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britain is an instance of:

• kingdom (noun) - a country with a king as head of state

types of britain:

• Blighty (noun) - a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad

britain is a member of:

• European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe (noun) - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO (noun) - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

britain is a part of:

• British Isles (noun) - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic

parts of britain:

• England (noun) - a division of the United Kingdom
• Northern Ireland (noun) - a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
• Scotland (noun) - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Wales, Cymru, Cambria (noun) - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

britain is derivationally related to:

• Britannic (adjective) - of Britain

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• Anglo-Saxon (noun) - a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'
• Bachelor of Medicine, MB (noun) - (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine
• Battle of Britain (noun) - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
• Boxing Day (noun) - first weekday after Christmas
• British Cabinet (noun) - the senior ministers of the British government

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• Brummagem (adjective) - cheap and showy
• Central Intelligence Machinery, CIM (noun) - the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies
• Chief Constable (noun) - the head of the police force in a county (or similar area)
• Christmas box (noun) - a present given at Christmas for services during the year
• Christmas cake (noun) - a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
• Civil List (noun) - a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family
• Colonel Blimp, Blimp (noun) - any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
• Crown land (noun) - land that belongs to the Crown
• Eccles cake (noun) - a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit
• Elastoplast (noun) - an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds
• Esquire, Esq (noun) - a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight
• Fabianism (noun) - socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law
• Fanny Adams (noun) - nautical term for tinned meat
• Great Britain, GB (noun) - an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
• Guy (noun) - an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
• Guy Fawkes Day (noun) - day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
• High Commission (noun) - an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another
• Higher National Diploma, HND (noun) - a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area
• Highway Code (noun) - the code of rules governing the use of public roads
• Home Counties (noun) - the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
• Hooray Henry (noun) - a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man
• Inland Revenue, IR (noun) - a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
• L-plate (noun) - a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
• Lady, noblewoman, peeress (noun) - a woman of the peerage in Britain
• Liberal Democrat Party (noun) - a political party in Great Britain
• Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor (noun) - the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
• MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test (noun) - a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
• Magna Carta, Magna Charta, The Great Charter (noun) - the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
• Maundy (noun) - a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
• Maundy money (noun) - specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
• National Trust, NT (noun) - an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty
• November 5 (noun) - anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
• Open University (noun) - a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
• Ordnance Survey (noun) - the official cartography agency of the British government
• Oxbridge (noun) - general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
• Premium Bond (noun) - a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries
• Rediffusion (noun) - a system for distributing radio or tv programs
• Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day (noun) - the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
• Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock (noun) - any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
• Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 6 (noun) - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
• Security Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 5 (noun) - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
• Sir (noun) - a title used before the name of knight or baronet
• Special Air Service, SAS (noun) - a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
• Special Branch (noun) - a government police department dealing with political security
• Sten gun (noun) - a lightweight British submachine gun
• Ted, Teddy boy (noun) - a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
• Thatcherism (noun) - (England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher
• Thatcherite (noun) - an advocate of Thatcherism
• Victoria plum (noun) - a large red plum served as dessert
• Victoria sandwich, Victoria sponge (noun) - a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between
• Wykehamist (noun) - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College
• admass (noun) - the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
• admiralty (noun) - the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
• aggro (noun) - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
• al-Muhajiroun (noun) - a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups
• all-mains (adjective) - used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages
• appro (noun) - an informal British abbreviation of approval
• argy-bargy, argle-bargle (noun) - a verbal dispute
• arterial road (noun) - a major or main route
• assurance (noun) - a British term for some kinds of insurance
• backbench (noun) - any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
• backbencher (noun) - a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
• bagatelle, bar billiards (noun) - a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs
• ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up (noun) - something badly botched or muddled
