Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

hamlet
a community of people smaller than a village
 
military-industrial complex
a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment
 
municipal government
the government of a municipality
 
frontier settlement
a settlement on the frontier of civilization
 
colony
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
 
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran
 
soldiery
soldiers collectively
 
compost heap
a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
 
mishpocha
(Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)
 
flock
a group of birds
 
strain
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
 
third party
a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system
 
woodpile
a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
 
Quechua
a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
 
superclass
(biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class
 
convoy
a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
 
Rotary International
a group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace
 
right wing
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
 
immigration
the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
 
American Labor Party
a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
 
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