| American English |
the English language as spoken and written in the United States. |
| anti-English |
combined form of English. |
| Basic English |
a copyrighted, simplified version of the English language, limited to 850 necessary words and a few grammatical rules, and used esp. as an international communication aid. |
| body English |
a twisting of the body after launching, hitting, or kicking a ball, as if to guide its course. |
| Early Modern English |
the spoken and written English of about the mid-fifteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries. |
| English Channel |
an extension of the Atlantic between England and France. |
| English horn |
a woodwind instrument that looks like the oboe but is larger and lower in tone. |
| English ivy |
see "ivy." |
| English muffin |
a small, round, flat yeast roll, often baked on a griddle, and usu. split and toasted before eating. |
| English setter |
a breed of medium-sized bird dog with long white silky hair mottled with black or brown markings. |
| English sonnet |
see "Shakespearean sonnet." |
| English sparrow |
a small common brownish gray sparrow; house sparrow. |
| English walnut |
a variety of walnut tree or the edible nut it bears, that is widely used in cooking. |
| Middle English |
the English language as it was spoken and written between the years 1100 and 1500. |
| Modern English |
the English language since the late fifteenth century. |
| New English Bible |
a translation of the Bible into modern idiomatic English based upon ancient Greek and other sources, that was published between 1961 and 1970. |
| Old English |
the English language as it was spoken from about 450 to about 1400. |
| pidgin English |
(sometimes cap.) a pidgin language based on English that is used, often in commerce, in Papua New Guinea, parts of eastern Asia, Melanesia, and West Africa. [2 definitions] |