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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: american - america-firster</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="american"> American, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with the United States; in the United States. Ex. Many immigrants become American citizens. <DD> 2. native only to the Western Hemisphere. Ex. the American eagle. Cacao, tomatoes, corn, and tobacco are American plants. <DD> 3. of or in the Western Hemisphere. Ex. the Amazon, the Mississippi, and other American rivers. <DD>noun 1a. a person born or living in the United States; citizen of the United States, or of the earlier British colonies, not belonging to one of the aboriginal races. Ex. The people of Alaska are Americans. <DD> b. a person born or living in North or South America; native or inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere. Ex. The citizens of Mexico, Canada, and Argentina are Americans. <DD> c. =American Indian. <DD> 2. =American English. Ex. "In the Clearing," a new collection by Robert Frost ... is written in American, a language that still has a good deal of life and heart in it (New Yorker). <DD> (Abbr:) Am. </DL> <A NAME="americana"> Americana, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a collection of books, documents, facts, or other literary material about America, especially its history. <DD> 2. a collection of early American furniture, textiles, or other, usually handcrafted, products. <DD> 3. anecdotes, folklore, or other thing, about America, or typical of America and American culture. Ex. Freak shows are a vanishing item of Americana (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="americanaloe"> American aloe,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a common name for the century plant, though the century plant is botanically unrelated to the aloes. </DL> <A NAME="americanarborvitae"> American arbor vitae,<DL COMPACT><DD> a species of arbor vitae found in eastern United States that grows to a height of 60 feet. </DL> <A NAME="americanash"> American ash,<DL COMPACT><DD> the white ash tree, the species most common in North America. </DL> <A NAME="americanbeauty"> American Beauty,<DL COMPACT><DD> a hybrid variety of cultivated rose, with deep-pink to crimson flowers. </DL> <A NAME="americanbittersweet"> American bittersweet,<DL COMPACT><DD> a twining shrub of the staff-tree family with an orange or orange-yellow pod which opens to display crimson or scarlet seeds. </DL> <A NAME="americanbond"> American bond,<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of bricklaying in which four to six layers of bricks with the sides exposed are between single layers of bricks laid flat with the ends exposed; common bond. </DL> <A NAME="americanbrant"> American brant,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wild goose of North America that breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast of North America. </DL> <A NAME="americanchameleon"> American chameleon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a lizard of the southeastern United States, especially North and South Carolina. </DL> <A NAME="americancheese"> American cheese,<DL COMPACT><DD> the most common variety of Cheddar made in America, usually deep yellow in color, less often white; ordinary yellow cheese. </DL> <A NAME="americanclass"> American class,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several breeds of chicken developed in the United States and Canada, including the Plymouth Rock, New Hampshire, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, and Rhode Island White breeds. </DL> <A NAME="americancockroach"> American cockroach,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large cockroach native to subtropical America, now established in many parts of the world. </DL> <A NAME="americancopper"> American copper,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small butterfly that attacks other butterflies, and sometimes even birds and dogs. </DL> <A NAME="americancowslip"> American cowslip, =shooting star.</DL> <A NAME="americancrocodile"> American crocodile,<DL COMPACT><DD> a crocodile that lives in the extreme south of Florida, on the larger West Indian Islands, and in Central America and areas near it. </DL> <A NAME="americandream"> American Dream,<DL COMPACT><DD> the American way of life, especially as expressed in expectation of achievement. Ex. Salesmen like this are very much part of the American Dream. Each one is out on his own ... He thinks he's free, that it's just up to him how well he does (Vincent Canby). </DL> <A NAME="americaneagle"> American eagle,<DL COMPACT><DD> the bald eagle. The coat of arms of the United States has a design of the American eagle on it. </DL> <A NAME="americanegret"> American egret,<DL COMPACT><DD> a species of tall, handsome egret with fine, white plumage. </DL> <A NAME="americanelm"> American elm,<DL COMPACT><DD> the species of elm native to the United States; white elm. </DL> <A NAME="americanempire"> American Empire,<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating