Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Asia
the nations of the Asian continent collectively
 
department of local government
a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
 
Alcoholics Anonymous
an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
 
sports desk
the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the sports news
 
deliberative assembly
an assembly of people for the purpose of unhurried consideration and discussion
 
car manufacturer
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
 
chain gang
a gang of convicts chained together
 
data hierarchy
an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set
 
nonsingular matrix
a square matrix whose determinant is not zero
 
callithump
a noisy boisterous parade
 
faction
a dissenting clique
 
chemical industry
the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively
 
state capitalism
an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production
 
First Vatican Council
the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra
 
bosk
a small wooded area
 
maintenance staff
those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant
 
A-team
a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization
 
community of scholars
the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees
 
Mossad
the Israeli foreign intelligence agency
 
Walloons
an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France
 
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