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 20 of 66: from “Duluth pack” to “ethnic music”.
- Duluth pack noun A traditional piece of luggage used in canoe travel, particularly in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota and Ontario. A…
- dumbass noun A stupid or foolish person.
- dumbbutt adj Stupid.
- dummy adv Extremely.
- dummymander noun A gerrymander that has narrow margins to electorally benefit the gerrymandering party and has a high probability of backfiring.
- dump verb To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- dumpling noun Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
- dumpster noun A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
- dumpster fire noun A chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person; a disaster.
- duodecillion num 10³⁹.
- duovigintillion num 10⁶⁹.
- duplex noun A house made up of two dwelling units.
- durn adj darn; damn.
- dust verb To leave quickly; to rush off.
- dust bunny noun A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under…
- dust out verb To leave or depart.
- Dutch disease noun Hollanditis.
- Dutch door noun A door that is divided horizontally into two parts such that the upper part may be opened independently of the lower.
- Dutch loaf noun A luncheon meat made from spiced coarse-ground lean pork and beef formed into a loaf shape and smoked.
- Dutch oven noun A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal.
- dutchman noun A male Pennsylvania German.
- Dutchwoman noun A female Pennsylvania German.
- dutchy adj difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated
- duvet noun Short for duvet cover.
- dynamiter noun A high-pressure salesman.
- E(S/A) adj Endangered due to similarity of appearance to a species deemed threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
- E-2 noun A visa granted to investors in United States businesses.
- e-thumb noun A natural skill for tinkering with electronics or computers.
- e-ticket noun Something very thrilling or exciting.
- eagle noun A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- earmark noun Specifically, a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.
- earnest money noun Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real…
- earthpea noun A peanut, (Arachis hypogaea).
- Easter Egger noun Any chicken that possesses the gene for laying blue eggs without fully meeting any official breed description.
- Eastwood noun A brave, tough, hardy man.
- eat crow verb To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
- eat shit verb To do nothing of importance; to idle.
- eat up verb To find something to be very cute.
- eating club noun A kind of undergraduate social club, which includes meals, now limited to a few private colleges and universities.
- ecoburb noun A type of suburban development which protects environmental functions of a site such as natural hydrology and habitat.
- economic substance noun A substantial purpose (aside from reduction of tax liability) and an economic effect (aside from the tax effect), which a transaction must…
- economy adv In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.
- edge city noun A concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment locations outside a traditional downtown (or central business district), in what…
- efficiency noun A one-room apartment.
- eggplant noun The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
- eighty-eleven adj Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
- eject verb To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
- el noun An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
- elastic noun Specifically, a hair tie.
- elasticize verb To make (clothing, etc.) with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it can be adjusted while maintaining a snug fit.
- elbow noun A detective.
- elder noun An old person.
- Election Day noun The day on which general elections are held in the United States, usually the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
- electronic benefit transfer noun An electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits using a magnetically encoded payment card.
- elementary school noun A children’s school, typically older than toddlers and younger than adolescents. In the U.S., elementary schools cover grades 1 through 5…
- elephant walk noun The taxiing of multiple aircraft in close formation before a mass take-off.
- elevated noun An elevated railway.
- elevator noun A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between…
- elevator music noun Bland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).
- eleven noun An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- elk noun Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.
- elocute verb To state, assert or admit.
- embarras noun A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway.
- emergency room noun A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate…
- emergicenter noun a clinic, often in a shopping mall, offering immediate outpatient treatment for minor ailments and injuries
- eminent domain noun The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property…
- empowered adj Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
- empty the bench verb to remove the varsity players from a game and insert junior varsity players. Usually happens toward the end of a one-sided contest.
- empty the clip verb To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.
- enameled wire noun Wire insulated with a thin baked-on varnish enamel, used in electric coils to allow the maximum number of turns in a given space.
- enamor verb To cause to be in love.
- end run noun A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing…
- endeavor noun A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
- endowed chair noun An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty…
- enemy combatant noun Any person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.
- engineer noun A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).
- english noun Alternative form of english.
- enhanced interrogation noun The practice of using techniques normally considered torture that are claimed not to be torture according to a carefully parsed…
- enroll verb To register for a class or course of study.
- Enrolled Bill noun Legislation that has been passed by both houses of Congress, signed by their presiding officers, and sent to the President for signature.
- enter verb To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to…
- entertainment center noun A piece of furniture designed to house and organize consumer electronic devices such as televisions, audio systems and video game consoles.
- entrée noun The main course or main dish of a meal.
- envie noun A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food.
- environmental impact statement noun A detailed report that analyzes the potential environmental effects of a proposed project or action.
- eon noun A long period of time.
- epicenter noun US standard spelling of epicentre.
- epitomize verb To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
- equal time noun A policy stating that radio and television licensees are required to offer opposing political candidates an equal amount of airtime.
- equalizer noun A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- eraser noun An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
- erf noun A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.
- escarole noun A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten…
- ESOP noun Acronym of Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
- Esperantize verb To adapt (typically a proper noun) to the phonology, alphabet and grammar of Esperanto.
- esquire noun A lawyer.
- estradiol noun A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic alcohol estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol (C₁₈H₂₄O₂) secreted chiefly by the ovaries of all…
- estriol noun A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main…
- estrone noun A natural estrogenic hormone that is a ketone C₁₈H₂₂O₂ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of and less potent than estradiol, that is…
- ethnic music noun The classic body of recordings of Central and Eastern European immigrants to the United States from the early to mid-20th century, and…