• banger (noun) - (British informal) pork sausage
• bar (noun) - a heating element in an electric fire
• base rate (noun) - the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks
• beadle (noun) - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
• beanfeast (noun) - an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees
• beastliness (noun) - unpleasant nastiness
• beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway (noun) - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
• berk (noun) - a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
• betting shop (noun) - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
• billion, one million million, 1000000000000 (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
• billion (adjective) - denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
• bin liner (noun) - a plastic bag used to line a trash or garbage bin
• bitter (noun) - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
• bloody-minded, cantankerous (adjective) -
• boffin (noun) - (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
• bolshy, stroppy (adjective) - obstreperous
• book token (noun) - a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher
• boot (noun) - British term for the luggage compartment in a car
• boss-eyed (adjective) - (British informal) cross-eyed
• bottle bank (noun) - a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling
• bubble and squeak (noun) - leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat
• buckshee (adjective) -
• bugger all, fuck all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams (noun) - little or nothing at all
• bumf, bumph (noun) - reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
• bunfight, bun-fight (noun) - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
• burnup (noun) - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road
• buttoned-up (adjective) - (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
• butty (noun) - a sandwich
• caff (noun) - informal British term for a cafe
• canty (adjective) - lively and brisk
• capital (adjective) - first-rate
• car boot sale, boot sale (noun) - an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
• carriageway (noun) - one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
• carry-over, carry-forward (noun) - the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves
• castor sugar, caster sugar (noun) - very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor
• cattle cake (noun) - a concentrated feed for cattle
• cert (noun) - an absolute certainty
• chancellor (noun) - the honorary or titular head of a university
• checking account, chequing account, current account (noun) - a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
• chipolata (noun) - a small thin sausage
• chuffed (adjective) - very pleased
• clanger (noun) - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
• clapped out (adjective) - worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)
• class list, honours list (noun) - a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations
• clawback (noun) - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
• clearway (noun) - a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
• clever Dick, clever clogs (noun) - an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
• climbing frame (noun) - a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on
• clotted cream, Devonshire cream (noun) - thick cream made from scalded milk
• clunch (noun) - hardened clay
• cobblers (noun) - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)
• cobblers (noun) - nonsense
• coiner (noun) - a maker of counterfeit coins
• colour supplement (noun) - (British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends)
• commissionaire (noun) - a uniformed doorman
• common or garden (adjective) - the usual or familiar type
• common room (noun) - a sitting room (usually at school or university)
• conk (noun) - informal term for the nose
• conservancy (noun) - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
• constable, police constable (noun) - a police officer of the lowest rank
• convener (noun) - the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
• cookie, cooky, biscuit (noun) - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
• costing (noun) - cost accounting
• cottage pie (noun) - a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes
• council tax (noun) - a tax levied on households by local authorities
• countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug (noun) - the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
• countinghouse (noun) - office used by the accountants of a business
• county (noun) - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
• county council (noun) - the elected governing body of a county
• county town, shire town (noun) - the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
• crick, kink, rick, wrick (noun) - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
• croft (noun) - a small farm worked by a crofter
• crossbench (noun) - any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition
• crossbencher (noun) - a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition
• cuppa, cupper (noun) - a cup of tea
• dale (noun) - an open river valley (in a hilly area)
• dashboard, fascia (noun) - instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
• dekko (noun) - British slang for a look
• delf (noun) - an excavation
• derv (noun) - diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines
• dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat (noun) - a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
• dicky, dickey (adjective) -
• dinky (adjective) - (British informal) pretty and neat
• direct-grant school (noun) - formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities
• dishy (adjective) - (informal British) sexually attractive
• divvy (noun) - short for dividend
• dixie (noun) - a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking
• doddle (noun) - an easy task
• dog's breakfast, dog's dinner (noun) - a poor job
• doorknob, doorhandle (noun) - a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
• double Dutch (noun) - an incomprehensible talk
• double first (noun) - a first-class honours degree in two subjects
• eleven-plus, 11-plus (noun) - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
• estate of the realm, estate, the three estates (noun) - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
• facer (noun) - (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
• fairy light (noun) - a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
