All English words - page 224

Meanings of Amercement:

noun

A fine.

Usage examples:

Courts continued to impose small amercements

Meanings of Amercements:

noun

A fine.

Usage examples:

Courts continued to impose small amercements

Meanings of Amerces:

verb

Punish with a fine.

Usage examples:

The defendant shall be amerced for his trespass

Meanings of Amerciable:

adjective

Liable to be amerced.

Meanings of Amerciament:

noun

Amercement.

Meanings of Amercing:

verb

Punish with a fine.

Usage examples:

The defendant shall be amerced for his trespass

Meanings of America:

proper noun

Used as a name for the united states.

noun

The united states of america

Meanings of American:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the united states or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

A leading american industrial company

noun

A native or citizen of the united states.

Usage examples:

Scott boehnen, 33, an american, became a citizen after living in britain for six years.

Meanings of Americana:

plural noun

Things associated with america, especially the united states.

Usage examples:

Several important pieces of americana

noun

Objects, especially decorative objects, that come from and are typical of the us

Usage examples:

Pinball machines are very much in demand by collectors of americana.

Meanings of Americanese:

noun

American english; english which contains many americanisms.

Meanings of Americanism:

noun

A word, expression, or other feature that is characteristic of american english.

Usage examples:

The term is an americanism dating back to the late nineteenth century

Meanings of Americanisms:

noun

A word, expression, or other feature that is characteristic of american english.

Usage examples:

The term is an americanism dating back to the late nineteenth century

Meanings of Americanist:

noun

A specialist in or student of subjects relating to the americas or the united states.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the study of the americas or the united states; of or designating an americanist.

noun

A person who studies or is an expert on latin america

Usage examples:

As a latin americanist i should have been able to make a living in mexico., the dictionary is a tre…

Meanings of Americanitis:

noun

An attitude or psychological condition considered as particularly characteristic of americans; especially a condition or state of nervous tension and fatigue, perceived particularly to affect americans as a result of a stressful, hurried lifestyle (now chiefly historical).

Meanings of Americanization:

noun

The action of making a person or thing american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

The americanization of popular culture continues apace

Meanings of Americanize:

verb

Make american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

Efforts to americanize newcomers

Meanings of Americanized:

adjective

Made american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

Many words for the foods we use are americanized pronunciations for spanish words

verb

Make american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

Efforts to americanize newcomers

Meanings of Americanizes:

verb

Make american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

Efforts to americanize newcomers

Meanings of Americanizing:

verb

Make american in character or nationality.

Usage examples:

Efforts to americanize newcomers

Meanings of Americanly:

adverb

In an american manner or style; as if american.

Meanings of Americans:

noun

A native or citizen of the united states.

Usage examples:

Scott boehnen, 33, an american, became a citizen after living in britain for six years.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the united states or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

A leading american industrial company

Meanings of Americas:

plural noun

The countries of north and south america, considered together

Usage examples:

Health workers have eliminated the virus in the americas, europe, and most of asia.

Meanings of Americium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 95, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. americium does not occur naturally and was first made by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.

Usage examples:

Internal contamination with plutonium, americium, or curium can occur through a variety of routes i…

Meanings of Americomania:

noun

An excessive fondness or craze for everything american.

Meanings of Amerind:

noun

A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the americas (used chiefly in anthropological and linguistic contexts).

Usage examples:

We wander around the hotel looking at the huge ice sculptures: fish, bears, amerindians, inuits in …

adjective

Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the americas.