an American version of the Empire style of furniture, developed after the Revolutionary War by Duncan Phyfe and his followers. Ex. The American Empire furniture is generally large and heavy, and has straight lines. </DL> <A NAME="americanenglish"> American English,<DL COMPACT><DD> the form of English spoken and written in the United States. Ex. American English came, not chiefly from British local dialects, but from standard British of the seventeenth century (John Kenyon). </DL> <A NAME="americanese"> Americanese, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the slang, colloquialisms, inflections, and the like, of general American speech as distinguished from other forms of English, such as those spoken in Great Britain, Australia, and Canada. Ex. The shoddiness of Mr. Chase's prefabricated Americanese is shown immediately by comparison with such genuine masters as Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="americanfootball"> American football,<DL COMPACT><DD> the game of football as it is played in the United States (especially as distinguished from Rugby and soccer or association football). </DL> <A NAME="americanfoxhound"> American foxhound,<DL COMPACT><DD> a usually white, medium-sized hunting dog with different-sized patches of black or tan, or both. It is trained to hunt foxes by following their foot scent. </DL> <A NAME="americanhellebore"> American hellebore,<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the lily family, having yellow-green flowers, native to North America. Its poisonous roots are sometimes dried and powdered for use as an insecticide. </DL> <A NAME="americanholly"> American holly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a species of holly whose leaves and berries are used as decorations. It is commonest in the southeastern United States. </DL> <A NAME="americanhornbeam"> American hornbeam,<DL COMPACT><DD> a species of hornbeam native to North America; ironwood. </DL> <A NAME="americanindian"> American Indian,<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of one of the aboriginal peoples of North and South America, or the West Indies, often excepting the Eskimos; an Indian. </DL> <A NAME="americanise"> Americanise, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ised, -ising.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) Americanize. </DL> <A NAME="americanism"> Americanism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. devotion or loyalty to the United States and to its customs and traditions. <DD> 2. a word, phrase, or meaning originating or more widely used in American English than in other varieties of English. Ex. The term exclamation point is an Americanism (Mitford M. Mathews). <DD> 3. a custom or trait peculiar to the United States. </DL> <A NAME="americanist"> Americanist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies subjects relating to either of the American continents, such as their history, ethnography, or geography. </DL> <A NAME="americanivy"> American ivy, =Virginia creeper.</DL> <A NAME="americanization"> Americanization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of Americanizing. </DL> <A NAME="americanize"> Americanize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become American in habits, customs, or character. Ex. The heroine of the play was an Americanized French girl. The process whereby individuals or groups once dissimilar become similar, that is, become identified in their interests and outlook, is termed assimilation. ... Usually, when this process is mentioned, we think of immigrants being "Americanized" (Ogburn and Nimkoff). </DL> <A NAME="americanleopard"> American leopard, =jaguar.</DL> <A NAME="americanlinden"> American linden, =basswood.</DL> <A NAME="americanlotus"> American lotus, =water chinquapin.</DL> <A NAME="americanly"> Americanly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an American manner. Ex. ... incredibly, Americanly rich (Illustrated London News). </DL> <A NAME="americanmarten"> American marten,<DL COMPACT><DD> the species of marten native to North America, related to the weasel. </DL> <A NAME="americanmerganser"> American merganser,<DL COMPACT><DD> a North American variety of fish-eating duck that has a glossy greenish-black head and upper neck. </DL> <A NAME="americanmerlin"> American merlin, =pigeon hawk.</DL> <A NAME="americanmink"> American mink,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the species of mink native to North America, now the commonest species of wild mink. <DD> 2. its fur, much valued for use in making women's coats, stoles, and hats. </DL> <A NAME="americanmountainash"> American mountain ash,<DL COMPACT><DD> the species of mountain ash common in eastern North America. </DL> <A NAME="americanness"> Americanness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> American character or quality. </DL> <A NAME="americano"> Americano, noun, pl. -nos.