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 18 of 59: from “fake tan” to “fixing”.
- fake tan noun A substance, usually a lotion, cream, or oil, that contains chemicals which, when applied to the skin, react to give the appearance of a…
- fall verb To fell; to cut down.
- fall off the back of a lorry verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.
- fam trip noun A free (or low cost) trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service.
- family allowance noun A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit.
- family grouping noun The system of grouping children of differing ages together, used primarily at the preschool level.
- fanciable adj Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
- fancy verb Would like; have a desire for.
- fancy dress noun A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.
- fancy man noun Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).
- fanning noun A beating.
- fanny noun The female genitalia.
- fanny about verb To waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.
- Fanny Adams noun Tinned meat.
- fanny fart noun An emission of air from the vagina, especially when audible.
- fanny pad noun A sanitary towel.
- far noun A litter of piglets; a farrow.
- fare noun A prostitute's client.
- fark intj Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, anger, or emphasis.
- farm verb To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- farmer noun More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
- fart-arse noun Term of abuse.
- farty adj Small and insignificant; petty.
- fascia noun A dashboard.
- fash noun A fascist, a member of the far-right.
- fast noun A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
- fat hen noun White goosefoot (Chenopodium album), a fast-growing weedy annual plant cultivated in some places and a weed elsewhere.
- favourable adj Apt to win favour; pleasing.
- favourite adj Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
- fawny noun A finger ring.
- fax noun The hair of the head.
- feal adj (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
- fear noun A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
- fearfully adv very; very much.
- featherbed noun An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and…
- feckless adj Lacking vitality.
- feed noun A meal.
- fell adj Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- fellmonger noun One who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
- fellow noun A senior member of an Inn of Court.
- felty noun The fieldfare.
- fend noun An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
- Fenian adj Of or relating to organizations opposing British rule in Ireland, especially the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood which…
- fent noun A slit or crack.
- feodary noun An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
- feoffment noun A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
- ferk verb To rummage, in order to search for something; to dig amongst articles or move things aside in order to try and find something.
- fess adj Proud; conceited.
- fettle noun The act of fettling.
- fettler noun A friend or mate.
- fettling noun Repairing; mending; sorting.
- fey verb To cleanse.
- fibreglass noun Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
- fickle verb To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
- fiddle verb To do odd jobs for money.
- fiddler noun A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.
- fiddlestring noun The frenulum of the penis; penile frenulum.
- field ambulance noun A military mobile medical facility set up on or near the battlefield in order to provide initial medical treatment to the wounded.
- fifteener noun A film assigned an age rating of 15, those under 15 not being permitted to view it.
- fifteening noun The practice of adding swearing to an English anime dub in order to get a higher age classification, which may attract more buyers.
- fifth-rate adj Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 32–44 guns across one or two gun decks, a complement of 200–300, and weighing…
- fike noun Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
- filacer noun A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made…
- fill in verb To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- fillet noun A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called…
- filth noun The police.
- fin noun A person's hand.
- final salary adj Describing a pension scheme in which an employer agrees to provide a pension payment or lump sum on retirement that is predetermined based…
- finals noun A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or…
- finch noun A woman.
- finder noun A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.
- fine noun A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a…
- finger noun Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
- fingertip search noun A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.
- finny noun A five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- fire noun A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- fire brigade noun An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
- firetail noun The common redstart.
- firk noun A freak; trick; quirk.
- firkin noun A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
- firm noun A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
- first noun A first-class honours degree.
- first class adj Great, very enjoyable.
- first floor noun The floor of a building one above the ground floor.
- first minister noun A leader of a devolved government such as Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland.
- first school noun In the three-tier education system, a school for children until thee age of eight or nine.
- first violin noun The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- first-rate adj Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and…
- fish paste noun Any of several varieties of spread, made from physically processed cooked fish with the addition of some cereal, traditionally eaten on…
- fish slice noun A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
- fishmonger noun A person who sells fish.
- fit adj Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- fit note noun A note issued by a doctor, indicating whether the patient is fit to work and specifying any conditions for doing so.
- fitness noun The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
- fitter noun A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
- fitting noun A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one…
- five-barred gate noun Tally marks representing 5, made up of four vertical lines crossed by a diagonal line, used to count objects, keep score, etc.
- fives noun A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
- fixed penalty notice noun A notice served on an offender by an authorised person, which is usually for committing a minor offence. It requires the offender to pay a…
- fixing noun Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)