n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"

adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

adj. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

adj. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

n. a shelter from danger or hardship

n. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

n. an area where you can be alone

n. a health facility where patients receive treatment

n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

n. an institution supported by an endowment

n. an association organized to promote art or science or education

n. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production"

n. the body of faculty and students of a college

n. an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"

n. the body of faculty and students at a university

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

n. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

n. a gradual sinking to a lower level

n. the activity of supplying or providing something

n. the act of giving

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

n. a concluding action

adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"