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 5 of 66: from “banner carrier” to “betony”.
- banner carrier noun A local or regional airline that operates as separate part of a larger company
- banter verb To challenge to a match.
- banty adj bantam (small, but aggressive)
- bap noun Acronym of Black American princess, an upper-class black woman with a spoiled or materialistic attitude.
- baptize verb To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- bar noun The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- barb noun The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- barber chair verb To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
- bare-butt adj With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
- barf noun Vomit.
- barge noun A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- bark noun Woodchips.
- barnburner noun A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension…
- barney noun A student at Harvard University.
- barnstorm verb To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
- barrack noun A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
- barrel noun A waste receptacle.
- Barrett's esophagus noun An abnormal change (metaplasia) in the cells of the lower end of the esophagus thought to be caused by damage from chronic acid exposure…
- barrio noun An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
- base noun The game of prisoners' bars.
- base communications noun Communications services, such as the installation, operation, maintenance, augmentation, modification, and rehabilitation of communications…
- baseball rule noun A common law rule according to which a baseball team cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by a spectator struck by a foul ball so…
- baseboard noun A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure.
- baseplate verb To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.
- basic cable noun A tier of pay television which has neither the broad audience of terrestrial channels nor the cachet of premium channels.
- basswood noun Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
- bastard toadflax noun Comandra umbellata.
- bastardize verb To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
- bat verb To wink.
- bat away verb To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
- bathing suit noun A tight-fitting garment worn for swimming, especially the one piece garment worn by women and girls; a swimsuit.
- bathroom noun A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- bathroom bill noun In particular, legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms by transgender individuals.
- baton noun A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
- battalion noun an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
- battle buddy noun Another servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade.
- battleground noun Ellipsis of battleground state.
- battleground state noun A winner-take-all state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.
- bay noun A tract covered with bay trees.
- bayberry noun The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.
- bayman noun A sickbay nurse.
- bazoo noun A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
- BB noun Abbreviation of battleship.
- be like verb To say.
- bean shooter noun A slingshot.
- bean-eater noun A Mexican.
- beaner noun A Mexican.
- beanwater noun High spirits.
- bear noun A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- bear cat noun An excellent or formidable thing or person.
- beat adj Exhausted.
- beat it verb To masturbate.
- beat off verb To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis.
- beat out verb To defeat by a narrow margin.
- beat someone's ass verb To beat someone severely.
- beater noun An old or dilapidated automobile.
- beatingest adj That beats or surpasses all others, in a positive or negative sense; most extreme, remarkable, or unusual.
- beau noun A male lover; a boyfriend.
- beaucoup det Much, many, a lot of.
- Beauregard claim noun A patent claim to a computer program, written in the form of a claim to an article of manufacture: a computer-readable medium on which are…
- beaver noun Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- beaver eater noun A wolverine.
- beavertail noun Any object like a beaver's tail, oval or tear-drop in plan, usually broad and flat; usually beaver-tail.
- Becky noun A (usually white) woman held in contempt by the speaker because she is basic or unaware of, or is taking advantage of, her social privilege…
- bed noun The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- bed check noun In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to…
- bedroom state noun A U.S. state from which many residents commute across state lines to work in neighboring states with large cities.
- beef noun A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- beep noun A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck
- beer baron noun Somebody who organises the illegal production and sale of beer during a time of Prohibition.
- beer-can chicken noun A cooked dish made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven, so…
- beeswax noun Business.
- beet noun A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
- beet red noun Synonym of beetroot red (“deep purplish red”).
- behavior noun Human conduct relative to social norms.
- behavioralist adj Of, or relating to behavioralism.
- behaviorism noun An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any…
- behaviorist noun One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
- behind prep Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- behind the curve prep_phrase Not making the progress required.
- behoove verb To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove.
- beignet noun A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
- bell noun a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.
- bell cow noun A leader; an influencer.
- bell pepper noun Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.
- belling noun A shivaree.
- bellywash noun A weak or low-quality alcoholic drink.
- belt loop noun A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city.
- beltway noun A freeway that encircles a city.
- ben noun A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
- bench jockey noun A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.
- bender noun A spree, a frolic.
- benefit corporation noun A kind of corporate entity that seeks to have a positive impact on society and environment in addition to making profit.
- benevolent assimilation noun The assimilation of a group of foreigners by absorbing them into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of…
- benjamin noun A $100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
- benny noun A straw hat.
- bent adj Suffering from the bends.
- berm noun A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
- berry noun A police car.
- betony noun Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts).