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 34 of 66: from “L clearance” to “lieutenant governor”.
- L clearance noun A security clearance issued by the United States Department of Energy, allowing civilian access to nuclear-related materials, but less…
- la la noun Something unusually good; (occasionally) something unusually bad.
- labeled adj Having a label, tagged.
- Labor Day noun The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September.
- labor of love noun A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement or practical benefit; an altruistic work or undertaking; an action or…
- labor union noun A continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment; a trade union.
- laborer noun One who labors.
- laboring oar noun The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.
- lackluster adj Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
- ladino noun A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.
- Lady Presidentress noun Former name of First Lady (of the United States).
- lag noun Clipping of lag screw.
- lah-di-dah intj Not a care in the world. (used in a sing-song voice, for childhood rhymes)
- lake fly noun Any of species Ephemera simulans of mayflies, brown drake.
- Lake Wobegon noun An idealized, close-knit small-town community.
- laker noun A ship used on the Great Lakes.
- lallygag verb To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.
- lamb fries noun The testicles of a lamb, peeled, rolled in cracker meal, fried, and served as food, a traditional dish in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.
- lambrequin noun A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing.
- lame duck noun An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
- lameass noun An uncool person; a dork.
- lamesauce noun Something that is undesirable or detrimental.
- lamp verb To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
- lance corporal noun An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- land agent noun An employee of an oil or mining company who negotiates with landowners for rights to extract oil or minerals from their property.
- land grant noun A grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher…
- land poor adj In a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.
- landlocked adj Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
- landmark verb To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.
- lanes noun One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
- lapel pin noun A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for…
- last chance saloon noun A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
- last roundup noun A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.
- Latino adj Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
- Latinx adj Of Latin American descent or origin.
- laundromat noun A self-service laundry facility with (traditionally) coin-operated (which now may use other per-load payment methods) washing machines…
- lawn chair noun Any chair designed to be used outdoors, especially a folding chair with aluminum frame, armrests, and interwoven ribbon mesh seat and back…
- laws noun The police.
- Lawsonize verb To amalgamate.
- lawyer up verb To exercise one's right to legal representation; to engage the services of a lawyer.
- lay off verb (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with…
- lay out verb To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor; to kill.
- lay up verb To have sex; to have a sexual relationship.
- layaway noun The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete a purchase.
- layette noun A bin for storing equipment parts prior to their use.
- layoff noun A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or…
- lazy dog bomb noun A fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the…
- lead noun The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to…
- lead paragraph noun Synonym of lead (“the introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article”).
- leaf peeping noun The activity of traveling to view and photograph the changing colors of the fall foliage, particularly in New England.
- leaf-raking noun Marginally productive government-financed employment.
- leak verb To bleed.
- lean noun A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the…
- lean finely textured beef noun A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective, spinal, and digestive tissues by heating and then…
- leastwise adv At least.
- leatherneck noun Specifically, a marine.
- lector noun A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
- lede noun The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in.
- left and right adv All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.
- left bracket noun A left or open square bracket ⟨[⟩.
- leftugee noun One who leaves a liberal blue state to live in a conservative red state, (often) doing so in favour of fewer regulations and lower taxes.
- lefty noun One who is left-handed.
- leg noun An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- leg out verb To dispose of a debt to avoid integrated treatment under US tax law.
- leg-breaker noun A violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization (e.g., a mafia, a loan shark).
- legal noun One who immigrated lawfully.
- legal cap noun A kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets, often with a red line down the left side.
- leggy adj Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
- legionnaire noun A member of the American Legion.
- LEM noun Originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
- lemonade noun A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland…
- lemongrass noun Sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae).
- leppy noun A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.
- let out verb Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- letter verb To earn a varsity letter (award).
- letter jacket noun A jacket traditionally worn by high-school and college students to represent school and team pride or to display their athletic or academic…
- letterman noun A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be…
- lettermark verb To obtain a lettermark on funds from the federal budget by sending a letter (from a member of Congress) to the appropriate official in the…
- letting noun The award of a public contract
- lettuce noun United States paper currency; dollars.
- levee verb To keep within a channel by means of levees.
- leverage verb To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
- levy noun The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
- LGM noun Prefix code for a silo-launched surface-attack guided missile.
- libelous adj Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
- liberal noun Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.
- liberate noun A writ issued to a sheriff to release property (goods or land) from their custody.
- libertarian noun A believer in right-libertarianism, a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental intervention…
- libertopian noun A libertarian.
- libertopic adj Related to, characteristic of, or espousing (a utopian or critically flawed strain of) libertarianism.
- libtard noun An unintelligent liberal or progressive; a person who presents or advocates liberal views in an unintelligent or illogical manner.
- license noun A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- license plate noun An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and…
- lichenize verb To cover with lichens.
- licorice root noun The root of the liquorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet flavoring with an anise scent is extracted.
- lie with verb To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
- lieberal noun Pejorative for liberal, as considered particularly prone to lying.
- Liebercrat noun A Democrat whose politics resemble those of Joseph Lieberman; in recent use, often specifically a Democrat who acts like a Republican
- lieutenant noun In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as…
- lieutenant governor noun The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the…