committee | (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: commission |
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(noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something | Synonyms: citizens committee |
committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
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committeewoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a committee | - |
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gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
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(noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
kittee | (noun) a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more | - |
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puttee | (noun) a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I | - |
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settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
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(noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
subcommittee | (noun) a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose | - |
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suttee | (noun) the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband | - |
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