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| instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people |
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| a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution |
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| a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force [syn {coup}, {putsch}, {takeover}] |
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| a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance |
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| love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it [syn {patriotism}] |
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| French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) [syn {Napoleon I}, {Napoleon Bonaparte}, {Bonaparte}, {the Little Corporal}] |
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| characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms" [ant {unmilitary}] |
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| an elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn {scheme}] |
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| of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a continental breakfast" |
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| the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825) [syn {Alexander I}, {Aleksandr Pavlovich}] |
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| protection against future loss [syn {insurance}] |
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| extremely conservative [syn {reactionist}, {far-right}] |
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| voluntarily absent from home or country [syn {expatriate}] |
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| the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation [syn {technological revolution}] |
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| artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose |
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| a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?" |
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| small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment |
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| a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn {mill}, {manufacturing plant}, {manufactory}] |
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| the development of industry on an extensive scale [syn {industrialisation}, {industrial enterprise}] |
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| using steam to create energy |
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| of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile research" |
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| an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" [syn {union}, {trade union}, {trades union}, {brotherhood}] |
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| a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" [syn {work stoppage}] |
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| the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) |
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| easily moved out and replaced |
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| mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it [syn {production line}, {line}] |
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| someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it [syn {enterpriser}] |
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| a political theory advocating state ownership of industry |
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| a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership |
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| a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone [syn {standard of life}] |
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| apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) [syn {telegraphy}] |
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| the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay [syn {radiation}] |
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| partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food [syn {pasteurisation}] |
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| characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state" [syn {anesthetic(a)}, {anaesthetic(a)}] |
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| English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) [syn {Darwin}, {Charles Robert Darwin}] |
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| physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955) [syn {Einstein}] |
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| the condition of being urbanized [syn {urbanisation}] |
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| impractical romantic ideals and attitudes |
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| the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth [syn {pragmatism}] |
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| a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light |
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| a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn {right to vote}, {vote}] |
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| the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people |
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| a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine |
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| a person born in the West Indies or spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry. |
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| territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada |
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| an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers |
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| a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God) |
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| The route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans |
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| the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" [syn {abolishment}] |
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| 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) [syn {Lincoln}, {President Lincoln}, {President Abraham Lincoln}] |
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| an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union. |
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| any similar union or arrangement between a number of states; customs union. |
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| politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations [syn {practical politics}] |
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| of or pertaining to the Magyars or their language; Hungarian. |
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| a political system governed by a single individual [syn {autarchy}] [ant {democracy}] |
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| where unarmed, peaceful demonstrators marching to present a petition to czar Nicholas II were killed |
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