social group

a 19th century family of three sisters who all wrote novels

a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor

a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey

a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping

a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002

an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups

a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails

a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

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

a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state

a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups

a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat

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

a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system; provides financial support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammed and assists Muslim militants around the world; established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan

a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks

an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons

a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998

a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein

a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia

a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state

a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia

a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda

a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity

a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977

a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees

a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes

an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing

a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein

a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change

a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression

a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries

a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership

an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime

formed in 1972 as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders; became one of PLO's elite units; has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets

a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights

an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species

a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing

an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan

an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon

the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state

a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh

a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland

a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland

Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen

a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO

a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries

a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings

an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics

a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists

an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999

a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia

ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991

an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda

a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel

a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran

a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey

a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States

a Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan

a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba

a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda

a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam

a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths

a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel

a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi

a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army

a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace

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

a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party

a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs

a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases

a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2005 by hardliners who split from Jemaah Islamiyah

a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah

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

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

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

a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines

a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland

a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland

a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas

a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border

a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel

a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion

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

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe

a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border

a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah

a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism

a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings

the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel

a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement

a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989

a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder

a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s

an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials

an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States

a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002

a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia

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

a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade

a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan

an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia

a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings

an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran

the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs

a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members

a Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing

United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together

a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended

a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe

Circassian people living east of the Black Sea

a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California

a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California

the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s

a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire

a community of Negroid people in southern South Africa

a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa

the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar

a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana

location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules

colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691

a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York

a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces

a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry

the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines

a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence

an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)

an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants

the federal government of the United States

a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)

an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806

the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for

a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II

a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed

a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.)

an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697

a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

a social group that forms part of the society or the economy

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

group of people related by blood or marriage

your friends and acquaintances

a social group holding marginal or extreme views

a group of persons together in one place

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

a group of people who work together

(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

a group of people having the power of effective action

a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership

an unofficial association of people or groups

underworld organizations

a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs

people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty

the members of a social organization who are in power

one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Jews collectively

a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

a body of people sharing some common interest

business concerns collectively

an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor

groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit

(Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)

primary social group; parents and children

your parents

the occupants of a building

a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

the occupants of a floor

two people considered as a unit

the people who are present in a room

three people considered as a unit

the group that gathers together for a particular occasion

four people considered as a unit

five people considered as a unit

six people considered as a unit

seven people considered as a unit

eight people considered as a unit

a church congregation guided by a pastor

an organization with little or no structure

a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization

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

an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government

a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group

any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something

the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output

a formal organization of people or groups of people

a politically organized unit

a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

an organization created for business ventures

an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

any large organization

the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

(Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

successive generations of kin

a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic

a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires

a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

a large number of things or people considered together

a large gathering of people

organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)

an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries

group of people willing to obey orders

a body of people associated together

a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

a group of people living in a particular local area

people living in a town or city having local self-government

organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

the actors in a play

the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president

a body of students who are taught together

a body of students who graduate together

a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century

a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

an organization of musicians who perform together

a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)

a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

the exclusive social set of a city

a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing

a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure

a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

an organization to gain political power

a group that controls the activities of a political party

an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

an organization of and for professional people

an informal body of friends

a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

the body of faculty and students of a college

the body of faculty and students at a university

the body of teachers and administrators at a school

a particular society at a particular time and place

a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy)

a society with the social organization of a tribe

suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture

young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture

the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs

an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

a formally arranged gathering

a small collection of people

a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency

a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

a political system governed by a single individual

a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

a form of government having two joint rulers

a political system governed by old men

a political system governed by a woman

the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

a political system governed by a few people

a political system governed by the wealthy people

a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control

a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported

a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob

a tribe of ancient Athenians

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

a body of people or families living together and sharing everything

the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community

the body of people who lead a group

the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service

the body of members of an organization or group

a group gathered in response to a summons

a group of representatives or delegates

a body of people doing the same kind of work

a body of people united in opposing something

gathering of producers to promote business

the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

a body of inspectors

a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law

a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

(law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

a large gathering of people of a particular type

the group following and attending to some important person

a group of artists who agree on general principles

an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys

an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training

movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens

a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together

a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals

a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)

a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices

a group of people working together to achieve a political goal

a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms

a movement intended to bring about religious reforms

a group of people living together in a camp

a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine

a gathering of military personnel for duty

a gathering of people holding a rap session

a raucous gathering

the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game

a body of voters who have the same interests

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event

an organization of people or resources that can be shared

the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines