Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)
S: (n) coastguard (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)
S: (n) United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)
S: (n) Food and Drug Administration, FDA (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products)
S: (n) Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases))
S: (n) Counterterrorist Center, CTC (an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage)
S: (n) Nonproliferation Center, NPC (an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems)
S: (n) Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau (the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States)
S: (n) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA (an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather)
S: (n) National Weather Service (the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps)
S: (n) Technology Administration (an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth)
S: (n) National Technical Information Service, NTIS (an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information)
S: (n) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA (the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11)
S: (n) Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK (a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness)
S: (n) Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI (an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) National Institutes of Health, NIH (an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA (the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS (the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers)
S: (n) United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)
S: (n) Foreign Service (the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world)
S: (n) Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS (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)
S: (n) Financial Management Service (the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting)
S: (n) Office of Intelligence Support, OIS (agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy)
S: (n) United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
S: (n) United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)
S: (n) Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI (the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy)
S: (n) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA (an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization)
S: (n) independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
S: (n) Food and Drug Administration, FDA (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products)
S: (n) Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases))
S: (n) Counterterrorist Center, CTC (an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage)
S: (n) Nonproliferation Center, NPC (an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems)
S: (n) Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau (the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States)
S: (n) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA (an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather)
S: (n) National Weather Service (the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps)
S: (n) Technology Administration (an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth)
S: (n) National Technical Information Service, NTIS (an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information)
S: (n) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA (the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11)
S: (n) Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK (a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness)
S: (n) Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI (an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) National Institutes of Health, NIH (an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA (the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse)
S: (n) Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS (the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers)
S: (n) United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)
S: (n) Foreign Service (the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world)
S: (n) Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR (an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community)
S: (n) United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS (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)
S: (n) Financial Management Service (the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting)
S: (n) Office of Intelligence Support, OIS (agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy)
S: (n) United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
S: (n) United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)
S: (n) Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI (the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy)
S: (n) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA (an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization)
S: (n) independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
S: (n) organ (a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function) "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
S: (n) National Guard Bureau, NGB (the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units)
S: (n) Army Intelligence, AI (an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders)
S: (n) Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA (a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
S: (n) Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC (an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care)
S: (n) Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL (a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces)
S: (n) Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC (a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry)
S: (n) Naval Research Laboratory, NRL (the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines)
S: (n) organ (a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function) "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
S: (n) National Guard Bureau, NGB (the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units)
S: (n) Army Intelligence, AI (an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders)
S: (n) Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA (a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
S: (n) Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC (an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care)
S: (n) Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL (a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces)
S: (n) Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC (a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry)
S: (n) Naval Research Laboratory, NRL (the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines)