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 9 of 59: from “cantaloupe” to “chaw”.
- cantaloupe noun Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the…
- cantrail noun A length of metal (earlier timber) supporting the outer edge of the roof of a railway carriage; also found on locomotives, buses and…
- cap up verb To modify (the initial letter of a word) to be a capital letter.
- capital adj Excellent.
- caput noun The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
- car noun A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
- car boot noun the boot (trunk) of a car
- caravan noun A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
- caravan park noun An area containing caravans either for holiday rental, or for holiday use by their owners.
- caravaner noun One who travels or stays in a caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling).
- caravanist noun One who travels in a caravan (towed furnished vehicle).
- caravanner noun A person who holidays in a caravan (mobile home).
- care noun The state of being cared for by others.
- care in the community noun The treatment and care of physically and mentally disabled people in their own homes, rather than in an institution.
- carer noun Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
- caretaker adj Temporary, on a short term basis.
- carpenter noun A woodlouse.
- carpet verb To reprimand.
- carriage noun Ellipsis of railway carriage (“a passenger railroad car, or any railroad car”).
- carriageway noun The part of a road that carries traffic.
- carrier noun Ellipsis of carrier bag.
- carrier bag noun A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
- carrot noun Someone from a rural background.
- carrot cruncher noun Someone from a rural background; a bumpkin.
- carry noun The sky; cloud-drift.
- carry me out phrase Exclamation of pretended astonishment on hearing news too good to be true, or a story too marvellous to be believed.
- carry on noun A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.
- cartbote noun in medieval Britain, wood to which a tenant was entitled for making and repairing carts and other domestic instruments
- cartwheel noun A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
- case noun A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin).
- casings noun Dried cattle dung used as fuel.
- casket noun An urn.
- castle-guard noun A tax or imposition on a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castleward.
- castor noun A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
- casual noun A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- casualize verb To convert from regular to casual labor
- casualty noun Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment.
- casualty department noun (also casualty ward) the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases.
- cat in the pan noun A somersault.
- catapult noun A slingshot.
- cater adv Diagonally.
- cater-corner adj Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.
- catering noun The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
- cathead noun A nodule of ironstone containing fossil remains.
- Catherine wheel noun A firework that rotates when lit.
- cattle crush noun An enclosure for livestock to keep them from moving while being examined, marked, or given veterinary treatment.
- Caucasian adj Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.
- caught short adj Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available.
- caul noun An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large…
- cauldron bottom noun A large, round mass in a coal seam that forms part of the roof of a coal mine passage (usually being a fossilized root or stump)…
- caution verb To read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest.
- cave intj look out!; beware!
- CB noun Initialism of confined to barracks.
- CD noun Initialism of controlled drug.
- ceebs verb Cannot be bothered.
- cellar noun A basement.
- centralised traffic control noun A form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where…
- centre of buoyancy noun The point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced…
- centre of effort noun The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.
- centre of inertia noun The centre of mass.
- centre of lift noun That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on…
- centre of mass noun A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of…
- centreboard noun The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.
- CEO noun Initialism of civil enforcement officer.
- ceremonial county noun A definitive geographic region, not generally having direct administrative functions, but having an appointed Lord-Lieutenant. Similar to a…
- certificate noun A motion picture age rating.
- certiorari noun A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.
- cess noun An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
- cessavit noun A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- CFI noun chief flying instructor
- chaffwax noun A chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century
- chain noun A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer…
- chair verb To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
- chaise longue noun A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
- challenger bank noun A small, recently created retail bank in the United Kingdom that competes directly with the longer-established banks, sometimes by…
- chamber noun A single law office in a building housing several.
- chambers noun Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more…
- champion adj Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
- chancellor noun Ellipsis of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- changie noun A changing room.
- chap noun A customer, a buyer.
- chapel noun A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or…
- chaperone verb To work as a chaperone.
- chapette noun A female chap; a woman.
- chapiter noun A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their…
- chappy noun A chap; a fellow.
- charabanc noun A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.
- Charlie noun A fool.
- charter noun a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- chartered accountant noun A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales or Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
- charwoman noun A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- chase noun A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
- chat noun A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- chat shit verb To talk nonsense or to lie.
- chatsome adj Talkative.
- chatty adj Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
- chaunter noun A street seller of ballads or similar songs.
- chav noun A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
- chavel verb To chew.
- chaw verb To steal.