• fare-stage (noun) - a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same
• fire watcher (noun) - (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
• fire watching (noun) - (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
• first, first-class honours degree (noun) - an honours degree of the highest class
• first estate, Lords Spiritual (noun) - the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
• fish slice (noun) - a food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
• fives (noun) - a game resembling handball
• fleapit (noun) - an old shabby movie theater
• flit (noun) - a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
• fly (adjective) - (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
• footplate (noun) - the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
• free house (noun) - a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
• front bench (noun) - any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers
• frontbencher (noun) - a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party
• fruit machine (noun) - a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials
• fruiterer (noun) - a person who sells fruit
• fug (noun) - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
• fuggy (adjective) - (British informal) poorly ventilated
• gammy (adjective) - (British informal) sore or lame
• gamp, brolly (noun) - colloquial terms for an umbrella
• gaudy (noun) - (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
• gen (noun) - informal term for information
• giro, giro cheque (noun) - a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed
• giro account (noun) - an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank
• glebe house (noun) - a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice)
• go-slow (noun) - a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers
• gob (noun) - a lump of slimy stuff
• gobsmacked (adjective) - utterly astounded
• green onion, spring onion, scallion (noun) - a young onion before the bulb has enlarged
• green paper (noun) - a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion
• greengrocer (noun) - a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
• greengrocery (noun) - a greengrocer's grocery store
• greengrocery (noun) - groceries sold by a greengrocer
• groovy, swagger (adjective) - (British informal) very chic
• grotty (adjective) -
• guest night (noun) - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
• gun room (noun) - military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
• gutter press (noun) - press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)
• guvnor (noun) - (British slang) boss
• gymslip (noun) - a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform
• hair slide (noun) - a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
• half-term (noun) - a short vacation about halfway through a school term
• hall of residence (noun) - a university dormitory
• hard cheese (noun) - bad luck
• hard shoulder (noun) - a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)
• hasty pudding (noun) - sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water
• headship (noun) - the position of headmaster or headmistress
• heath, heathland (noun) - a tract of level wasteland
• high tea (noun) - substantial early evening meal including tea
• highroad, trunk road (noun) - a highway
• hire-purchase, never-never (noun) - installment plan
• home help (noun) - a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)
• home-farm (noun) - a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
• honours, honours degree (noun) - a university degree with honors
• hornpipe (noun) - a British solo dance performed by sailors
• hosiery, hose (noun) - socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
• hot pot, hotpot (noun) - a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot
• housing estate (noun) - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
• hypermarket (noun) - a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town)
• inch, in (noun) - a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
• indent (noun) - an order for goods to be exported or imported
• inquiry agent (noun) - a private detective
• intern, interne, houseman, medical intern (noun) - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
• invigilation (noun) - keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
• invigilator (noun) - someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
• ironmongery (noun) - the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
• jiggered (adjective) - (British informal expletive) surprised
• jobcentre (noun) - a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
• jolly (noun) - a happy party
• to judder, shake (verb) - shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
• jumped-up (adjective) - (British informal) upstart
• justiciar, justiciary (noun) - formerly a high judicial officer
• kedgeree (noun) - a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish
• kerb crawler (noun) - someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women
• kip (noun) - sleep
• knackered, drained (adjective) - very tired
• knock-on effect (noun) - a secondary or incidental effect
• land agent (noun) - a person who administers a landed estate
• last (noun) - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
• lemon curd, lemon cheese (noun) - a conserve with a thick consistency
• lido (noun) - a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports
• lie-in (noun) - a long stay in bed in the morning
• life office (noun) - life assurance office
• limited company, Ltd., Ld. (noun) - a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability
• linendraper (noun) - a retail dealer in yard goods
• local authority (noun) - an administrative unit of local government
• lodge (noun) - small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion
• lollipop lady, lollipop woman (noun) - a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school
• long-dated (adjective) - of a gilt-edged security
• lucky dip (noun) - a selection or decision purely at random
• lucky dip (noun) - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
• ludo (noun) - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
• lumber room (noun) - a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
• macintosh, mackintosh, mac, mack (noun) - a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• made-up (adjective) - having been paved
• major (adjective) - of the elder of two boys with the same family name
• manky (adjective) - inferior and worthless
• mate (noun) - informal term for a friend of the same sex
• meat safe (noun) - a safe for storing meat
