Washington vs control

Washington

name
  • A town in Dutchess County, New York. 

  • A city in Tazewell County, Illinois. 

  • A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas. 

  • A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 

  • A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. 

  • A city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania. 

  • A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township. 

  • A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. 

  • A small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia. 

  • A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin. 

  • A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. 

  • A village and civil parish of Horsham district, West Sussex, England. 

  • A ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama. 

  • A town in Knox County, Maine. 

  • An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi. 

  • A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa. 

  • A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate. 

  • A city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana. 

  • A census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia. 

  • A census-designated place in Nevada County, California. 

  • A neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. 

  • A small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. 

  • Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle) 

  • A small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina. 

  • An unincorporated community in Door County, Wisconsin. 

  • A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington. 

  • A small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia. 

  • A small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington. 

  • A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut. 

  • A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. 

  • The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C. 

  • An English habitational surname from Old English. 

  • An unincorporated community in Macomb County, Michigan. 

  • A borough of Warren County, New Jersey. 

  • A town in Orange County, Vermont. 

  • District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington) 

  • A village in Washington County, Nebraska. 

  • A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. 

  • A barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental. 

  • A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin. 

  • A small town in Green County, Wisconsin. 

  • A barangay of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. 

  • George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence. 

  • A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin. 

  • University of Washington. 

  • Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States) 

  • A very small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas. 

  • A city in Washington County, Utah. 

  • A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin. 

  • A community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana. 

  • A city in Franklin County, Missouri. 

noun
  • a U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington 

control

verb
  • (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated. 

  • to hold in check, to curb, to restrain 

  • To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. 

noun
  • A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register. 

  • An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl). 

  • Influence or authority over something. 

  • A control group or control experiment. 

  • A checkpoint along an audax route. 

  • A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan. 

  • The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button. 

  • Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control. 

  • A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure. 

  • A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living. 

  • A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control. 

  • Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation. 

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