| great seal of the united states | (n) the seal of the United States government |
| president of the united states | (n) the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government, Syn. President, United States President, Chief Executive |
| president of the united states | (n) the office of the United States head of state, Syn. President, Chief Executive |
| united states | (n) 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, Syn. America, United States of America, the States, U.S.A., U.S., USA, US |
| united states air force | (n) the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space, Syn. US Air Force, U. S. Air Force, Air Force, USAF |
| united states air force academy | (n) a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force, Syn. US Air Force Academy |
| united states army | (n) the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare, Syn. Army, US Army, USA, U. S. Army |
| united states army criminal investigation laboratory | (n) a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence, Syn. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory |
| united states army rangers | (n) a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army |
| united states border patrol | (n) the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States, Syn. US Border Patrol |
| united states cabinet | (n) a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet, Syn. US Cabinet |
| united states coast guard | (n) an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce, Syn. US Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard |
| united states code | (n) a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives, Syn. U. S. Code |
| united states constitution | (n) the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states, Syn. U.S. Constitution, Constitution of the United States, Constitution, US Constitution |
| united states customary system | (n) the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system |
| united states dollar | (n) the basic unit of money in the United States |
| united states dry unit | (n) a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System |
| united states fish and wildlife service | (n) an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution, Syn. US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS |
| united states government | (n) the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States, Syn. U.S., United States, US Government, U.S. government |
| united states government printing office | (n) an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government, Syn. GPO, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office |
| united states house of representatives | (n) the lower legislative house of the United States Congress, Syn. U.S. House of Representatives, House of Representatives, U.S. House, US House of Representatives, US House |
| united states intelligence agency | (n) an intelligence service in the United States |
| united states liquid unit | (n) a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System |
| united states marine corps | (n) an amphibious division of the United States Navy, Syn. US Marine Corps, United States Marines, USMC, Marine Corps |
| united states marshals service | (n) the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system, Syn. Marshals, US Marshals Service |
| united states military academy | (n) a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army, Syn. US Military Academy |
| united states mint | (n) the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion, Syn. US Mint, U.S. Mint |
| united states naval academy | (n) a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy, Syn. US Naval Academy |
| united states navy | (n) the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces, Syn. USN, US Navy, Navy |
| united states postal inspection service | (n) the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service, Syn. US Postal Inspection Service |
| united states postal service | (n) an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States, Syn. USPS, US Postal Service |
| united states post office | (n) an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States, Syn. Post Office, US Post Office, PO |
| united states public health service | (n) an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health, Syn. PHS |
| united states secret service | (n) the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents, Syn. US Secret Service, Secret Service, USSS, SS |
| united states senate | (n) the upper house of the United States Congress, Syn. Senate, US Senate, U.S. Senate |
| united states trade representative | (n) the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade, Syn. US Trade Representative |
| united states virgin islands | (n) more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States, Syn. American Virgin Islands, VI |
| united states waters | (n) territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories, Syn. U.S. waters |
| vice president of the united states | (n) the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate |
| american civil war | (n) civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865, Syn. United States Civil War, War between the States |
| attorney general | (n) the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department, Syn. United States Attorney General, US Attorney General |
| attorney general | (n) the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, Syn. Attorney General of the United States |
| congress | (n) the legislature of the United States government, Syn. United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress |
| department of defense | (n) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947, Syn. DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense, Defense Department |
| department of state | (n) the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies, Syn. DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of State |
| department of the treasury | (n) the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789, Syn. Treasury Department, United States Treasury, Treasury |
| east | (n) the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River, Syn. eastern United States |
| government accounting office | (n) an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States, Syn. United States Government Accounting Office, GAO |
| intelligence community | (n) a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence, Syn. IC, United States Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community |
| midwest | (n) the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America), Syn. middle west, midwestern United States |
