American (a.) Of or pertaining to America |
American (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States. |
American (n.) A native of America |
Anti-American (a.) Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. |
Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. |
Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of |
Gauge (n.) A measure |
Gauge (n.) Measure |
Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things |
Gauge (n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment |
Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind |
Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. |
Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway. |
Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. |
Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid |
Pan-American (a.) Of or pertaining to both North and South America. |
Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n. |
Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back. |
Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
American Revolution American Revolutionary War War of American Independence American War of Independence | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain, - |
Spanish-American War Spanish War | a war between the United States and Spain in |
flagfish American flagfish Jordanella floridae | a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes, found in swamps and streams of Florida |
American smooth dogfish Mustelus canis | found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas |
robin American robin Turdus migratorius | large American thrush having a rusted breast and abdomen |
American redstart redstart Setophaga ruticilla | flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail |
New World oriole American oriole oriole | American songbird, male is black and orange or yellow |
American crow Corvus brachyrhyncos | common crow of North America |
American magpie Pica pica hudsonia | a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America |
brown creeper American creeper Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
American water ouzel Cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America |
sparrow hawk American kestrel kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
bald eagle American eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
crapaud South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus | large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog |
American toad Bufo americanus | common toad of America |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
American chameleon anole Anolis carolinensis | small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color |
American alligator Alligator mississipiensis | large alligator of the southeastern United States |
wood tick American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis | common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia |
American widgeon baldpate Anas americana | a widgeon the male of which has a white crown |
American merganser Mergus merganser americanus | common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander |
American shrew mole Neurotrichus gibbsii | greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada |
American water shrew Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
American lady crab lady crab calico crab Ovalipes ocellatus | brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
American crayfish | common large crayfishes of eastern North America |
American egret great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
American bittern stake driver Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
American gallinule Porphyrula martinica | American purple gallinule |
American coot marsh hen mud hen water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
American woodcock woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
South American sea lion Otaria Byronia | of the southern coast of South America |
American foxhound | an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually |
American Staffordshire terrier Staffordshire terrier American pit bull terrier pit bull terrier | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
American water spaniel | breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liverolored curly coat |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
American black bear black bear Ursus americanus Euarctos americanus | brown to black North American bear, smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear |
American cockroach Periplaneta americana | large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed |
woolly apple aphid American blight Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
American copper Lycaena hypophlaeas | common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America |
American harvest mouse harvest mouse | any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields |
American red squirrel spruce squirrel red squirrel Sciurus hudsonicus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | of northern United States and Canada |
American flying squirrel | New World flying squirrels |
American saddle horse | a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky |