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| counterintelligence |
a program of a government or other organization to frustrate enemy espionage, intelligence gathering, and subversion. |
| elint |
the gathering of information by use of electronic devices located on ships, airplanes, satellites, or the like (acronym for "electronic intelligence"). |
| entrée |
a way of gaining access, as to a person, gathering, or society. [1/3 definitions] |
| fair2 |
a gathering at which farm animals and farm produce are judged, usu. held over several days and including games and amusements. [3 definitions] |
| -fest |
a gathering or celebration involving (such) activity. |
| festival |
a series of presentations, or a gathering of exhibitors in one or more of the fine arts, theater arts, or crafts, or such a gathering based on any of various central themes. [1/4 definitions] |
| fry1 |
a picnic or other gathering that features fried food, esp. fried fish. [1/7 definitions] |
| function |
a social or official gathering, usu. elaborate and formal. [1/5 definitions] |
| gabfest |
(informal) a gathering for the purpose of talking and exchanging gossip. |
| gather |
the act or an instance of gathering. [2/12 definitions] |
| get-together |
a gathering of a few people for social purposes. |
| habitué |
one who frequents a place, esp. of social gathering or entertainment. |
| harvest |
the gathering of ripe crops. [2/11 definitions] |
| hootenanny |
(informal) a social gathering at which participants engage in folk singing and sometimes dancing. |
| host1 |
a person who presides over a large gathering and often performs the function of introducing people to an audience; master of ceremonies. [1/5 definitions] |
| huddle |
in football, a gathering of a team's players to get instructions for the next play. [1/8 definitions] |
| husking bee |
a gathering of family, friends, or neighbors to husk corn, usu. held as a party or celebration with other festivities included; cornhusking; husking. |
| jam1 |
a large gathering or mass that slows or prevents movement. [1/12 definitions] |
| jamboree |
a gathering of members from many places, esp. an international gathering, as of Boy Scouts. [1/2 definitions] |
| jam session |
an informal gathering, esp. of jazz musicians, to play improvisations together. |
| love feast |
a banquet or gathering of people to promote friendliness and good will. [1/3 definitions] |
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