British

This page gathers the 170 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “British” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 1 of 2: from “2B” to “lish”.

1. 2B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 3B.
2. 3B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 2B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 4B.
3. 3H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 2H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 4H; a pencil with hard…
4. 4H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 3H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 5H; a pencil with very…
5. 5B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 4B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 6B; a pencil with very…
6. 5H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 4H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 6H; a pencil with very…
7. 6B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 5B; a pencil with extremely soft lead.
8. 6H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 5H; a pencil with extremely hard lead.
9. A to Z noun Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas.
10. aa noun Initialism of appropriate adult.
11. abaa adj Contemptible; vile; silly.
12. abandoned habits noun The clothing worn for horseback riding by the prostitutes on Lady's Mile in Hyde Park (the carriageway along the northern bank of the…
13. abandons noun Abandoned children; foundlings.
14. abbess noun A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
15. abbey noun A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
16. abbot noun A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
17. Aberdonian adj Of or relating to Aberdeen.
18. anatomize verb To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy.
19. apologize verb To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
20. archaize verb To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
21. attitudinize verb To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
22. authorization noun An act of authorizing.
23. authorize verb To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
24. baba noun A baby, child.
25. baptize verb To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
26. bastardize verb To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
27. beetle-browed adj Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.
28. bender intj Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.
29. bisque noun A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
30. blue-eyed boy noun The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).
31. bluggy adj bloody (as intensifier).
32. boot room noun British standard form of mudroom
33. buccalization noun The process of a speech sound becoming buccal.
34. buccalize verb To make or become buccal.
35. by Jove intj minced oath for by God, Jove referring to Jupiter.
36. by Jupiter intj by God.
37. camp noun Anywhere that a colonist stayed when away from their permanent residence; such places collectively.
38. canonize verb To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
39. carcinization noun The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.
40. centralization noun The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a…
41. centralize verb To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
42. charming intj Used in response to behaviour or language considered offensive or uncouth.
43. cheese noun The correct thing, of excellent quality; the ticket.
44. cheshirization noun Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such…
45. choke-dog noun A very hard cheese. Attributed variously to counties of the West Country of the United Kingdom such as Devon, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
46. chout noun An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from…
47. chunter verb To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
48. colourize verb Alternative spelling of colourise.
49. crab verb To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
50. cram noun A lie; a falsehood.
51. crammer noun A liar.
52. criticize verb To find fault (with something).
53. Croydon facelift noun A women's hairstyle, associated with lower social classes, in which the hair is pulled tightly back from the face and fastened behind the…
54. croziered abbot noun A brothel bully; a man employed by a brothel as the equivalent of bouncer; a bodyguard for prostitutes.
55. de-Christianize verb To make un-Christian or non-Christian.
56. debuccalization noun A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes glottal [h] or [ʔ].
57. dematerialize verb To disappear by becoming immaterial.
58. demobilization noun The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war…
59. demobilize verb To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
60. demoralize verb To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
61. denationalize verb To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
62. deoligarchization noun The act or process of reversing oligarchization, that is, the act or process of democratization by lessening the political power of…
63. desynchronization noun A loss of synchronization of brain waves.
64. directly conj As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)
65. draft noun A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
66. elk noun Sambar (Cervus unicolor).
67. epitomize verb To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
68. fantasize verb To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
69. Faragism noun The ideology, practice, philosophy and politics espoused by British nationalist autonomist sovereigntist politician Nigel Farage, the UK…
70. federalization noun The unification of states to form a federal union.
71. fer prep Pronunciation spelling of for.
72. flash adj Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
73. Floridization noun The process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect.
74. four-by-four noun A woman who has had four children by four different fathers.
75. Fulham virgin noun A promiscuous woman.
76. gallize verb To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.
77. globalize verb To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
78. go noun A dandy; a fashionable person.
79. gooseberry noun A chaperone.
80. gooseberry season noun A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre…
81. gooseberry-picker noun One who works on behalf of another person who takes the credit for the work.
82. grasscutter noun A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
83. gruff adj Of goods: bulky.
84. holiday season noun A period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation).
85. hubba noun A grain.
86. idealized adj Regarded as ideal.
87. immortalize verb Alternative spelling of immortalise.
88. incentivize verb To provide incentives for; to encourage.
89. individualize verb To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.
90. industrialization noun A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
91. industrialize verb To develop industry; to become industrial.
92. initialization noun The process of preparing something to begin.
93. initialize verb To assign initial values to something.
94. internalize verb To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
95. Jemmy-Jessamy noun A dandy; a fop.
96. jumbo noun A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
97. kist noun An individual installment of the yearly land revenue.
98. liberal noun A Liberal Democrat.
99. lionize verb To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
100. lish adj active; nimble; lithe.

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