Term: commonwealth of independent states: an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: erosion: condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: ovary: the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: sophistication: being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: collegian: a student (or former student) at a college or university
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: suckling: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: punch line: the point of a joke or humorous story
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: backhand drive: a hard straight return made on the backhand side
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: gold leaf: a very thin form of gold foil
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: anaphor: a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
Broader: world organization: an international alliance involving many different countries | Unrelated: piezometer: a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures