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 32 of 59: from “melonious” to “mong”.
- melonious adj Very large.
- melt noun A soft, soppy, or overly emotional person.
- mense noun Decency; propriety; civility.
- menseless adj destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate
- mental adj Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
- mentalist noun An insane person.
- meow noun The drug mephedrone.
- merc noun A Mercedes-Benz automobile.
- merchant banker noun A wanker.
- mercury-vapour lamp noun a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial…
- mere noun A body of standing water, inclusive of lakes, ponds, and pools, especially any broad and shallow one.
- merkin adj American.
- merry widow noun Veuve Clicquot champagne.
- Merton-compliant adj In accordance with a set of guidelines describing how local authorities should assess the age of a person, usually an unaccompanied asylum…
- message noun An errand.
- metal noun The rails of a railway.
- metalled adj Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated).
- metanalyse verb To undergo metanalysis.
- metre noun The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse).
- metric martyr noun A shopkeeper who is penalized for selling goods using the imperial system primarily or exclusively, in violation of the Weights and…
- mews noun An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
- Mexican wave noun A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the…
- mickey noun Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- mid-autumn noun The middle of autumn.
- middling adv Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
- midnight feast noun An informal meal of various snack foods, eaten at or around midnight, typically arranged and held in secret by children.
- miffed adj Confused; unable to understand.
- might verb Used to express certainty.
- mild noun A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
- mild ale noun A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour.
- miles away adj Not paying attention; distracted or daydreaming.
- mileway noun Any of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.
- Milifandom noun An Internet-based youth movement in support of Ed Miliband, then leader of the British Labour Party.
- milk token noun A token given by the state to a pregnant woman or mother of a young infant for the purchase of milk and related supplies.
- milk train noun A slow passenger train leaving in the early hours of the morning.
- milkie noun A milkman.
- milkshake tax noun A tax on sugary prepackaged milk-based drinks, which were formerly excluded from the tax on sugary drinks.
- mill verb To commit burglary.
- miller noun A rat.
- millionaire shortbread noun a light snack consisting of an oblong piece of shortbread with a layer of caramel and then another of hard chocolate on top.
- Millwall brick noun An improvised club-like weapon made of tightly rolled and bent newspaper, allegedly used by football hooligans.
- milord noun An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
- mim adj Demure; shy.
- min adj Less; smaller; lower.
- mince noun Something worthless; rubbish.
- mincer noun A homosexual male.
- mind verb Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- minder noun A personal bodyguard.
- mineral noun Mineral water.
- mineral wagon noun An open goods wagon with relatively high sides for the transport of minerals such as coal or iron ore.
- minesweep verb To consume the unfinished drinks of other patrons.
- ming verb To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
- minge noun The pubic hair and vulva.
- minging adj Very unattractive; ugly.
- mini skip noun A small-sized waste container, which can be hired for waste disposal when a standard-size skip is too large.
- minibudget noun A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
- minicab noun A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab).
- minikin noun The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
- minnow noun Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
- minor adj The younger of two pupils (or the middle of three) with the same surname.
- mint adj Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
- mint sauce noun Money.
- minted adj wealthy
- minter noun An item in mint condition (especially a motor car)
- misdirection noun An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
- misery noun A bodily ache or pain.
- misken verb To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
- mislippen verb To neglect.
- mismove verb To disturb; trouble; to disconcert; alarm; flurry.
- miss oneself verb To miss an enjoyable experience through not being in the right place at the right time.
- miss out verb To leave out, to omit.
- missis noun Alternative spelling or pronunciation spelling of missus.
- missus noun Wife or girlfriend.
- mitching noun Pilfering; skulking.
- mitrailleur noun A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
- mixed origins adj Having mixed racial, ethnic, or national parentage or ancestry. This term was promoted as an alternative to “mixed race” in a 1994…
- mizzle verb To rain in very fine drops.
- mizzler noun A person who is clever at effecting an escape, or getting out of a difficulty.
- mmm intj Yes.
- moan verb To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
- mob-handed adj Being a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
- mobile noun Ellipsis of mobile phone.
- mobility noun The mob; the common people or rabble.
- moby noun A mobile phone.
- mock examination noun An examination, where the marks may or may not count, which serves chiefly as practice for future exams or so that the teachers are able to…
- mock fish noun A concoction of rice, margarine, flour, onion, and anchovy paste, which was made into a porridge and then pan-fried into a cake resembling…
- mockney noun An inauthentic imitation of Cockney accent and vocabulary.
- mod noun A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a…
- moderator noun An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
- mog noun A cat.
- moggy noun A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
- Mohican noun A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end.
- moil verb To defile or dirty.
- moither verb To toil; to labour.
- mold noun Earth, ground.
- Mondeo Man noun A stereotypical male identified as the sort of voter the Labour Party needed to attract to win the 1997 election.
- money purchase 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…
- money spider noun Any spider of the family Linyphiidae, or (loosely) any very small spider, superstitiously believed to bring financial good luck.
- money-spinner noun Something that generates a continuous income.
- mong noun A person with Down's syndrome.