national climatic data center

the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data ;

national debt

the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions) ;

national debt ceiling

a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress ;

national flag

an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality ;

national geospatial-intelligence agency

a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security ;

national guard

United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either ;

national guard bureau

the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units ;

national holiday

authorized by law and limiting work or official business ;

national income

the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr) ;

national institute of justice

the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice ;

national institute of standards and technology

an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs ;

national institutes of health

an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government ;

national insurance

social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services ;

national intelligence community

a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence ;

national labor relations board

an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions ;

national leader

a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs ;

national liberation army

a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s ; a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade; "ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations" ;

national liberation front of corsica

a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism ;

national library of medicine

the world's largest medical library ;

national monument

memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest; set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment ;

national oceanic and atmospheric administration

an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather ;

national park

a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property ;

national park service

an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks ;

national reconnaissance office

an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations ;

national rifle association

a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government ;

national science foundation

an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education ;

national security agency

the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information ;

national security council

a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency ;

national service

(United Kingdom) compulsory service in the military during peacetime ;

national socialism

a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader ;

national socialist german workers' party

the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933 ;

national technical information service

an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information ;

national trading policy

a government's policy controlling foreign trade ;

national trust

an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription ;

national volunteers association

a secret all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus ;

national weather service

the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps ;

nationalisation

changing something from private to state ownership or control ; the action of rendering national in character ; the action of forming or becoming a nation ;

nationalism

love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high" ; the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other ; the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals ; the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination ;

nationalist

an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government ; one who loves and defends his or her country ;

nationalist china

a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong ;