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COLLECTIVE NOUNS

PEOPLE
an army of soldiers a gang of thieves
a bevy of beauties/girls a horde of savages
a band of musicians a host of angels
a band of robbers a line of kings/rulers
a board of directors a mob of rioters
a body of men a group of dancers
a bunch of crooks a group of singers
a caravan of gypsies a pack of rascals
a choir of singers a pack of thieves
a class of pupils a party of friends
a class of students a patrol of policemen
a company of actors a posse of policemen
a company of soldiers a regiment of soldiers
a congregation of worshippers a staff of employees
a crew of sailors a staff of servants
a crowd of spectators a staff of teachers
a crowd of people a team of players
a dynasty of kings a tribe of natives
a galaxy of beautiful women a troop of scouts
a galaxy of film stars a troupe of artistes
a gang of crooks a troupe of dancers
a gang of labourers a troupe of performers
a gang of prisoners a party of friends
a gang of robbers

THINGS
an album of autographs a hail of bullets
an album of photographs a hand of bananas (each a finger)
an album of stamps a harvest of wheat/corn
an anthology of poems a heap of rubbish
an archipelago of islands a heap of ruins
a bale of cotton a hedge of bushes
a basket of fruit a heap of stones
a batch of bread a layer of soil/dirt
a battery of guns a library of books
a block of flats a line of cars
a book of exercises a list of names
a book of notes a mass of ruins/hair
a bouquet of flowers a necklace of pearls
a bowl of rice an outfit of clothes
a bunch of bananas an orchard of fruit trees
a bunch of flowers a pack of cards
a bunch of grapes a pack of lies
a bunch of keys a packet of cigarettes
a bundle of rags/old clothes a packet of letters
a bundle of firewood/sticks a pair of shoes
a bundle of hay a pencil of rays
a catalogue of prices/goods a quiver of arrows
a chain of mountains a range of hills
a chest of drawers a range of mountains
a cluster of coconuts a ream of paper
a cluster of grapes a reel of thread/film
a cloud of dust a roll of film/cloth
a clump of bushes a rope of pearls
a clump of trees a row of houses
a collection of coins a series of events
a collection of curiosities a set of china
a collection of pictures a set of clubs
a collection of relics a set of tools
a collection of stamps a sheaf of arrows
a column of smoke a sheaf of corn
a comb of bananas a sheaf of grain
a compendium of games a sheaf of papers
a constellation of stars a sheaf of wheat
a cluster of diamonds a shower of blows
a cluster of stars a shower of rain
a clutch of eggs a stack of arms
a crate of fruit a stack of corn
a crop of apples a stack of hay
a fall of rain a stack of timber
a fall of snow a stack of wood
a fleet of motor-cars/taxis a stock of wood
a fleet of ships a string of beads
a flight of aeroplanes a string of pearls
a flight of steps a suit of clothes
a forest of trees a suite of furniture
a galaxy of stars a suite of rooms
a garland of flowers a tuft of grass
a glossary of difficult a tuft of hair
words/phrases a wad of currency/notes
a group of islands a wreath of flowers
a grove of trees

ANIMALS
an army of ants a litter of kittens
a bevy of quail a litter of puppies
a brood/flock of chickens a menagerie of wild animals
a catch of fish a muster of peacocks
a cloud of flies a nest of ants
a cloud of insects a nest of mice
a cloud of locusts a nest of rabbits
a colony of gulls a pack of hounds
a drove of cattle a pack of wolves
a drove of horses a plague of insects
a flight of birds a plague of locusts
a flight of doves a pride of lions
a flight of locusts a school of herrings/other small a
a flight of swallows a fish
a flock of birds a school of porpoises
a flock of geese a school of whales
a flock of sheep a shoal of fish
a gaggle of geese a skein of wild geese in flight
a haul of fish a string of horses
a herd of buffaloes a stud of horses
a herd of cattle a swarm of ants
a herd of deer a swarm of bees
a herd of elephants a swarm of insects
a herd of goats a swarm of locusts
a herd of swine a team of horses
a hive of bees a team of oxen
a host of sparrows a train of camels
a kindle of kittens a tribe of goats
a litter of cubs a troop of lions
a litter of piglets a troop of monkeys
a zoo of wild animals

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