ss
1 of 3abbreviation (1)
1
scilicet —used in legal documents
2
[Latin semis] one half
3
single-stranded —typically used in combination
ssDNA
SS
2 of 3noun
ˌes-ˈes 
: a unit of Nazis created as bodyguard to Hitler and later expanded to take charge of intelligence, central security, policing action, and the mass extermination of those they considered inferior or undesirable
SS
3 of 3abbreviation (2)
1
saints
2
Social Security
3
steamship
Word History
Etymology
Noun
German, abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, literally, protection echelon
First Known Use
Noun
1932, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
ss
abbreviation
one half —used in writing prescriptions
Legal Definition
ss
abbreviation
specifically —used in the statement of venue which follows the caption of a legal document and especially between the name of the state and the particular subdivision (as county)
- immanently
- immanifest
- immanity
- immantle
- immantled
- immantles
- immantling
- Immanuel
- immanuels
- immarble
- immarcescible
- immarcescibly
- immarcessible
- immarcessibly
- immarginate
- immask
- immaterial
- immaterialise
- immaterialised
- immaterialises
- immaterialising
- immaterialism
- immaterialisms
- immaterialist
- immaterialists