The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps.

(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.

chorus line, ballet personnel

A body of soldiers stationed on guard. / Their station, a guardhouse.

(architecture) The principal mass of a building, excluding the wings.

(now historical) A tight, knee-length men's coat worn in the late 17th and early 18th century. / (now historical) A tight women's riding coat of the late 17th and early 18th century.

A commune and town of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

The uniformed service of the Public Health Service and organized under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS Corps) is one of the seven United States Uniformed Services. The Surgeon General of the United States, a vice admiral, directs the PHS Corps, which provides licensed medical and health sciences professionals to the PHS, DHHS, other United States Uniformed Services and other government agencies.

A corporate bureaucracy, characterized by ineffective management. / A society where the interests of large corporations control economic and political decisions.

Contract positions offered to technical programmers and other skilled personnel; subcontracting.