American aloe noun

Agave

American blackbird noun

A grackle

American blight noun

A plant louse pest of apple trees

American bowls singular noun

Tenpin bowling, a game like skittles

American chameleon noun

An anole

American cloth noun

Cloth with a glazed coating

American eagle noun

The bald eagle

American Express® card noun

A type of credit card issued by a commercial company (abbrev Amex)

American football noun

An American game of football, somewhat resembling rugby, played with an elliptical ball between teams of eleven players (unlimited substitution being allowed), scoring being by points won for touch-downs and goals

American Indian noun

A member of the indigenous peoples of America, thought on discovery to be Indian

American-Inˈdian adjective

American organ noun

An instrument resembling the harmonium, in which air is sucked inwards to the reeds

American pit bull terrier noun

An American breed of pit bull terrier (qv under pit¹)

American plan noun

In a hotel, etc, the system of including meals in the charge for a room (see also European plan under European)

American Sign Language noun

The form of sign language used by deaf people in N America (abbrev ASL)

American smooth noun

A ballroom dance incorporating steps from the foxtrot, tango and waltz

American tiger noun

A jaguar

American tournament see round robin under round¹

American standard code for information interchange (computing)

ASCII

the American Dream

The idea that the American way of life offers the possibility of unlimited economic, social, etc success to every individual

agave /ə-gāˈvē/

A plant of the aloe-like American genus Agave (family Amaryllidaceae), in Mexico usu flowering about the seventh year, in hothouse conditions requiring 40–60 (popularly 100) years (also called American aloe, maguey and century plant)

aloe /alˈō/

1. Any member of a mainly S African genus Aloe, consisting mostly of trees and shrubs of the family Aloeaceae, extended to the so-called American aloe (see agave), also (often in pl) to aloes-wood or its resin
2. (usu in pl form but treated as sing; also bitter aloes) a bitter purgative drug, condensed from the juice of the leaves of various species of Aloe

aloed /alˈōd/ adjective

Planted, shaded, mixed or flavoured with aloes

aloetˈic /-ō-etˈik/ noun

A medicine containing a great proportion of aloes

Of or relating to aloes

alˈoes-wood noun

The heartwood of eaglewood

aloe vera /verˈa or vēˈra/ noun

(also with caps) a species of aloe plant or esp the juice of its leaves (thought to have healing and other qualities) used in cosmetics, etc