U.S.

Noun	1.	U.S. - the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States Synonyms: U.S. government, United States government, US Government, United States
	2.	U.S. - 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 Synonyms: America, U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

1000000000, 1000000000000, Acrostichum aureum, AK, Alaska, Aloha State, America, American, American Civil War, American state, AR, Arizona, Arkansas, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language, AZ, barrio, Battle Born State, beak, Beaver State, Beehive State, Bill of Rights, billion, billionth, Bluegrass State, Boston Tea Party, buck, CA, Calif., California, Cassia alata, Centennial State, clam, CO, cola, Colony, Colorado, combination in restraint of trade, Connecticut, Connecticut River, county, Coyote State, D.C., Dakota, DC, department of the federal government, desperado, desperate criminal, discount rate, District of Columbia, dollar, dollar bill, dope, East, East Coast, eastern United States, Empire State of the South, Equality State, Evergreen State, February 12, February 2, February 22, federal department, federal office, federation of tribes, GA, Gem State, genus Epiphyllum, genus Hedeoma, Georgia, Gibson, golden fern, Golden State, Grand Canyon State, Great Lakes, Groundhog Day, Hawaii, Hedeoma, HI, honker, hooter, IC, ID, Idaho, in, inaugural, inaugural address, inch, independent agency, Intelligence Community, joint resolution, Kentucky, KY, ladino, Land of Enchantment, Land of Opportunity, Last Frontier, leather fern, Lincoln's Birthday, Louisiana Purchase, maquiladora, marine, Marlowe, Marshall Islands, Matricaria matricarioides, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Mel Gibson, mestiza, mestizo, Mid-Atlantic states, Middle West, Midwest, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri River, Montana, Mormon State, Mount Rushmore State, Mountain State, MT, multiple voting, nation, National Intelligence Community, NATO, NC, ND, Nevada, New England, New Mexico, New River, Niagara, Niagara River, Niobrara, Niobrara River, NM, North, North America, North American country, North American nation, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northerner, nozzle, NV, OAS, Ohio, Ohio River, OK, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, old man, Old North State, one dollar bill, one million million, one thousand million, OR, Oregon, Organization of American States, Pacific Northwest, paleface, Palmetto State, partridge, Peace Garden State, Peach State, Philip Marlowe, pineapple weed, Presidents' Day, quadrillion, quintillion, rayless chamomile, reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment, recall, Republic of the Marshall Islands, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, Rio Bravo, Rio Grande, Sagebrush State, Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, SC, schnoz, schnozzle, SD, Senna alata, shamanism, Silver State, slave market, snake dance, snoot, snout, Social Security number, Sooner State, South, South Carolina, South Dakota, southernism, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River, staff member, staffer, State Department, Sunbelt, Tar Heel State, tart, teacake, Tennessee, TN, totem, trapezium, trapezoid, Treasure State, tribe, trillion, trust busting, Twin, Twin Falls, U.S.A., Union, United States, United States Civil War, United States Intelligence Community, United States of America, US, USA, UT, Utah, VA, Virginia, Volunteer State, WA, War between the States, Washington, Washington's Birthday, water spaniel, West, West Coast, West Virginia, western United States, WV, WY, Wyoming, Yank, Yankee, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yukon, Yukon River