nnoun.groupthe 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 documentsSynset:SS Secret Service USSS US Secret Service United States Secret Service
Part Holonyms:Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security
Hypernyms:United States intelligence agency
Inherited Hypernyms:united states secret serviceunited states intelligence agencyintelligenceadministrative unitunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
nnoun.groupspecial police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration campsSynset:SS Schutzstaffel
Hypernyms:constabulary law police police force
Inherited Hypernyms:schutzstaffelpoliceforceorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:schutzstaffelpolicelaw enforcement agencyagencyadministrative unitunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:Gestapo
nnoun.time1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'UnitesSynset:s sec second
Part Holonyms:min minute
Hypernyms:time unit unit of time
Inherited Hypernyms:secondtime unitmeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:leap second
Part Meronyms:millisecond msec
Full Hyponyms:leap second
nnoun.substancean abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)Synset:S atomic number 16 sulfur sulphur
Derivationally Related Form:sulfuricsulphuricsulfursulfuroussulphursulphurous
Substance Holonyms:sulfide sulphide oil of vitriol sulfuric acid sulphuric acid vitriol
Hypernyms:chemical element element
Inherited Hypernyms:sulfurchemical elementsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sulfurchemical elementsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:brimstonenative sulfurnative sulphur
nnoun.relationthe cardinal compass point that is at 180 degreesSynset:S due south south southward
Hypernyms:cardinal compass point
Inherited Hypernyms:southcardinal compass pointcompass pointdirectionpositionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.quantitya unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohmSynset:S mho reciprocal ohm siemens
Hypernyms:conductance unit
Inherited Hypernyms:mhoconductance unitelectromagnetic unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationthe 19th letter of the Roman alphabetSynset:S s
Member Holonyms:Latin alphabet Roman alphabet
Hypernyms:alphabetic character letter letter of the alphabet
Inherited Hypernyms:slettercharacterwritten symbolsymbolsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.attribute(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical workTopic:thermodynamics
Synset:S entropy randomness
Examples:- entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
Hypernyms:physical property
Inherited Hypernyms:randomnessphysical propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:conformational entropy
Full Hyponyms:conformational entropy