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 51 of 66: from “sand cookie” to “scum”.
- sand cookie noun Name given to various types of shortbread.
- sand crab noun A civilian.
- sandbox noun A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
- Sandersian adj Of or pertaining to Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American politician and senator.
- sandfly noun A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
- sandhiller noun A poor white person; white trash
- sandhog noun A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
- sandlotter noun One who plays in a sandlot.
- sandwich adj Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
- sandworm noun A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
- sandy noun The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
- sanitarian noun A public health or sanitation worker.
- sannup noun A male Native American, especially a married one; a brave.
- Sanskritize verb To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
- Sanskritized adj Of a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc.: rendered in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
- sap noun A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- sappy adj Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
- saran-wrap noun A thin, clear, self-clinging plastic film that is used to wrap food, etc.
- sass verb To talk, to talk back.
- sat noun Ellipsis of SAT Reasoning Test, formerly an acronym for Scholastic Assessment Test and (originally) Scholastic Aptitude Test: a national…
- Saturday adv On Saturday.
- Saturday-morning cartoon noun One of the animated television series that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three"…
- Saturday-night special noun An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun.
- satyrization noun The situation where interspecific (interspecies) mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the species involved.
- sauce noun Vegetables.
- sault noun A waterfall; a rapid.
- sausage gravy noun A traditional Southern breakfast dish, usually served with biscuits, made from pork sausage fat, milk, and seasonings.
- savage adj Great, brilliant, amazing.
- savanilla noun A fish (Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus).
- savior noun A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
- savory adj Tasty, attractive to the palate.
- sawbuck noun A ten-dollar bill.
- sawed-off noun A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
- sawmill gravy noun A traditional Southern gravy, usually served with biscuits, made from milk or cream with meat drippings and flour.
- sawyer noun A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
- Saxon noun A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
- say intj Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
- scabland noun High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
- scabrous adj Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
- scad noun A large number or quantity.
- scag noun A cigarette.
- scalawag noun Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen…
- scale noun An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.
- scalie noun A strikebreaker.
- scallion noun A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- scallion pancake noun A Chinese savory, unleavened pancake folded with oil and green scallions.
- scalp verb To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- scalper noun One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue…
- scalping knife noun Any of a loosely defined class of ample-bellied knives that largely overlaps with other classes such as hunting knife, butcher knife, and…
- scaper noun A rascal.
- Scaramucci noun A unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or…
- scarf verb To eat very quickly.
- scarlet bugler noun A plant of species Penstemon centranthifolius.
- scary adj Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
- scatter verb To leave.
- schedule noun One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
- schlemiel noun A loser or a fool.
- schlock noun Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
- schm- prefix Used to form a reduplicated rhyming compound of any word in order to express disparagement, dismissal, or derision.
- schmo noun A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
- schmuck noun A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or…
- schneid noun A losing streak.
- scholarly adv In a scholarly manner
- school noun An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- school counselor noun A certified and licensed professional educator trained to support and develop the academic achievement, career readiness, and social and…
- school district noun An administrative unit responsible for public primary and secondary schools in a particular locality; the area under the jurisdiction of…
- school shooting noun A mass shooting which occurs in a school or university, targeting their students and staff; typically in an indiscriminate manner.
- schoolie noun A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
- schoolie bass noun Synonym of schoolie (“a juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than…
- schoolmarm noun A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict.
- schoolyard noun The grounds around a school.
- schooner noun A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
- Schrödinger's douchebag noun A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions…
- schwag adj inferior; low-grade
- scissorbill noun Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
- scofflaw noun One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
- scolder noun The long-tailed duck.
- scooch verb To shift, move aside, or scoot over.
- scoots noun diarrhea
- score intj An acknowledgement of success.
- Scotch collops noun Pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed.
- Scotch tape noun Transparent or translucent pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, used for sealing items together, especially paper.
- scotched collops noun A dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.
- Scout Sunday noun Sunday 8 February (or the closest Sunday that precedes 8 February), chosen to mark the founding of the Scouts in the United States.
- scram verb To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
- scrap paper noun scratch paper
- scrapple noun A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered…
- scratch noun A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
- screamer noun A healthy, vigorous animal.
- screw verb To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
- screw off noun Someone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.
- screwball noun One who behaves in a crazy manner.
- scrimmage noun In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
- scringe noun The act or sound of scratching or scraping.
- scripture cake noun A cake whose recipe references lines from the King James Bible as ingredients in encoded form, where the ingredient is a noun found in that…
- scrooge verb To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
- scrub noun One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a…
- scrub oak noun California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia)
- scrunchy mom noun A mother who adheres to a style of parenting that combines using modern technology and natural methods, such as purchasing plastic products…
- scum noun Semen.