world war i

2. that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
4. a government under an emperor or empress.
5. (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.
10. the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
12. he giving or delegation of power or authority; authorization
13. an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
15. mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.

1. a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
3. spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation:
6. Hand 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.
7. compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.
8. 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.
9. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
11. ridge a town in N France, N of Arras: battle 1917.
14. a town in N France, N of Arras: battle 1917.