Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

N (continued)

neonatal intensive care unit
neoromanticism
nest
Nestor Paz Zamora Commission
Nestorian Church
network
network army
New People's Army
New Scotland Yard
new wave
news agency
news organisation
news organization
newspaper
newspaper publisher
newsroom
nexus
NGA
NGB
NGO
Nicaea
NICU
night court
night school
night shift
NIH
NIJ
nine
ninja
NIPR
NIST
NLRB
NOAA
nobility
noblesse
non-market economy
nonalignment
nonalinement
nondepository financial institution
nongovernmental organization
nonlinear system
Nonproliferation Center
nonsingular matrix
normal school
Norse mythology
North America
North Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Northern Alliance
Northern Baptist Convention
Nouvelle Vague
NPA
NPC
NRA
NRC
NRO
NSA
NSC
NSF
NSW
NSWC
NT
NTIS
nuclear club
nuclear family
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
nucleus
null set
null space
number
nursery school
nursing
nursing school
NUWC

O

OAS
obeah
obi
occupational group
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
ochlocracy
octet
octette
oddments
odds and ends
oecumenism
offence
offense
office
Office of Inspector General
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Naval Intelligence
office staff
officialdom
OIG
oil business
oil cartel
oil company
oil industry
Oireachtas
OIS
Old Bailey
old boy network
Old Catholic Church
old guard
old school
oligarchy
Omayyad
OMB
Ommiad
omnium-gatherum
one-man rule
ONI
Oort cloud
OPCW
OPEC
open house
open order
open shop
open society
Open University
open-end fund
open-end investment company
opera company
operational cell
opposition
Orange Group
Orange Order
orchestra
order
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
order of Saint Benedict
ordering
ordination
Ordnance Survey
organ
organisation
organism
organization
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization of American States
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
organized crime
organized labor
organized religion
origin
Orly Group
Orthodox Catholic Church
Orthodox Church
Orthodox Judaism
OSHA
Ottoman
Ottoman dynasty
outfit
outpost
OV
overpopulation
overspill
Ovimbundu
Oxford movement

P

PAC
pack
pack of cards
package
packaging company
packaging concern
packet
PAGAD
pair
palace
Paleo-American culture
Paleo-Amerind culture
Paleo-Indian culture
Palestine Authority
Palestine Islamic Jihad
Palestine Liberation Front
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine National Authority
Palestinian Hizballah
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Palestinian National Authority
Pan American Union
panchayat
panchayet
panel
panoply
pantheon
papacy
paper
parade
paramilitary
paramilitary force
paramilitary organisation
paramilitary organization
paramilitary unit
paratroops
parcel
parentage
parish
parliament
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary monarchy
parochial school
Particular Baptist
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
partnership
parts department
party
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Party of God
party to the action
party to the transaction
Pashtun
pastorate
Patent and Trademark Office Database
Patent Office
Pathan
patriarchate
patriarchy
patrol
patronage
patterned advance
payroll
payroll department
PDFLP
Peace Corps
peanut gallery
peasantry
pecking order
pedestrian traffic
pedigree
peepshow
peer group
peerage
pension fund
Pentagon
Pentagon Gang
Pentecostal religion
people
People against Gangsterism and Drugs
people in power
People's Liberation Army
People's Mujahidin of Iran
People's Party
People's Republican Army
peoples
pep rally
percussion
percussion section
periodic table
perpetual calendar
personnel
personnel department
personnel office
pesantran
pesantren
Pesh Merga
petit bourgeois
petit jury
petite bourgeoisie
petting zoo
petty apartheid
petty bourgeoisie
petty jury
PFLP
PFLP-GC
phalanx
pharma
pharmaceutical company
philanthropic foundation
philharmonic
philosophy department
phone company
phone service
phratry
PHS
phyle
phylum
physics department
pick
picket
picket line
Pietism
PIJ
pile
pipeline company
placement center
placement office
plague
planning board
planning commission
plant department
Plantagenet
Plantagenet line
Plantation
planting
plastics industry
Plato's Academy
platoon
play group
playschool
plenum
PLF
PLO
pluralism
plutocracy
PO
pocket
pod
pointillism
poker hand
police
police academy
police court
police department
police force
police lineup
police squad
police state
politburo
political action committee
political entity
political machine
political movement
political party
political system
political unit
polity
polytechnic
polytechnic institute
pontificate
pool
poor
poor people
pop group
populace
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
popular front
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Popular Struggle Front
population
Population Commission
Populist Party
Porte
portfolio
posse
posse comitatus
post
Post Office
Postal Rate Commission
poste restante
posterity
potpourri
Potsdam Conference
power
power breakfast
power company
power couple
power service
power structure
powerhouse
powwow
PPK
praesidium
Praetorian Guard
precedent
prelacy
prelature
prep school
preparatory school
Presbyterian Church
preschool
presidium
press
press agency
press association
press corps
press gang
pressure group
price bracket
pride
priesthood
primary school
principal diagonal
printing business
printing company
printing concern
private corporation
private enterprise
private foundation
private school
private security force
privately held corporation
privy council
pro-choice faction
pro-life faction
probate court
processor
product
profession
professional association
professional organisation
professional organization
program library
progression
Progressive Party
Prohibition Party
proletariat
proprietary colony
prosecution
Protestant
Protestant Church
Protestant denomination
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant Reformation
Provisional IRA
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provos
provost court
provost guard
PSF
psychedelia
psychology department
psychotherapy group
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy
public
public charity
public library
public mover
public school
public utility
public utility company
public-service corporation
publisher
publishing company
publishing conglomerate
publishing empire
publishing firm
publishing house
Puka Inti
punchayet
punks
pupet regime
puppet government
puppet state
purchasing department
purdah
pyre

Q

Qaeda
Qassam Brigades
Qibla
Qin
Qin dynasty
Qing
Qing dynasty
quadrumvirate
quadruple
quadruplet
Quai d'Orsay
Quakers
quango
quarter sessions
quartet
quartette
quasi-NGO
Quechua
queue
quilting bee
quintet
quintette
quintuple
quintuplet
quorum

R

rabbinate
rabble
race
racial segregation
racket club
radical cell
RAF
rag trade
ragbag
ragtag
ragtag and bobtail
raider
rain forest
rainforest
rajanya
rally
range
range of a function
rank
rank and file
rap group
raree-show
rash
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rastafari
Rastafarian
Rastas
rave-up
raw data
RCMP
readership
Reagan administration
Real Estate Investment Trust
Real IRA
Real Irish Republican Army
real matrix
realism
rear
rearguard
reception
reception line
recession
recessional
record company
Red Army Faction
Red Brigades
Red Cross
Red Guard
Red Hand Defenders
Red Sun
redevelopment authority
reductivism
reed section
refining industry
Reform Judaism
reform movement
Reformation
regime
regiment
registration
regular army
regulatory agency
regulatory authority
Reich
REIT
relay
religion
religious movement
religious order
religious right
religious school
religious sect
Religious Society of Friends
removal company
removal firm
remuda
rendezvous
renegade state
rental collection
repertoire
repertory
repertory company
representation
republic
Republican Guard
Republican Party
res publica
rescue party
research colloquium
research staff
reserve
reserve bank
Reserve Officers Training Corps
reserves
resistance
restaurant chain
retail chain
retarded
retinue
retreated
retrospective
reunion
revisionism
revival
revival meeting
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
revolutionary group
Revolutionary Justice Organization
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party
Revolutionary People's Struggle
Revolutionary Proletarian Army
Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei
Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus
Revolutionary United Front
revolving door
RHD
rhythm section
rich
rich people
rick
riding school

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