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 42 of 59: from “rear” to “ring the changes”.
- rear adv early; soon
- reasoned amendment noun A negative response by a Member of Parliament to a proposed bill, providing reasons why it should be rejected rather than receiving a…
- reasty adj Rancid, "rusty" (applied to salt meat).
- recce noun Reconnaissance.
- reccy noun A recreation ground.
- reception noun The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- recess noun A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- recognize verb to cognize again
- red noun A redshank.
- red band noun A trusty; a trusted prisoner given special privileges.
- red box noun A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
- red brick university noun Any traditional British university other than Oxford or Cambridge, especially one founded in the Victorian age in a large city.
- red flag noun A flag formerly used by a railway guard to warn the driver not to start the train.
- red flag law noun A law enacted in the late 19th century, requiring drivers of early automobiles to take certain safety precautions, including waving a red…
- red lemonade noun Lemonade coloured with natural food colouring, giving it a red appearance and a slightly sweeter taste.
- red man noun A small figure of a standing man illuminated in red on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is not safe to cross…
- red route noun A system of traffic management, marked by red lines along the edge of the road, where parking, loading or picking up passengers is…
- red sauce noun Tomato ketchup.
- red top noun A tabloid newspaper, particularly one of those aimed primarily at a working class audience and considered to have lower journalistic…
- redcap noun A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
- rede verb To govern, protect.
- redneck noun A Roman Catholic.
- redundancy noun The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
- redundant adj Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- redwood noun Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
- ree verb To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
- reed noun The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
- reem adj cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
- referee noun A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. (In the UK such a person is sometimes, and in…
- reflexion noun Dated spelling of reflection.
- reform noun clipping of Reform UK (British nationalist party)
- reformed adj Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.
- reformer noun A member or supporter of Reform UK.
- refreshment room noun A room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to…
- reg noun Clipping of registration number.
- regarder noun An official responsible for monitoring woodlands and forest areas and reporting to the court of regard.
- register office noun The local office in which births, marriages and deaths are registered, and in which civil marriages are conducted and recorded.
- registration noun Ellipsis of registration number.
- registration county noun A statistical unit used for the registration of births, deaths and marriages, for the output of census information.
- regrexiteer noun A person suffering from regrexit (a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it).
- regulars noun A thief's share in the stolen money or goods.
- reheat noun An afterburner.
- rejig verb To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.
- rejoiner noun Someone who wants the United Kingdom to join the European Union again.
- relative majority noun A plurality (A number of votes which is greater than the number of votes gained by any others, but which is less than a majority.)
- relieving officer noun A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.
- religious education noun The teaching about various religions; also known as religious studies.
- remainer noun Someone who supports the United Kingdom remaining within the European Union.
- Remainiac noun One who opposes the idea of Brexit and wishes the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.
- remembrancer noun Alternative letter-case form of Remembrancer: an official of the City of London Corporation.
- remit noun Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
- Remoaner noun A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
- remould verb To mould or shape again.
- remove noun (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
- renter noun (Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute.
- replevy verb To bail.
- republican noun An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland, particularly one who supports armed struggle to achieve this.
- require improvement verb To be in a state of failing.
- rescue dog noun A homeless, lost or abandoned dog which has been, or will be, rehomed by an animal rescue centre or charity; a rescued dog.
- resection verb To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.
- reservation noun The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway.
- resident doctor noun A qualified, practicing doctor who has completed graduate medical education and is undergoing postgraduate training.
- resistant materials noun A school subject combining elements of woodwork, metalwork and plastic-work, sometimes a module of a larger design and technology syllabus.
- responsion noun The first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally…
- rest noun A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above…
- restricted byway noun A minor road or path that may be legally traversed on foot, on horseback, or in any vehicle that is not mechanically propelled.
- resty adj Restive, resistant to control.
- result intj An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
- retail park noun A type of shopping center usually built on the outskirts of a town or city, typically containing a number of retail outlets such as chain…
- retirement annuity contract noun A type of UK pension scheme with specific benefits, sold prior to July 1988, available to the self-employed or employees that were not…
- retread verb To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure…
- retriangulation noun The use of triangulation pillars to compute a more modern and accurate triangulation of Great Britain.
- retyre verb To fit (a vehicle) with new tyres.
- revaluation noun The application of compound growth to the value of a pension benefit, specifically from the date of the member leaving the scheme (for…
- revalue verb To apply revaluation to a pension benefit.
- reverse ferret noun A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position.
- reversing siding noun A siding provided for terminating passenger trains, usually at a through station, where a train can lay over between journeys before…
- revise verb To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- revision noun The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
- revivor noun revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.
- rhine noun A watercourse; a ditch for water.
- rhodie noun A white person who is resident in, or self-identifies with Rhodesia, particularly in its pre-independence days.
- rhododendron noun Especially, the common rhododendron or Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum).
- rhubarb verb Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.
- rhubarb rhubarb intj Background noise of simultaneous conversations, none of which is decipherable since the actors are repeating the word rhubarb or other…
- ribby adj Shabby, in poor condition.
- riblet noun A cut of veal or lamb taken from near the rib
- ride noun A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- right adv Very, extremely, quite.
- right on adj Possessing political and social views that are considered to be fashionable and left-wing.
- right-away signal noun A signal given to a train driver by the guard of the train, or a member of station staff, that the train is ready to depart.
- righty noun A right-wing person.
- rigour noun Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
- rim noun A membrane.
- rime noun A cold fog or mist.
- rine noun A watercourse or ditch.
- ring noun A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- ring of steel noun A form of civil protection (using closed-circuit television, control zones and restricted access) that effectively seals off city centres…
- ring off verb To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
- ring the changes verb To enliven by varying combinations.