
  
  • ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations
• noun a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
  Nestor Paz Zamora Commission; ELN; CNPZ.
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
  FLNC.
  

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• noun the world's largest medical library
  National Library of Medicine; U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  

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• noun memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest; set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment
  

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• noun an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
  NOAA.
  

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• noun a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
  

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• noun an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
  

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• noun an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
  NRO.
  

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• noun a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
  NRA.
  

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• a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. U.S.

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• noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
  NSF.
  

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• noun the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
  NSA.
  

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• noun a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
  NSC.
  

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• noun compulsory service in the military during peacetime
  

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• noun a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
  Nazism; Naziism.
  

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• adjective relating to a form of socialism
  Nazi.
  
  • the national socialist party came to power in Germany in 1933

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• noun the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933
  Nazi Party.
  

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• noun an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
  NTIS.
  

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• noun a government's policy controlling foreign trade
  trade policy.
  

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• noun an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription
  NT.
  

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• noun an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus
  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
  

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• noun the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
  

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• noun a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites
  

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• noun a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens
  

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• noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
  Palestine National Authority; Palestine Authority.
  

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• noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
  Palestine National Authority; Palestine Authority.
  

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• noun a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
  

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• noun a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs
  

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• noun a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation
  real GNP.
  

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• noun a national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline
  

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• noun a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests
  

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• noun an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts
  

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• noun a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney
  

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• noun a national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife
  

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• noun a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains
  

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• noun a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch
  

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• noun the world's largest medical library
  National Library of Medicine; U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  

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• noun the world's largest medical library
  National Library of Medicine; U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  

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• noun a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs
  

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• noun a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests
  

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• noun a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns
  

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• noun the largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska
  

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• noun the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears
  

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• noun a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations
  

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• noun a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers
  

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