A condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without awareness.

A state of the United States.

An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.

(political philosophy) A government with the least necessary power over its citizens.

(computing, technology) Any device which employs the electric, magnetic or optical properties of a solid, especially of semiconductors.

(historical) An unrecognized nation existing from 1861-1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery.

(US, geography) The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.

The official name of Micronesia.

A skyscraper in New York City, the tallest in the world from 1931–72.

(law) A compilation of the statutes of the United States federal government, with sections arranged by topic rather than by date of enactment, and with superseded and expired sections removed.