TERRITORY Synonyms

• one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

• dominance or power through legal authority

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a subject of study

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

• a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

• an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found

• a vigorous blow

• a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

• ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun

• the act of hitting vigorously

• sing loudly and forcefully

• deliver a blow to

• fasten with a belt

• 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

• one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

• a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

• a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• the territory occupied by a nation

• the people who live in a nation or country

• an area outside of cities and towns

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a particular environment or walk of life

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

• people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

• the content of a particular field of knowledge

• a wide scope

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

• in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

• a domain in which something is dominant

• a country with a king as head of state

• the domain ruled by a king or queen

• a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

• the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

• a basic group of natural objects

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

• land and the buildings on it

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class

• any area set aside for a particular purpose

• a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

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

• the proper sphere or extent of your activities

• a domain in which something is dominant

• the domain ruled by a king or queen

• a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

• the extended spatial location of something

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

• 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

• the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

• an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

• an area reserved for some particular purpose

• any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• the interval between two times

• a blank area

• one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

• (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

• place at intervals