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 46 of 66: from “prickly” to “putz”.
- prickly noun A person who favours formal, structured, organized settings.
- prideful adj Full of pride.
- primary verb To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger…
- primary offense noun An offence of such seriousness that a police officer may arrest the person involved, or impose an instant fine.
- prime mover noun A military or heavy construction vehicle.
- prime rate noun The interest rate that large commercial banks charge on loans to customers with a high credit rating, i.e. those seen as at low risk of…
- princess noun A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
- principal noun The chief administrator of a school.
- printshop noun A shop providing commercial copying and printing services.
- prior noun A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
- prior authorization noun A requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or…
- prison camp noun A low-security federal prison.
- private bill noun An item of legislation for the benefit of a particular individual, not codified with generally applicable laws.
- private car noun A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both.
- private first class noun An enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist.
- privateer noun A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
- privatization noun The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
- privatize verb To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
- privilege noun A stock market option.
- pro tem adv temporarily; for the time being
- pro tempore adv temporarily; for the time being
- pro-abort adj Pro-choice.
- pro-life adj Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
- probable cause noun Reasonable grounds for making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search.
- procession verb To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
- proctor noun A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department…
- prodeath adj pro-choice
- product noun Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- professional student noun Someone who takes college classes to avoid having to assume adult responsibilities after graduating from high school.
- professor noun A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
- proffer letter noun A written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness, allowing the latter to give the prosecutor information…
- profit center noun A unit or department of a company which is expected to make an identifiable contribution to the organization's profits.
- progue noun A sharp point; a goad.
- prohibitive adj Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.
- project noun An urban, low-income housing building.
- proletarianization noun The act or process of making somebody or something proletarian.
- prolog noun Uncommon spelling of prologue.
- prom noun A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
- prom king noun In colleges and high schools, a young man chosen, or sometimes elected by his peers, to have an honored status over the school's prom and…
- prom queen noun In colleges and high schools, a young woman chosen, or sometimes elected by her peers, to have an honored status over the school's prom and…
- proof noun A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US…
- prop noun A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
- propane noun LPG.
- property noun A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the…
- prophylactic noun A prophylactic condom.
- proportional adj In proportion (to), proportionate.
- proposition noun In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- prosecution history noun The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments…
- prostitot noun A prepubescent girl who emulates the overtly sexual fashions and attitudes of twentysomething women such as pop stars.
- protest verb To publicly demonstrate against.
- provost noun A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
- pry noun A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
- pseudogynecomastia noun An enlargement of the breast(s) due to excessive deposition of fat or skin, as opposed to “true gynecomastia” which results from the…
- psych verb Followed by out: to become mentally confused or disturbed.
- public noun At Harvard University: a penalty imposed on a student involving a grade reduction which is communicated to the student's parents or…
- public domain noun Land regarded as owned by the public, and not subject to a land patent or other forms of private ownership (for example, unowned prairie in…
- public enemy number one noun A person who ranks highest on the federal government's prioritized list of wanted criminal fugitives.
- public school noun A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries.
- publishment noun A public notice of intended marriage, previously required by the laws of some states of New England.
- puffing verb Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
- pug noun A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
- puke noun A person from Missouri.
- pull verb To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
- pull the football verb To appear to make someone a promising offer, only to withdraw it to the detriment of the other party.
- pull up stumps verb To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place.
- pull up your pants phrase A reference to respectability politics, especially with regard to African-Americans.
- Pullman noun A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
- pulse dialing noun A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses.
- pump noun The heart.
- pumpkin noun A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
- pumpkin head noun A severe head injury resulting from a beating.
- punch in verb To enter a workplace by punching a timecard.
- punch list noun The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.
- punch out verb To leave a workplace by punching a timecard.
- puncher noun A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
- punching bag noun A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or…
- pung noun A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
- punk adj Bad, substandard.
- punkie noun Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
- pup noun An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
- pup tent noun A shelter half, one of two halves comprising a shelter tent or dog tent.
- pure salvage noun Salvage (rescue) of a ship or cargo without a contract or obligation existing between the salvor and salvee.
- purely adv Wholly; really, completely.
- purity ball noun A formal dance event attended by fathers and their teenage daughters to promote virginity until marriage; mostly among conservative…
- purple adj Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
- purple heart noun A US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5…
- purpose statement noun An affidavit stating the purpose for a proposed loan.
- purposeful availment noun In the law of civil procedure, an intentional act by one party directed into a particular state, thereby permitting that state to…
- purse noun A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- purty adj Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
- pushback noun Squashing the main video channel into part of the screen to allow another video feed to be played simultaneously; especially, to squeeze…
- pusherman noun A drug dealer.
- puss noun A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.
- puss-puss noun A coward.
- pussy power noun Power as held by women, especially seen as coming from inherently feminine qualities or from female sexual allure.
- pussydom noun The quality of being a pussy (coward, weakling).
- put down verb To drink.
- put the bee on verb To finish off; to beat.
- put up verb To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
- putz verb To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood.