think-tank

n. a place where great minds are assembled to try to think up solutions to problems or to envision the future. She spent a few months in a California think-tank, then came back to teach.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sapphira	sə-FIE-rə (English)	Biblical
Myrtle	['mə:tl]
Lidochka	-	Russian
Edwin	ED-win (English), ED-win (Dutch), ED-vin (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Gladys	GLAD-is (English)	Welsh, English
'Isam	-	Arabic