This page gathers the 5,895 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “UK” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 14 of 59: from “cunt” to “dibble”.
- cunt noun An objectionable object or item.
- cunted adj Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
- cunting noun The act of getting cunted.
- cup noun A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
- cupboard noun A closet for storing coats.
- cuppa noun A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
- cure noun An eccentric person.
- current account noun An account at a bank which is used for daily transactions.
- curriculum noun The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.
- curriculum vitae noun A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to…
- cursitor noun A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.
- cushy number noun A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.
- cut it fine verb To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
- cut up adj Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.
- cutlery noun Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
- cutround noun A bun made with a yeast fermented white dough which is rolled like pastry and cut into rounds. Traditionally a constituent of a North Devon…
- cutting noun An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- cuzza noun A meal of curry.
- cyberfarting noun The act of repeatedly sending videos depicting flatulence to a user via the Internet, with malicious intent.
- D-notice noun A defence notice; an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national…
- DA-notice noun A defence advisory notice, an official (but unenforceable) request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects…
- dab noun Fingerprint.
- daddocky adj rotten; decayed (of wood)
- daddy longlegs noun The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha.
- daff verb To daunt.
- daffy noun Gin.
- daft adj Foolish, silly, stupid.
- dag verb To be misty; to drizzle.
- dahn adv Pronunciation spelling of down.
- daily noun A cleaner who comes in daily.
- daily disposable noun A type of contact lens that can be used for one day only and is thrown away at the end of the day when it is no longer needed.
- dairy adj On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).
- dais noun A bench, a settle, a pew.
- dale noun A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
- dame noun Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- damn and blast intj Used to express anger.
- damper noun A shop till.
- dandelion clock noun A single stem of a dandelion in its post-flowering state with the downy covering of its head intact.
- dandy noun A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
- danger noun A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
- dapper noun A plimsoll.
- dar noun A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.
- dark blue noun A member of the Oxford rowing team.
- dart noun An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.
- darter noun Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
- Darth Vader noun A British Rail Class 460 train.
- dash noun A prime symbol.
- dashed adj Damned.
- data controller noun A nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data…
- dateless adj Thick-headed.
- dawk verb To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
- day centre noun A place providing care, attention and recreation facilities during the day for people who aren't able to look after themselves properly.
- daylight robbery noun The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
- dead verb To kill.
- dead man noun An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the…
- deaf adj Decayed; tasteless; useless.
- deaf adder noun A slowworm.
- deaf aid noun A hearing aid.
- Deano noun An archetypal young lower middle class British man living in a newbuild housing estate, stereotyped as culturally unsophisticated, lavish…
- dear adj High in price; expensive.
- death by misadventure noun An accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.
- death penny noun The memorial plaque, a circular bronze plaque presented to the next of kin of British Empire personnel killed in World War I.
- death-hunter noun A peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.
- debenture noun A document granting lenders a charge over a borrower’s physical assets, giving them a means to collect a debt, as part of a secured loan.
- decentralise verb To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
- decider noun An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
- deck noun The bottom of a water body.
- decorator noun Painter and wallpaperer of buildings.
- deech noun Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.
- deed poll noun A deed that effects a change of an individual's name.
- defence noun The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- defence force noun A title, or part thereof, bestowed on some of the armed forces of the world. Depending on the country, the title can be singular or plural.
- defenestration noun The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
- deffo adj Definite.
- defined benefits adj Describing a pension scheme in which an employer agrees to provide a pension payment or lump sum on retirement that is predetermined based…
- defined contributions adj Describing a pension scheme in which an employer agrees to provide a pension payment or lump sum on retirement that is based on the…
- deforciant noun One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- degen noun Sword.
- dehire verb To terminate use under a lease of.
- delf noun A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
- deltic noun A British Rail Class 55 locomotive.
- demagnetise verb To make something non-magnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
- demob verb To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
- demob suit noun A suit of civilian clothes issued to a soldier upon demobilization, especially at the end of World War II.
- den noun A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
- dench adj Excellent; impressive; awesome.
- denizen verb To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
- dern noun A gatepost or doorpost.
- deselect verb To reject (an incumbent) as a party's candidate for a forthcoming election.
- designate adj Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
- destabilise verb To make something unstable.
- detector van noun A vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority…
- detonator noun A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- detriment noun A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
- deuseaville stampers noun Members of a criminal gang who traverse the country roads and often visit country inns in the hope of gathering information about possible…
- dey noun A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
- diagram verb To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.
- dial noun A person's face.
- diary noun A personal organizer or appointment diary.
- dibble noun A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.