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 30 of 59: from “lire” to “mackly”.
- lire noun Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
- lirk verb To jerk.
- lirt verb To deceive; beguile.
- liss verb To cease; stop.
- listed adj Designated as of special architectural or historical interest and protected from demolition or alteration.
- lit noun Colour; blee; dye; stain.
- lite verb To expect; wait.
- lith noun A limb; any member of the body.
- lither adj Lazy, slothful; listless.
- Little Englander noun A bigoted, xenophobic, and nationalistic English person.
- little go noun The first examination for a BA degree at Oxford or Cambridge universities; responsions.
- little house noun An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- little mester noun A self-employed craftsman, typically from Sheffield, England, who rented space in a factory or worked from a small personal workshop.
- livers and lights noun Offal; The internal organs of an animal, especially when used as food.
- livery yard noun A stable where horse owners pay a regular fee to keep their horses.
- Lizzy noun Money (in reference to Queen Elizabeth II featuring on British and other Commonwealth coins during her reign)
- loading bank noun A platform, often with a ramp at one or both ends, provided in a railway goods yard for the purpose of loading and unloading goods wagons.
- loading gauge noun The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.
- loadsamoney intj Referring to the free flowing of money, to large amounts spent or earned, or to the perceived acquisitiveness and materialism engendered in…
- lob noun A form of fraud in which a person asks for change in a shop, palms some of the coins, and tells the shopkeeper that he has not given them…
- lob-crawling noun Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.
- lobby correspondent noun A journalist who reports on political and parliamentary affairs, especially through unattributed sources from politicians or other…
- lobby fodder noun Members of Parliament who vote according to the party line but otherwise contribute little or nothing.
- loblolly noun A thick stew; lobscouse or similar.
- lobster box noun A barrack, or military station.
- local noun One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- local board noun Any of a number of local authorities established to improve public health in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.
- lock in noun An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a pub, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the…
- lockup noun A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- locum noun Ellipsis of locum tenens.
- locust noun A dose of laudanum.
- lofe verb To praise; commend.
- logbook noun A record of the ownership and licensing of a motor car.
- logmaker noun One who cuts trees at a tree farm and prepares logs for further processing; lumberman.
- loke noun The wicket or hatch of a door.
- lolly noun An ice lolly; a popsicle.
- London particular noun A spell of smog over the city of London, England.
- London weighting noun An allowance paid to staff of a national organization working in London to help offset the additional expense of living in the capital.
- long adj Not short; tall.
- long a noun The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern…
- long drop noun A technique for execution by hanging, according to which the individual's height and weight were used to determine how much slack would be…
- longful adj Long (in duration).
- longsome adj Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.
- loo noun A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- loo roll cosy noun toilet roll cosy
- loo room noun A room containing a toilet; especially one without a bath or shower.
- look in noun A chance to participate, compete, or succeed.
- loony left noun Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be ridiculous or too politically correct.
- loose box noun A separate compartment of a building in which livestock are free to move about; especially a form of stable for horses.
- loose-coupled adj Of older railway wagons, having a chain coupling between them, without the buffers on each wagon touching those of the next wagon when the…
- loot noun A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
- lord noun A hunchback.
- Lord Chamberlain noun The holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, heading the royal household of the monarch.
- Lord Chancellor noun The holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, held by a Cabinet minister with responsibility for the efficient…
- Lord Mayor noun The holder of a ceremonial post on a local council (distinct from the council leader who may be addressed as mayor).
- Lord-Lieutenant noun An official appointed to a ceremonial county by the reigning British monarch to be responsible for the organisation of all official Royal…
- lorry noun A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
- lose one's bottle verb To lose courage and determination.
- lose the plot verb To cease to behave in a consistent or rational manner.
- lose touch verb Alternative form of lose one's touch.
- lost property noun A help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has…
- loun verb To beat; thrash.
- lounder verb To beat; to deal a heavy blow; to whack
- lounge noun A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- love heart noun The symbol ♥, used informally to convey the idea of (usually romantic) love.
- loved-up adj Under the influence of ecstasy (the drug MDMA).
- lovely jubbly intj Often used as a response to some (anticipated) success: lovely; fantastic, great.
- loverly adj Pronunciation spelling of lovely.
- lovey noun An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).
- low noun A flame; fire; blaze.
- lowth noun Lowness.
- loyalist noun A person who supports Northern Ireland remaining loyal to the United Kingdom instead of eventually uniting with the Republic of Ireland…
- lubish adj Genuine; authorised; sterling.
- lucifer match noun A sulfur friction match whose head is treated with equal parts antimony trisulfide and potassium chlorate.
- lucky dip noun A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and…
- lug noun An ear or ear lobe.
- lully noun Wet or drying linen.
- lumbered adj In prison.
- lummy adj jolly, first-rate.
- lunchbox noun The penis when enclosed in clothing.
- luncheon meat noun Lunch meat.
- lunge line noun A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 feet or longer in length, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to…
- lurgy noun A non-specific (often infectious) disease, especially one with symptoms similar to those of a cold or flu, which renders one unfit to…
- lurk noun A swindle.
- lurker noun A small fishing-boat.
- lush adj Beautiful, sexy.
- lusk adj Full; ripe.
- luvvy noun An actor or actress, especially a narcissistic and pretentious one.
- Lycra lout noun An irresponsible cyclist, typically dressed in elastane cycling shorts and a cycling jersey and riding a racing bicycle.
- lye noun A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
- lytel adj Pronunciation spelling of little, small.
- m'lud noun Pronunciation spelling of m'lord.
- M4 noun broad money
- mac noun A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).
- macaroni dress noun A type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.
- MacDonaldism noun The centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
- mack noun A raincoat or mackintosh.
- mack out verb To spend time relaxing; to chill out.
- mackle verb To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.
- mackly adj Seemly; comely; good-looking.