DEPARTMENTS Synonyms

• a means of flight or ascent

• stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members

• an administrative unit of government

• a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties

• the state of being in action or exerting power

• the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• an administrative unit of government

• furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

• a space into which an area is subdivided

• a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• the act or process of dividing

• an administrative unit in government or business

• discord that splits a group

• a league ranked by quality

• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

• a group of ships of similar type

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

• an administrative unit of government

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• professional or clerical workers in an office

• a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

• a job in an organization

• a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

• a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

• a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people

• one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

• a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• a land unit equal to 1 square mile

• (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

• a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately

• a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

• a small army unit usually having a special function

• a specialized division of a large organization

• a segment of a citrus fruit

• the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

• divide into segments

• a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

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

• a particular aspect of life or activity

• the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

• a portion of a military position

• measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

• a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set

• any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

• an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole

• an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

• a single undivided whole

• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

• religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)

• building where the business of a government ministry is transacted

• a government department under the direction of a minister of state

• the work of a minister of religion

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

• the proper sphere or extent of your activities

• a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

• a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

• a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people

• one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

• a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• a land unit equal to 1 square mile

• (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

• a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately

• a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

• a small army unit usually having a special function

• a specialized division of a large organization

• a segment of a citrus fruit

• the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

• divide into segments

• an asset of special worth or utility

• a distinguishing trait

• the special line of work you have adopted as your career