uncle sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars.
wild yam — any of several uncultivated yams, especially Dioscorea villosa, of the U.S., having a woody, tuberous root.
durham — a county in NE England. 940 sq. mi. (2435 sq. km).
fluid dram — the eighth part of a fluid ounce. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl dr;
giant clam — any of several huge clams of the family Tridacnidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, as Tridacna gigas: some may weigh more than 500 pounds (225 kg).
paschal lamb — Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Ex. 12:3–11.
persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
hamm — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
jamb — Architecture, Building Trades. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
kam — a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
ram — random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
spam — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.