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 22 of 66: from “fellowship” to “flat diaper”.
- fellowship verb To join in fellowship; to associate with.
- felony noun A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by…
- felony stop noun A traffic stop of a person that is deemed dangerous, and performed from a distance by shouting instructions with weapons drawn.
- feminine hygiene noun birth control
- femme adj Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
- fender noun panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- fern bar noun An upscale bar or tavern catering to single yuppies, usually decorated with ferns or other greenery.
- fervor noun An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
- fetch up verb To suddenly stop.
- fetus noun An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
- FFV noun The ‘first families of Virginia’, or someone descended from such a family.
- fiador noun In some styles of horse halter and bridle, an optional part similar to a throatlatch.
- fiber noun A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- fiber bundle noun An abstract object in topology where copies of one object are "attached" to every point of another, as hairs or fibers are attached to a…
- fiberboard noun A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building…
- field corn noun Any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested…
- field day noun A school day for athletic events.
- field house noun A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.
- field mouse noun A small vole such as the meadow vole.
- field sobriety test noun A series of physical tasks, such as walking a straight line, used by police to determine whether a person is under the influence of alcohol.
- field training officer noun An experienced or senior member of an organization who is responsible for the training and evaluation of a junior or probationary level…
- fierce adj Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
- fifth noun A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- fifth wheel noun A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the…
- fifty six noun Among policemen, "time off from work."
- fifty-state strategy noun A political strategy in which a presidential candidate campaigns in all fifty states, rather than only focusing on those which are…
- figure verb To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- file noun Clipping of file cabinet.
- file cabinet noun An item of office furniture comprising a set of either drawers, or shelves with individual doors or panels, sized to standard widths of…
- filibuster noun A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a…
- filibusterism noun The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
- Filipinx noun A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).
- filth noun Weeds growing on pasture land.
- fin noun A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
- final noun A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- Final Four noun The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.
- finance charge noun Any fee representing the cost of credit, or the cost of borrowing, expressed as interest accrued on, and fees charged for, on some forms of…
- finding noun Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
- finesse verb To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
- finest noun Police officers.
- finger noun A policeman or prison guard.
- finger drill noun A simplified form of preparation for a task, in which a team verbally describes each portion of the task, counted sequentially (thus…
- finger-lickin' good adj Of food: very delicious; delectable, scrumptious.
- Finglish noun A variant of Finnish language that is spoken by the descendants of Finnish immigrants to North America, the vocabulary of which is heavily…
- fink noun A contemptible person.
- Fink truss noun A truss used for roofs and bridges, having multiple diagonal members projecting down from the top of the end posts at a variety of angles…
- Finndian noun A person of mixed Finnish and Native American heritage.
- fire brigade noun A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their…
- fire company noun An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires.
- fire controlman noun A member of the Navy who carries out repairs and maintenance on weapons, computers, and other equipment.
- fire department noun An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services…
- fire dog noun Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.
- fire drill noun Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity.
- fire lane noun A passageway or access road that allows firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through.
- fire marshal noun A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious…
- fire-eater noun An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.
- firehouse noun A fire station
- firkin noun A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc.
- First Amendment audit noun A test of an owner's acceptance of the right to record a publicly accessible area of a building or other premises.
- First Amendment auditor noun A person who records publicly accessible areas of a building or other premises in order to test the owner's acceptance of the right to…
- first base noun Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.
- first class noun One of two classes of city government in the U.S. state of Kentucky, in which cities elect a mayor and aldermen.
- first floor noun The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor.
- first gentleman noun The husband of a governor or mayor.
- first grade noun The first or second year of grade school depending on classification, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second…
- First Partner noun The partner of a governor or mayor.
- first responder noun A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency.
- first sergeant noun In the United States Army, a non-commissioned officer ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in rank to a…
- first-degree murder noun The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but…
- first-sale doctrine noun A legal doctrine that limits the rights of a copyright or trademark owner by allowing certain forms of distribution, such as enabling…
- firstie noun A first-class cadet.
- fish boil noun A culinary tradition in areas of Wisconsin and along the coastal Upper Great Lakes, with large Scandinavian populations.
- fish camp noun A restaurant serving fried seafood.
- fish skin noun A dollar bill.
- fitted noun A fitted cap.
- fitted diaper noun A cloth diaper that is contoured to the wearer with elastic bands around the legs and waist, adjustable with snaps or Velcro straps.
- five-and-dime noun A store selling inexpensive items.
- five-twenties noun Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in…
- fix verb To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- fixer noun A fixer-upper.
- fixer-upper noun A house, property, car, or other object that needs to be fixed up or repaired, often purchased as an investment.
- flack noun A publicist, a publicity agent.
- flag lot noun An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway.
- flag officer noun In addition to naval officers of Navy and the Coast Guard, a general officer in the Army, Marines, or Air Force with the rank of brigadier…
- flag on the play noun Used to indicate a problem or issue.
- flag, motherhood and apple pie noun Patriotism and traditional US values.
- flagfish noun A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory…
- flaggot noun An ostentatiously effeminate gay person.
- flake verb To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- flan noun A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- flanger noun A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
- flank adj Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now…
- flannel noun A flannel shirt.
- flapjack noun A pancake.
- flapjacky adj Resembling or characteristic of an (American) pancake.
- flash noun A flashlight; an electric torch.
- flashboard noun A board placed temporarily upon a dam, river, stream, etc. (typically within a permanent frame) to raise the water above its usual level.
- flashlight noun A battery-powered hand-held light source.
- flat noun Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- flat diaper noun A makeshift cloth diaper folded from a large piece of (usually square or rectangular) absorbent fabric, such as terry (coarse cotton)…