Ss
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of Saints. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 plural of s form-of, plural
- 3 Abbreviation of screenshot. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 plural of S form-of, plural
- 5 special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps wordnet
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- 6 Initialism of social security. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 the 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 documents wordnet
- 8 Initialism of secret service or Secret Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 Initialism of spousal support. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 10 Initialism of stainless steel. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Near-synonym: CRES"
- 11 A shiptype; Initialism of steamship. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 12 A shiptype; Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 13 A shiptype; Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine; A conventionally-powered submarine Navy, US
- 14 A shiptype; Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine; diesel-powered attack submarine Navy, US
- 15 NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- 16 Initialism of shortstop. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 17 Initialism of screenshot. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 18 Initialism of sum of squares. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 19 Initialism of Segawa syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 20 Initialism of side seam. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 21 Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"SS23 collection"
- 1 Initialism of Subsaharan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 2 Abbreviation of single-stranded. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
- 1 Initialism of Schutzstaffel; from German SS. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units."
- 2 Initialism of Subsahara: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
- 4 Initialism of South Sumatra: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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