World war 1

1. a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire
3. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
9. ounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
10. compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.
13. he control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
14. an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
15. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C2H3N.

2. the giving or delegation of power or authority; authorization
4. Italian La Mano Nera. any of various secret criminal groups organized in Italy and operating in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing blackmail and violence.
5. spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation:v
6. Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
7. in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, Russia), with the nations allied with them (Belgium, Serbia, Japan, Italy, etc., not including the United States), or, loosely, with all the nations (including the United States) allied or associated with them as opposed to the Central Powers.
8. a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
11. a river in N France, flowing NW to the English chanel
12. a town in N France, N of Arras: battle 1917.