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Noun (2 meanings)
1. the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States.
United States government, United States, U.S. government, US Government, U.S.
u.s. is a type of:
- federal government (noun) - a government with strong central powers
members of u.s.:
- executive branch, Executive Office of the President (noun) - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
- judicial branch (noun) - the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
- legislative branch (noun) - the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating
2. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776.
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
u.s. is an instance of:
- North American country, North American nation (noun) - any country on the North American continent
instances of u.s.:
- Union, North (noun) - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
u.s. is a member of:
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO (noun) - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
- Organization of American States, OAS (noun) - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere
u.s. is a part of:
- North America (noun) - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
members of u.s.:
- American (noun) - a native or inhabitant of the United States
parts of u.s.:
- Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL (noun) - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Alaska, Last Frontier, AK (noun) - a state in northwestern North America
- American state (noun) - one of the 50 states of the United States
- Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ (noun) - a state in southwestern United States
- Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR (noun) - a state in south central United States
- California, Golden State, CA, Calif. (noun) - a state in the western United States on the Pacific
- Colony (noun) - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
- Colorado, Centennial State, CO (noun) - a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
- Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT (noun) - a New England state
- Connecticut, Connecticut River (noun) - a river in the northeastern United States
- Dakota (noun) - the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
- Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state
- District of Columbia, D.C., DC (noun) - the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington
- East, eastern United States (noun) - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
- Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL (noun) - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
- Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- Great Lakes (noun) - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
- Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI (noun) - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
- Idaho, Gem State, ID (noun) - a state in the Rocky Mountains
- Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL (noun) - a midwestern state in north-central United States
- Indiana, Hoosier State, IN (noun) - a state in midwestern United States
- Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA (noun) - a state in midwestern United States
- Kansas, Sunflower State, KS (noun) - a state in midwestern United States
- Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Louisiana, Pelican State, LA (noun) - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Louisiana Purchase (noun) - territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
- Maine, Pine Tree State, ME (noun) - a state in New England
- Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state
- Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA (noun) - a state in New England
- Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI (noun) - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- Mid-Atlantic states (noun) - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
- Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States (noun) - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
- Minnesota, Gopher State, North Star State, MN (noun) - a midwestern state
- Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS (noun) - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico
- Mississippi, Mississippi River (noun) - a major North American river and the chief river of the United States
- Missouri, Show Me State, MO (noun) - a midwestern state in central United States
- Missouri, Missouri River (noun) - the longest river in the United States
- Montana, Treasure State, MT (noun) - a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
- Nebraska, Cornhusker State, NE (noun) - a midwestern state on the Great Plains
- Nevada, Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State, NV (noun) - a state in the southwestern United States
- New England (noun) - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
- New Hampshire, Granite State, NH (noun) - a state in New England
- New Jersey, Jersey, Garden State, NJ (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic
- New Mexico, Land of Enchantment, NM (noun) - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
- New River (noun) - a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River
- New York, New York State, Empire State, NY (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state
- Niagara, Niagara River (noun) - a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario
- Niobrara, Niobrara River (noun) - a tributary of the Missouri River
- North (noun) - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- North Dakota, Peace Garden State, ND (noun) - a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
- Ohio, Buckeye State, OH (noun) - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- Ohio, Ohio River (noun) - a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
- Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK (noun) - a state in south central United States
- Oregon, Beaver State, OR (noun) - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- Pacific Northwest (noun) - a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
- Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state
- Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI (noun) - a state in New England
- Rio Grande, Rio Bravo (noun) - a North American river
- Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River (noun) - a North American river
- South (noun) - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC (noun) - a state in the Deep South
- South Dakota, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD (noun) - a state in north central United States
- Sunbelt (noun) - states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative
- Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Texas, Lone-Star State, TX (noun) - the second largest state
- Twin, Twin Falls (noun) - a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
- Utah, Beehive State, Mormon State, UT (noun) - a state in the western United States
- Vermont, Green Mountain State, VT (noun) - a state in New England
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
- Washington, Evergreen State, WA (noun) - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- West, western United States (noun) - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
- West Virginia, Mountain State, WV (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Wisconsin, Badger State, WI (noun) - a midwestern state in north central United States
- Wyoming, Equality State, WY (noun) - a state in the western United States
- Yosemite, Yosemite Falls (noun) - a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California
- Yukon, Yukon River (noun) - a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
u.s. is derivationally related to:
- American (adjective) - of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
Member of this domain - REGION:
- American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States (noun) - civil war in the United States between the North and the South
- Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language (noun) - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
- Bill of Rights (noun) - a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
- Boston Tea Party (noun) - demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor
- Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (noun) - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)
- Groundhog Day, February 2 (noun) - if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
- Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma (noun) - small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)
- Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC (noun) - a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government
- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12 (noun) - the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
- Marlowe, Philip Marlowe (noun) - tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
- Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands (noun) - a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
- Presidents' Day (noun) - the third Monday in February
- Social Security number (noun) - the number of a particular individual's Social Security account
- State Department (noun) - a department of government in one of the 50 states
- Union, North (noun) - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
- Washington's Birthday, February 22 (noun) - the day on which George Washington is remembered
- Yankee, Yank, Northerner (noun) - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
- barrio (noun) - a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
- beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz (noun) - informal terms for the nose
- billion, one thousand million, 1000000000 (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- billion (adjective) - denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- billionth (noun) - position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things
- checking account, chequing account, current account (noun) - a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
- cola, dope (noun) - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
- combination in restraint of trade (noun) - (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)
- county (noun) - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- desperado, desperate criminal (noun) - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- discount rate (noun) - the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System
- dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam (noun) - a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- federal department, federal office, department of the federal government (noun) - a department of the federal government of the United States
- freshman, first-year (adjective) - used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
- genus Epiphyllum (noun) - small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
- golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum (noun) - stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
- green onion, spring onion, scallion (noun) - a young onion before the bulb has enlarged
- inaugural address, inaugural (noun) - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
- inch, in (noun) - a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- independent agency (noun) - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
- joint resolution (noun) - a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
- maquiladora (noun) - an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border)
- marine (adjective) - of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)
- mestiza (noun) - a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
- mestizo, ladino (noun) - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
- multiple voting (noun) - the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.)
- nation (noun) - a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
- octillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros
- old man (noun) - (slang) boss
- paleface (noun) - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)
- partridge (noun) - flesh of either quail or grouse
- pineapple weed, rayless chamomile, Matricaria matricarioides (noun) - annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers
- quadrillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
- quintillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
- reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation (noun) - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
- recall (noun) - the act of removing an official by petition
- ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata (noun) - tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites
- septillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
- sextillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
- shamanism (noun) - any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
- slave market (noun) - a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)
- snake dance (noun) - a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
- southernism (noun) - an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)
- staff member, staffer (noun) - an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
- tart (noun) - a small open pie with a fruit filling
- teacake (noun) - any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
- totem (noun) - emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant
- trapezium (noun) - a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
- trapezoid (noun) - a quadrilateral with two parallel sides
- tribe, federation of tribes (noun) - a federation (as of American Indians)
- trillion, one million million, 1000000000000 (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
- trillion (adjective) - one million million in the United States
- trust busting (noun) - (law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws)
- water spaniel (noun) - any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl