Congress

1. n. The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
2. n. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
3. n. A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; — said of things.
4. n. The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
5. n. A gathering or assembly; a conference.
6. n. A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
7. n. The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.