U.S.

Definition: U.S.

U.S.

Noun

1. E executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States 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 U.S. government n : the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States U.S. waters n : territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States an.

2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

U.S.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Money

$, U.S. $, A$.

Crosswords: U.S.

The U.S. twin-screw cruiser. (references; author: unknown)

Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

U.S. Treasury O'Hara (1971)

The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952)

U.S. Savings Bonds Trailer (1952)

Band and Battalion of the U.S. Indian School (1901)

Quarter To Three (performing artist: Gary U.S. Bonds)

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References

• U.S. Automotive Manufacturing, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• U.S. Bioscience, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• U.S. BMB Entertainment Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• U.S. Can Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• U.S. Concrete, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Air Bags Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate (reference)

• The Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools: The Most Thorough, Accurate, and Up-to-Date Guide to All 181 ABA-Approved Law Schools (reference)

• The Complete Guide to Home Wiring: A Comprehensive Manual, from Basic Repairs to Advanced Projects (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library; U.S. edition) (reference)

• Advise & Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate (reference)

• Hazardous Duty: One of America's Most Decorated Soldiers Reports from the Front With the Truth About the U.S. Military Today (reference)

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Periodicals

• U.S. News & World Report (reference)

• Foreign Representatives In The U.s. Yellow Book (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• U.S. News & World Report: Amphibious Assault (reference)

• U.S. Naval Academy: 150 Years in Annapolis (reference)

• Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S. (Live 2002 Concert Film) (reference)

• Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (reference)

• Caribbean Dreaming - U.S. Virgin Islands (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• March to Cadence with the U.S. Army Airborne & Infantry (reference)

• Run To Cadence W/ The U.S. Army Airborne (reference)

• Songs Of The U.S. Armed Forces (reference)

• Back in the U.S. Live 2002 (reference)

• King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Gary U.S. Bonds [LIVE] (reference)

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High Tech

• U.S. Robotics V90 56K Courier Everything INT Modem with 14.4K ISA Half Card (reference)

• U.S. Robotics 005698-00 Internet Discovery Suite PCI Internal Fax Modem (reference)

• National Geographic Deluxe Laminated Wall Map, U.S. (reference)

• U.S. Robotics 56K Modem PC Card with X-Jack (reference)

• U.S. Robotics 56K V.90 External Fax Modem - (Manufacturer Reconditioned) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Secretary of the treasury, Henry Morgenthau wields the trowel during the cornerstone laying for NCI's building 6 on June 24, 1939. Mrs. Luke Wilson, whose husband, a cancer victim, donated the land for the building, and Dr. Thomas Parron, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, look on. The PHS was then a part of the Treasury Department. See also ar000175. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Dr. Thomas Parron, Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service and Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, participate in the cornerstone laying of NIH Building 6. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Crowd scene. U.S. boxer in blue is Antonio Tarver. Credit: CDC.

Combined bar and line graph showing annual number and rate of suicides among U.S. Air Force personnel--United States, 1980-1999. Credit: CDC.

Eastern U.S. In the Grips of Old Man Winter. Credit: NASA.

Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11.  Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S.. Credit: NASA.

Astronaut U.S. Senator John Glenn. Credit: NASA.

Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon. Credit: NASA.

Alexander Dallas Bache 2nd Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Davidson Seamount named for George Davidson of the C&GS This feature was the first called a "seamount" Officially named by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Discovered by GUIDE in 1933 Error - latitude should range from 35 to 36. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Any language [347 U.S. 483, 495] in Plessy v. Ferguson contrary to this finding is rejected. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Active, population-based surveillance in selected U.S. sites. (references)

PTK has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (references)

Physical inactivity among the U.S. population is now widespread. (references)

Business

U.S. cH2MHILL will develop the study. (references)

Making U.S. exports more competitive. (references)

Expected U.S. export value $7.0 million. (references)

Civil Liberties

Senegal

The marches were intended to protest U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the September 11 terrorist attacks. (references)

