control

Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves

Managed so it is calm and not dangerous

To manage money for a household or group and decide how to spend it

Too strong to be stopped or managed

Work continues with little effort because things are steady

Methods people use to prevent pregnancy and plan when to have children

Laws and rules that control buying, owning, and using guns

A small device you use to control a TV or other machine from a distance

A room where people watch and control machines like cameras or power equipment

Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard

Actions to limit the bad effects of a problem, for example to protect a reputation

A system that keeps a machine or process working as it should

Rules that limit a country's weapons and armed forces, often agreed between countries

A person who wants to be in charge of people and tasks

A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy

A process that checks and tests products to keep them at the correct standard

Directing vehicles and people so they move safely and smoothly

Taking land, buildings, or other property, often by force

A flat board with switches and dials that people use to run and check machines

A government limit on the highest price stores can charge for goods or services

A place where people watch and direct a group's activities

To stop insects and rodents that harm homes, crops or people's health

Actions to keep large groups of people safe and orderly

Managing how many people live in a place using government policies

An automatic system in a car that keeps a steady speed without pressing the pedal

Ways to stop or reduce very high water using dams and barriers

A tall airport building with glass where people watch and direct planes

A screen that lets you change settings and manage devices

A team that talks to pilots and guides planes during landing

The ways a group or society uses rules and pressure to make people behave

To prepare and direct large guns to hit a target in battle

A system in a company that makes sure people follow rules, protects money, and stops stealing and mistakes

A metal rod inserted into a nuclear reactor to absorb neutrons and slow the reaction

How the brain and nerves make muscles move together

A flat panel with switches and dials used to operate and check electric equipment

Ways and tools police use to control large violent crowds

A movable part on a plane that the pilot moves to steer or keep it steady

People on the ground who guide aircraft by radio while they fly

Rule of a country by soldiers from another country

Something that stops a person from becoming pregnant

An electrical part that manages how a machine like a motor works by changing electric signals

A military boundary between the Indian and Pakistani parts of Jammu and Kashmir

Managing stock to have enough without too much

A lever a pilot uses to move a plane up, down, left, and right

A system that uses radio waves to aim and fire weapons at military targets

A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it

Managing data flow on a network to keep services fast and stable

A U.S. government health agency that studies and prevents diseases

An app that lets you monitor and control many devices

A hidden computer symbol used to tell a program how to show or move text

A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment and is used for comparison

An experiment that keeps everything the same except one thing to compare results

A feature in a computer program that manages how data are recorded, processed and sent

A metal part inside a vacuum tube that controls the flow of electrons

A central system that watches and controls many operations in real time

A quick operation to stop bleeding, keep wounds clean, and make a very badly injured patient stable before full repair

A system that finds and aims weapons at military targets on ships or tanks

Ways a company checks and guides its activities to meet goals

A bomb you can make explode from far away using a small device you hold

A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted

A person who works to make birth control and family planning easier to get

A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant

An account in the main ledger that shows the total of many smaller accounts to check the totals

A key on a computer keyboard that you press with other keys to do special actions

An action that starts, changes, or stops a device working with data

Shares that give some owners the power to make company decisions

Abilities that stop many enemies from moving or acting

A computer character typed with the control key that tells a program to make a new line or tab

A system that limits how fast users can send messages or requests

Managing a place to change how people behave

The government does very little and lets people make their own choices

The electronics and software that make motors move accurately

A program that prepares and runs groups of scheduled computer tasks

A set of computer commands that tell an operating system which tasks to run

Ability to influence others using sexual attraction or gender roles

Actions that police or soldiers take to stop and control a violent crowd during a riot

Controlling how many and which possible answers a computer program keeps during a search

A set of rules used on the internet to send data reliably between computers