| has gloss | (noun) a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
executive department |
| lexicalization | eng: executive department |
| subclass of | (noun) a department of the federal government of the United States
federal office, federal department, department of the federal government |
| has subclass | (noun) the chief executive department of the United States government
EXEC, White House |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
Department of Agriculture, USDA, Agriculture, Agriculture Department |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
Commerce, Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
DoD, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense, Defense |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
Education, Education Department, Department of Education |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
Energy Department, DOE, Department of Energy, Energy |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Health and Human Services, HHS, Department of Health and Human Services |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965
HUD, Housing and Urban Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
DoJ, Department of Justice, Justice, Justice Department |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Department of Labor, Labor Department, DoL, Labor |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
United States Department of State, State, State Department, DoS, Department of State |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
DoI, Interior Department, Department of the Interior, Interior |
| has subclass | (noun) the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
Department of the Treasury, United States Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
DoT, Department of Transportation, Transportation |
| has subclass | (noun) the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA |
| has subclass | (noun) a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
Department of Commerce and Labor |
| has subclass | (noun) a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
Department of Health Education and Welfare |
| has subclass | (noun) a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947
Navy Department |
| has subclass | (noun) a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947
War Department |