This page gathers the 6,610 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “US” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 10 of 66: from “cable car” to “cash out”.
- cable car noun A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
- caboose noun The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
- cack verb To kill.
- caddy noun A Cadillac car.
- cadet noun A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
- cadge verb To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- Cadillac adj Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)
- Cadillac tax noun The excise tax levied on particularly expensive private health insurance plans, so-called Cadillac plans.
- cafeteria noun A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
- cage noun Synonym of automobile.
- cah noun Pronunciation spelling of car.
- Cajun microwave noun A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors.
- cake and wine noun A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure.
- cake-eater noun A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
- calabash noun The head.
- calculate verb To plan; to expect; to think.
- calendar noun An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)
- caliber noun Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- California burger noun A cheeseburger with the addition of bacon and either guacamole or avocado.
- California fuchsia noun A highly variable species of herbaceous perennial native to California and other parts of western North America, Epilobium canum, with…
- California pepper tree noun A South American tree (Schinus molle) grown for its attractive weeping habit and colorful fruits, which are used as a spice called pink…
- California-style pizza noun A style of single-serving pizza that combines New York and Italian thin crust with toppings from Californian cuisine.
- Californication noun The large-scale development of land; urban sprawl.
- call noun A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for…
- call an audible verb To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.
- call balls and strikes verb To act as a home plate umpire.
- call collect verb To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.
- call down verb To reprimand or insult (someone) severely.
- call for verb To anticipate, predict.
- call liquor noun Any branded liquor at a bar, available to customers who specifically request it, as opposed to the generic well liquor.
- call the ball verb When landing on a US aircraft carrier: to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the…
- call time verb To indicate that an activity, especially the taking of a test, is complete.
- callithump noun A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
- callout noun A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
- calorific adj High in calories and thus likely fattening.
- camass noun A camas prairie
- camp wood noun A type of firewood sold at roadside stands for use in camping, campfires, or cabins, that provides an efficient, low-smoke burning.
- Campbellite noun A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
- campfire story noun A form of oral storytelling performed around an open fire at night, typically in the wilderness, largely connected with the telling of…
- campo noun A police officer assigned to a university campus.
- can noun a toilet or lavatory.
- canada noun A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
- Canadian bacon noun Cured pork made only from the loin, with no belly meat, and sold in lean medallions.
- canaigre noun Rumex hymenosepalus, a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin.
- cancel noun A cancellation.
- candidating noun The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
- candle salad noun A children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a…
- candor noun The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
- candy noun Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts…
- candy cane noun An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
- candy corn noun A confection of sugar and corn syrup or honey, supposed to resemble a kernel of maize; typically colored in yellow, orange, and white…
- candy man noun A drug dealer.
- cane noun Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- canned cheese noun A canned spreadable processed cheese product, supplied in a pressurized canister similar to a whipped cream can.
- canner noun Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
- cannibal sandwich noun A sandwich made from raw ground beef with onions, on rye bread, and seasoned. Traditionally served at Christmastime in Wisconsin and the…
- cannon noun A pickpocket.
- Cannonism noun Dominance over the House of Representatives and its discussions and debates, like that exerted by Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926)…
- canoe verb To split someone's head with a round.
- canonize verb To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- cantaloupe noun Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or…
- Canuck noun A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English…
- canvass noun A scrutiny of the votes cast in an election to reject irregular votes; also, a tally, audit, and certification of votes.
- CAPCOM noun Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.
- cape verb To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
- capisce intj Used by a listener to confirm that they have understood something said to them: I got it, I heard you, I understand.
- capital equipment noun Any single asset which has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and a useful life of more than one year, whether purchased outright…
- capitate verb To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.
- capitol noun Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
- capper noun A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
- capstone verb To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.
- captain save a hoe noun A man who spends an excessive amount of effort and money in seeking the approval or affection of a woman, usually a promiscuous one…
- car noun An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- car boot noun a wheel clamp or Denver boot
- car rental noun The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.
- carburetor noun A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition.
- carcinization noun The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.
- card verb To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- careen verb To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
- careerism noun The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.
- carhop noun A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
- carhouse noun A storage depot for streetcars.
- carload noun The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car.
- carlot noun car park
- Carnegie unit noun A standard measure of academic credit, based on the amount of time spent in class, rather than the mastery of the material, representing…
- carnival noun A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
- Carolina allspice noun A fragrant shrub native to the Eastern United States (Calycanthus floridus)
- Carolina burger noun A hamburger served with chili con carne, coleslaw, mustard, and chopped onions, popular in the Carolinas.
- Carolina style noun A North Carolinan style of serving hot dogs and hamburgers, involving chili, slaw, onions, and sometimes mustard.
- carpetbag verb To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially…
- carpetbagger noun A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political…
- carriage noun A shopping cart.
- carry verb To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- carryall noun A large bag; a holdall
- cartwheel noun A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
- case noun A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- casebook noun A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
- cash boy noun In large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the…
- cash on the barrelhead noun Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction: cash only (no credit), and at the…
- cash out verb To reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer…