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 47 of 66: from “Q clearance” to “readjuster”.
- Q clearance noun A security clearance issued by the United States Department of Energy, allowing access to top-secret material.
- QM noun Initialism of quartermaster.
- quacky adj Infested with quackgrass.
- quadriad noun A government committee of four economic experts.
- quadrillion num A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
- quahogger noun A person who harvests quahogs.
- Quaker gun noun A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or an artillery piece, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into…
- qualified immunity noun A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if…
- quarreling verb US standard spelling of quarrelling.
- quarter noun A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- quarter section noun A square tract of laud containing 160 acres, and constituting one fourth of a section.
- quarter water noun A combination of water, food coloring, and sugar sold as a drink in small plastic bottles for 25 cents.
- quarterbacking noun The action of making criticisms after the event
- quarterless adj That does not require quarters (coins) to operate
- quattuordecillion num 10⁴⁵.
- quattuorvigintillion num 10⁷⁵.
- quawk noun The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
- que noun Clipping of barbeque.
- queen noun Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
- Queen Anne's lace noun A flowering plant, species Daucus carota, especially the flowering part of the plant.
- queener noun A student who takes an interest in courting women.
- queenfish noun A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.
- queep noun Non-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.
- queer adj Of or relating to the culture surrounding queer people.
- quick bread noun A type of bread which is leavened with agents other than yeast (such as baking soda plus an acid) and thus rises more quickly.
- quick-and-dirty noun An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon.
- quid noun A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- quiet down verb To become quieter.
- quill verb To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
- quilling noun The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is giving birth, to induce sneezing and diaphragmatic…
- quilter noun A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
- quinceañera noun The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
- Quincy noun A toilet: a fixture for urination and defecation, particularly (humorous) as a personification of the device.
- quindecillion num 10⁴⁸.
- quint noun a quin or quintuplet.
- quintillion num A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸; one million million million.
- quoddy noun Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.
- r noun Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
- R-rated adj Of a motion picture, having an "R rating" from the Motion Picture Association (MPA), meaning it is suitable only for adults.
- rabbit verb To flee.
- racially challenged adj Not white, and thus facing challenges (or perceived as deficient) due to racism.
- radarman noun A person who operates all navigational and communications systems.
- Radium Girl noun A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th…
- raft noun A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- rag noun An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
- rage noun An exciting and boisterous party.
- rager noun A boisterous and out of control party.
- raggedy-ass adj Shabby, miserably inadequate.
- raghorn noun Any male elk (bull) with antlers between one and six points, non-inclusive, on either side. Also called an "intermediate bull" (bulls with…
- railbird noun A gambler; originally specifically a horseracing enthusiast
- railroad noun A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- railroad tie noun A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function…
- railroad track noun A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which…
- railroad truck noun A chassis or framework-like structure underneath a railroad car to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) are attached through bearings.…
- railroading noun The operation of a railroad.
- rain frog noun A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.
- rainbow adj Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- rainbow era noun A period in the early 1970s when Amtrak operated a fleet of used equipment that still carried the paint schemes of their previous owners.
- rainbowed adj Made up of several races or ethnicities; rainbow.
- rainmaker noun A person having the ability to generate business, raise funds, or otherwise engineer success for a company, organization, etc.
- rainmaking noun Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
- raise noun Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- raised ranch noun A two-storey house in which a finished basement serves as an additional floor, and which has a flight of steps to the main living floor…
- raising noun The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- rally cap noun A baseball cap worn inside-out and backwards, or in another unconventional manner, by players or fans, as a talisman in order to will a…
- rambler noun A drifter, a vagabond
- rammy adj Frisky, lecherous.
- ramp noun An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- ranchburger noun A cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
- rancher noun A ranch-style house.
- ranchero noun a ranch or rancho worker
- rancho noun A simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers would lodge at night.
- rancor noun A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
- range noun In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- range hood noun An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.
- rank verb To take the rank of; to outrank.
- rap noun Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- rap back noun A notification that someone who previously passed a fingerprinting or background check has since been arrested or otherwise done something…
- rap sheet noun A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.
- rare verb To rear, rise up, start backwards.
- rasquache adj Having or relating to a do-it-yourself attitude in Chicano culture; able to make something from nothing, or make do with the resources at…
- rat verb To backcomb (hair).
- rat pack noun A juvenile criminal gang.
- rat-trap cheese noun Inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
- ratchet adj Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
- ratepayers group noun A collection of residents representing a geographic or otherwise connected residential or business area who together ensure that their…
- ratfink noun An informer or spy; a traitor.
- ratfucker noun Someone who engages in sabotage and dirty tricks, especially one involved in the Watergate scandal.
- rationalize verb To make something rational or more rational.
- rattler noun A rattlesnake.
- razorback noun A feral pig.
- razzle-dazzle noun Dazzle camouflage.
- RDC noun A Budd Rail Diesel Car, a self-propelled railcar for passengers.
- re-examination noun In United States patent law, a procedure under which an issued patent is returned to the examiner to determine if it remains valid in light…
- re-up verb To reenlist.
- reach-through adj Being or relating to a kind of patent claim that attempts to cover basic research or a discovery before it has become a full invention.
- read in noun A protest in which demonstrators gather in or occupy a segregated library in order to read.
- read off verb To scold or reprimand.
- read out verb (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself.
- readjuster noun One who advocates a refund, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of a state's debt, without the consent of the creditors.