(Britain, historical) An executive agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom with responsibility for managing the core road network in England; superseded by Highways England.

Synonym of nerve gas

A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization.

plural of hidden agenda

(computing) A client application used by an end user, typically for a network protocol such as HTTP or FTP.

(law) An entity designated by a publicly-traded corporation to keep track of the ownership of the corporation's stocks and bonds

plural of agenesis

A governmental agency that is devoted to the information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.

(construction) An expanding agent used to produce a gas by chemical or thermal action, or both, in the manufacture of hollow or cellular materials.

(grammar) A construction whereby an action verb is made into an agent noun.