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Definitions: Selective Service |
Selective ServiceNoun1. A federal agency that administers compulsory military service. 2. Compulsory military service. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Selective ServiceSynonyms: conscription (n), draft (n), muster (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Selective Service |
| English words defined with "Selective Service": Selective Service System. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Selective Service": Central Processing System ♦ line load control ♦ Selective Dissemination of Information, SUPERVISOR, SPECIAL SERVICES ♦ veterans' coordinator. (references) |
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![]() | Japanese enlistment. Another truckload of American citizens of Japanese ancestry arrive at Selective Service Board No. 9, Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the recently organized combat regiment made up exclusively of 1,5.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Japanese enlistment. A group of 110 men from the village of Aiea, Territory of Hawaii crowd into Selective Service Board No. 9 in Waipahu. They are waiting to sign applications for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army's recently formed combat regiment c.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Brownsville, Texas. Registration for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Glencoe, Minnesota. Farmer registering for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Plato, Minnesota. Farmer registering for Selective Service.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Plato, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Stewart, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Idaho Falls, Idaho. Japanese resident registering in Selective Service registration for men forty-five to sixty-five.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We should modernize our Selective Service System. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | For this reason, I have determined that the Selective Service System must now be revitalized. |
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Expression using "Selective Service": selective Service System. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Selective Service"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | задължителна военна повинност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | grundwehrdienst (basic military service, national service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kötelező katonai szolgálat (conscription), újoncozási szolgálat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | electivesay ervicesay воинская повинность (compulsory military service, compulsory service, conscription). (various references) zorunlu askerlik sistemi, kura ile askerlik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-e-i-i-l-r-s-s-t-v-v" | |
-4 letters: teleservices. | |
-5 letters: retelevises. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 65 63 74 69 76 65      53 65 72 76 69 63 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110010 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l e c t i v e   S e r v i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0065 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065      0053 0065 0072 0076 0069 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537178716986758871253718488756971 |
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