the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States | a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose |
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 | beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils |
| informal terms for the nose |