Turkey

The Ankara governor also denied permission to several groups for a demonstration in October against U.S. actions in Afghanistan. (references)

Yemen

There were a number of small, peaceful demonstrations during the year, most of which were to protest U.S. foreign policies in the Middle East. (references)

Economic History

Somalia

U.S. aid--$20 million. (references)

St. Lucia

GDP: U.S. $707 million. (references)

Marshall Islands

Official currency: U.S. dollar. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

The students were protesting U.S. military action in Afghanistan. (references)

Malaysia

A newspaper reported that the group had intended to attack members of a U.S. Navy vessel visiting the country. (references)

Russia

Grigoryants was on his way to a conference in the U.S., where he planned to deliver a critical paper on current domestic developments. (references)

Indigenous People

Denmark

In 1999 a court ruled that the Government unjustly resettled Greenland Inuits in 1953 in order to accommodate the expansion of a U.S. Air Force base in northwest Greenland. (references)

Indonesia

Delegates approved a resolution rejecting the 1969 "Act of Free Choice," which confirmed Papua's incorporation into Indonesia; called on the central Government, along with the U.N. and the U.S. and Dutch governments, to review the process by which the territory became a part of Indonesia and to recognize Papua's sovereignty since 1961; and mandated the Papuan Presidium Council to strive for international recognition and to report back to the congress on December 1 2000, regarding progress toward these goals. (references)

Minorities

Sweden

The Muslim community received many threats following the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in September; several mosques received bomb threats, and a Muslim school in the western suburbs was firebombed on September 17; no one was injured in the attack. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRIA

The delay may infringe U.S. investments. (references)

JAMAICA

In most cases, Jamaica follows U.S. standards. (references)

Saudi Arabia

A U.S. Consulate also opened in Dhahran in 1944. (references)

Political Rights

Saudi Arabia

Al-Masari expressed the CDLR's "understanding" of two fatal terrorist bombings of U.S. military facilities in 1995 and 1996 and sympathy for the perpetrators. (references)

Honduras

After extended debate between Liberals and Nationalists over the extent and organization of voting abroad, the parties agreed to limit voting to the five U.S. cities with the greatest population of Hondurans, due to both budget and logistic considerations. (references)

Trade

Netherlands

From the U.S., Phone: (31) 45 574 2700. (references)

Travel

West Bank

Note: U.S. Embassy remains open. (references)

Pakistan

No U.S. carriers presently serve Pakistan. (references)

Thailand

Closed on Thai and U.S. Official Holidays. (references)

Women

Romania

A survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that in 2000, 23.4 percent of women had experienced verbal abuse from their partners, 10 percent had experienced physical abuse, and 1.8 percent sexual abuse. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

Some children are trafficked to the U.S. and Canada. (references)

Vietnam

This site is managed by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "U.S.": U.S. Army Corps of Engineers method ♦ U.S. government ♦ U.S. waters. Additional references.

Chinese 

美国。 (U.S.A.). (various references)

French

Etats-Unis, E.U.. (various references)

German

VS (United States), Vereinigte Staaten (America, united states, United States of America, USA), amerikanisch (American). (various references)

Italian

Stati Uniti (America, United, united states, United States of America, USA), S.U. (United States). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

米議会 (U.S. Congress), 米上院 (U.S. Senate), 在�"米軍 (U.S. troops stationed inKorean), 日米安全保障条約 (U.S.-Japan Security Treaty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ざいか�"べいぐ�" (U.S. troops stationed inKorean), べいぎかい (U.S. Congress), べいじょうい�" (U.S. Senate), にちべいあ�"ぜ�"ほしょうじょうやく (U.S.-Japan Security Treaty). (various references)

Korean 

미국. (U.S.A.). (various references)

Russian 

сша (u.s.a., usa). (various references)

Spanish

EU (United States, usable field strength, usable power flux density), Estados Unidos (America, the united states, united states, United States of America, us, USA), EE UU (United States). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: us.