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

leather /ledhˈər/

1. A tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed skin
2. A strap or other piece of leather
3. The ball in certain games
4. Human skin (slang)
5. (in pl) clothes, esp as worn by motorcyclists, or riding breeches made from leather

Made of leather

1. To apply leather to
2. To thrash (informal)

Leatheretteˈ® noun

Cloth or paper made to look like leather

leathˈering noun (informal)

A thrashing

leathˈern adjective

Of or like leather

leathˈery adjective

1. Resembling leather
2. Tough

leathˈerback noun

A large variety of sea-turtle (also called leathery turtle)

leathˈercloth noun

A fabric coated on one face so as to resemble leather (also called American cloth)

leathˈer-coat noun (Shakespeare)

An apple with a rough coat, the golden russet

leathˈergoods plural noun

Objects and utensils made from leather

leathˈer-head noun

1. A blockhead
2. An Australian friarbird with a bare head

leathˈerjacket noun

1. A name applied to various fishes
2. A grub of the cranefly

leathˈer-knife noun

A curved knife for cutting leather

leathˈer-lunged /-lungd/ adjective

Strong-lunged, able to shout vigorously

leathˈer-mouthed /-mowdhd/ adjective

Of certain fish, having a mouth like leather, smooth and toothless

leathˈerneck noun

A sailor's name for a soldier or marine (from the leather neckband once worn), esp now a US marine

leathˈer-winged adjective (Spenser)

Having wings like leather

leathˈerwood noun

A N American shrub or small tree (Cyrilla racemiflora) with tough leathery bark

artificial leather

Any of certain plastic materials treated so as to simulate leather

fair leather

Leather not artificially coloured

morocco leather see morocco

patent leather, also japanned or lacquered leather see under patent

Russia leather see under Russian

split leather

Leather split by a machine, for trunk-covers, etc

white leather

Tawed leather, having its natural colour