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colonel collapse: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

subaltern collapse: a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

commander collapse: someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others; a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

refresher course collapse: a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments

major collapse: the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"; a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain; a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"; British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943); greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"; greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"; of full legal age; of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"; of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"; of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"; of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"; have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"

lieutenant collapse: an officer in a police force; a commissioned military officer; an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

officer collapse: a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"; direct or command as an officer

captain collapse: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship; the naval officer in command of a military ship; a policeman in charge of a precinct; an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant; the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"; be the captain of a sports team

prosthetics collapse: the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

elective collapse: subject to popular election; "elective official"; not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"

major league collapse: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

consensus collapse: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"

general collapse: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"; a general officer of the highest rank; the head of a religious order or congregation; prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent"; not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge"; applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"; of national scope; "a general election"; affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"; somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"; command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

plastic surgery collapse: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue

marshal collapse: a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law; (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank; arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments"; place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"; lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

citizenry collapse: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"

minor collapse: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"; inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"; lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"; not of legal age; "minor children"; of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"; of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization; of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"; of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"; warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

world collapse: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"; all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"; people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"; a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"

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