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cocktail composed of sweet vermouth and bitters mixed with soda water. </DL> <A NAME="americanocracy"> Americanocracy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Communist use) American government; rule by Americans. </DL> <A NAME="americanoid"> Americanoid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a member of any of various tribes of northeastern Siberia bearing physical resemblances to the Indians of northwestern North America. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the Americanoids or their languages. Ex. Americanoid dialects. </DL> <A NAME="americanologist"> Americanologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a foreign expert on United States policies, leaders, culture, and the like. Ex. a Chinese Americanologist. </DL> <A NAME="americanophile"> Americanophile, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a friend or admirer of the United States or its people. </DL> <A NAME="americanophilia"> Americanophilia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> friendship for or devotion to the United States, its culture, or its people. </DL> <A NAME="americanophobe"> Americanophobe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who fears or hates the United States or its people. </DL> <A NAME="americanorgan"> American organ,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a melodeon. </DL> <A NAME="americanparty"> American Party,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a party prominent in the United States between 1853 and 1856, which wanted to permit only native-born citizens to participate in the government. See also Know-Nothing. <DD> 2. a party founded in 1969 in the United States that believes each state should decide for itself whether to have segregated schools. </DL> <A NAME="americanplan"> American plan,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a system used in hotels where one price covers room, board, and service (contrasted with European plan). </DL> <A NAME="americanplum"> American plum,<DL COMPACT><DD> any of several cultivated varieties of cold-resistant plums with amber flesh and skin that grow wild east of the Rocky Mountains. </DL> <A NAME="americanredstart"> American redstart,<DL COMPACT><DD> a warbler with a striking black color and salmon markings that looks somewhat like a small oriole. </DL> <A NAME="americanrevisedversion"> American Revised Version,<DL COMPACT><DD> a revision of the Bible, published in the United States in 1901. It included changes not accepted for the English or Revised Version. </DL> <A NAME="americansable"> American sable,=American marten.</DL> <A NAME="americansaddlehorse"> American saddle horse,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of fine saddle horses, bred in America from utility stock and thoroughbreds in colonial times, noted for their appearance, carriage, and intelligence. Usually five-gaited, they are used for both riding and driving. </DL> <A NAME="americansellingprice"> American Selling Price,<DL COMPACT><DD> the wholesale price of certain domestic American products, used in customs valuation as the standard for assessing the duty to be paid on imported products of the same kind. (Abbr:) ASP (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="americansignlanguage"> American Sign Language,<DL COMPACT><DD> the system of communication by manual gestures used by the deaf in North America. </DL> <A NAME="americansnipe"> American snipe,<DL COMPACT><DD> the species of snipe native to North America, found in marshy places and hunted as game; Wilson's snipe. </DL> <A NAME="americanspanish"> American Spanish,<DL COMPACT><DD> the dialect of Spanish spoken in South and Central America and the West Indies. </DL> <A NAME="americanstandardversion"> American Standard Version,=American Revised Version.</DL> <A NAME="americansystem"> American system,<DL COMPACT><DD> the policy of fostering American industries, by means of high tariff duties, and of encouraging internal development. Ex. The chief issue of Monroe's first administration was "the American system" proposed and named by Henry Clay. </DL> <A NAME="americantrottinghorse"> American trotting horse,<DL COMPACT><DD> a standardbred horse, considered the best for harness racing. </DL> <A NAME="americantrypanosomiasis"> American trypanosomiasis, =Chagas' disease.</DL> <A NAME="americanwaterspaniel"> American water spaniel,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of hunting dogs having a thick, closely curled coat that is usually solid liver or dark chocolate brown. </DL> <A NAME="americanwhitehellebore"> American white hellebore,=American hellebore.</DL> <A NAME="americanwidgeon"> American widgeon,<DL COMPACT><DD> the species of widgeon native to North America; baldpate. </DL> <A NAME="americanwoodbine"> American woodbine,<DL COMPACT><DD> the Virginia creeper or American ivy. </DL> <A NAME="americanwoodcock"> American woodcock,<DL COMPACT><DD> the common woodcock of the eastern United States and southern Canada. Ex. The American woodcock ... has short legs and a tail, and a long bill with a sensitive tip (Alfred M. Bailey). </DL> <A NAME="americanyew"> American yew, =ground hemlock.</DL> <A HREF="americas.dic">NEXT</A>