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 31 of 66: from “I hardly know her” to “ischemia”.
- I hardly know her phrase A joking retort that draws attention to the possibility of sexual innuendo when a word ends with a schwar.
- ice pellets noun Sleet.
- ice pop noun Synonym of popsicle, frozen fruit juice on a stick.
- iceberg noun An aloof person.
- icebox noun A refrigerator.
- icebox cake noun A dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log.
- icehouse noun An ice hockey rink.
- icy adj To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
- idealized adj Regarded as ideal.
- if-by-whiskey adj That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated…
- IJN noun Imperial Japanese Navy ship, informal ship prefix used for a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, usually in reference to WWII.
- ill noun PCP, phencyclidine.
- illegal adj Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
- illy adj cool, fresh
- immortalize verb Alternative spelling of immortalise.
- immunization noun The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against…
- impact aid noun Money provided by the government to school districts that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt Federal…
- impacted adj Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
- impeachment noun The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official…
- imported cabbage worm noun The caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly.
- in case conj If.
- in Dutch prep_phrase In trouble or in disfavor.
- in favor of prep For; in support of; approving; supporting.
- in for an inch, in for a mile proverb Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully…
- in light of prep Given, considering.
- in limine adv At the beginning, as a preliminary matter; specifically, before a particular procedure or proceeding takes place.
- in order adv Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
- in place adv Without changing position.
- in service prep_phrase Available for use; operational.
- in state adj Existing or occurring within a single state.
- in the clear prep_phrase Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.
- in the future prep_phrase From now on.
- in the interest of justice prep_phrase The reason of case dismissal used when the judge decides that justice will be best served when the case is dismissed. This reason can also…
- in the tank prep_phrase Supportive, approving, favorably disposed.
- in the worst way adv Urgently; desperately; to an extreme degree.
- inarticulation noun Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered.
- Inc adj Incorporated, corporation, describing a type of (business) company that carries certain legal obligations.
- incarcerate verb To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
- incarceration noun The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- incent verb To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
- incenter noun The point formed at the intersection of the three angle bisectors of a triangle; also the centre of the incircle.
- incentivize verb To provide incentives for; to encourage.
- incontestability noun The state of having been registered as a trademark for more than five consecutive years without a challenge, and therefore conclusively…
- incorporate verb To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only…
- incorporated adj Being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the…
- incorporated company noun a company that has been granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate entity having its own privileges, rights, and liabilities…
- incorporated place noun A type of governmental area incorporated under state law and having legally prescribed powers and functions.
- Indian adj Made with Indian corn or maize.
- Indian agent noun A person authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the United States government.
- Indian bread noun The edible tuckahoe fungus.
- Indian hemp noun A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
- Indian paint pot noun A concave, iron oxide–containing mineral concretion such as red shale which sheds a chalky, reddish debris when wet and rubbed, often found…
- Indian turnip noun Arisaema triphyllum.
- individualize verb To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.
- industrial piercing noun A piercing, especially of the upper ear cartilage, in which two pierced holes are connected with a single straight piece of jewelry.
- industrialization noun A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
- industrialize verb To develop industry; to become industrial.
- inelastic adj Resistant to swings during elections; predictable.
- infare noun A party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding…
- ingress verb To enter (a specified location or area)
- initialization noun The process of preparing something to begin.
- initialize verb To assign initial values to something.
- initiative adj In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
- inquire verb To ask (about something).
- inside baseball noun Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators.
- inside information noun Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly…
- inside-the-Beltway adj within the portions of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia encircled by Interstate 495 (the Washington Beltway)
- installment noun One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part…
- insure verb Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.
- insurrecto noun a rebel, especially in Cuba or the Philippines during American military involvement there around the start of the 20th century
- integrated adj characterized by racial integration
- integration noun Ellipsis of racial integration.
- intellectualize verb To find a seemingly rational explanation for.
- interdict verb To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
- interference noun In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority…
- interior Mexican adj Especially of cuisine: of or pertaining to the country Mexico itself, in contrast to Tex-Mex (“a mix of Texan and Mexican”).
- intermissionless adj Without an intermission; without a pause between acts in the performance of a play or in a film on television
- internal affairs noun A division of a law enforcement agency investigating incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct…
- internalize verb To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
- international football noun The combination of Canadian football and American football.
- internship noun The first year of a medical residency.
- interservice adj Involving relationships between branches of the armed forces.
- intersession noun A break between semesters.
- interstate adj Of, or relating to two or more states.
- interurban noun An electric railway carrying mainly passengers between two or more urban centres.
- intervention noun A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made…
- interventor noun A mine inspector.
- intrastate noun A highway completely within a state (not an interstate).
- invasive carp noun Asian carp.
- invisible primary noun The period between when major political candidates show interest in running for president and when the primaries and caucuses actually…
- IP noun An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- Irish noun Temper; anger, passion.
- Irish pennant noun A loose thread of a naval or military uniform; also the loose end of any knot not tied properly
- Irish red noun A dark, reddish amber ale or lager.
- iron eagle noun An American military officer who has attained the rank of colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of general.
- iron man noun A dollar.
- iron triangle noun The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and…
- irreconcilable noun A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than live in a reunited United States.
- irreconcilable differences noun Grounds for a no-fault divorce comprising a difference between the two parties that cannot or will not be changed.
- ischemia noun Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or…