• medium wave (noun) - a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz)
• mercer (noun) - a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
• mere (noun) - a small pond of standing water
• mews (noun) - street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
• milk float (noun) - a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
• milliard (noun) - a billion
• minicab (noun) - a minicar used as a taxicab
• minicar (noun) - a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car
• minister (noun) - the job of a head of a government department
• minor (adjective) - of the younger of two boys with the same family name
• minster (noun) - any of certain cathedrals and large churches
• mod (noun) - a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s
• mod con (noun) - modern convenience
• muffin man (noun) - formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
• nan (noun) - your grandmother
• nark, copper's nark (noun) - an informer or spy working for the police
• nearside (noun) - the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb
• new town (noun) - a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
• newsreader, news reader (noun) - someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
• nick (noun) - (British slang) a prison
• niff, pong (noun) - an unpleasant smell
• niffy (adjective) - (British informal) malodorous
• no-go area (noun) - an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden
• noddle (noun) - an informal British expression for head or mind
• non-U (adjective) - not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
• nosh-up (noun) - a large satisfying meal
• nous (noun) - common sense
• office-bearer (noun) - the person who holds an office
• outfitter (noun) - someone who sells men's clothes
• outport (noun) - a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
• overall, boilersuit, boilers suit (noun) - a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
• pale ale (noun) - an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts
• panda car (noun) - a police cruiser
• pannikin (noun) - a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
• pantechnicon (noun) - a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
• panto (noun) - an abbreviation of pantomime
• parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak (noun) - a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
• parliament (noun) - a legislative assembly in certain countries
• parliamentary agent (noun) - a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament
• paternoster (noun) - a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
• patrial (noun) - a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
• pawky (adjective) -
• pease pudding (noun) - a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg
• peckish (adjective) - somewhat hungry
• peer (noun) - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
• peer of the realm (noun) - a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
• pelican crossing (noun) - an acronym for pedestrian light control
• peppercorn rent (noun) - very low or nominal rent
• perambulation (noun) - a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
• perch, rod, pole (noun) - a linear measure of 16.5 feet
• pillar box (noun) - a red pillar-shaped letter box
• piss-up (noun) - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking
• pitch (noun) - a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
• placeman, placeseeker (noun) - a disparaging term for an appointee
• plain flour (noun) - flour that does not contain a raising agent
• plaint (noun) - (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
• playbox, play-box (noun) - a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
• plimsoll (noun) - a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
• plonk (noun) - a cheap wine of inferior quality
• ploughman's lunch (noun) - a meal consisting of a sandwich of bread and cheese and a salad
• plughole (noun) - a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
• po-faced (adjective) - humorless and disapproving
• point, power point (noun) - a wall socket
• point duty (noun) - the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection
• pointsman (noun) - a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic
• polony (noun) - another name for Bologna sausage
• ponce (noun) - a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
• pony-trekking (noun) - a sport in which people ride across country on ponies
• poor rates (noun) - a local tax for the relief of the poor
• pork butcher (noun) - a vendor of pork and products made from pork
• post-free (adjective) - postpaid
• pot plant (noun) - a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors)
• potboy, potman (noun) - a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
• potted (adjective) - (British informal) summarized or abridged
• potty (adjective) - (British informal) trivial
• poverty trap (noun) - a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off
• prang (noun) - a crash involving a car or plane
• preceptor, don (noun) - teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
• privy council (noun) - an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
• public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse (noun) - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms
• public school (noun) - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition
• publican, tavern keeper (noun) - the keeper of a public house
• pudding, pud (noun) - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
• pull-in, pull-up (noun) - a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers
• punch-up (noun) - a fistfight
• punnet (noun) - a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
• push-bike (noun) - a bicycle that must be pedaled
• quadrillion (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
• quarter (noun) - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
• quarter day (noun) - a Christian holy day
• quarterlight (noun) - car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car
• question master, quizmaster (noun) - the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game
• question time (noun) - a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers
• race meeting (noun) - a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track
• racing circuit, circuit (noun) - a racetrack for automobile races
• rag (noun) - a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
• rag, rag week (noun) - a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
• rag day (noun) - a day on which university students hold a rag
• ranker (noun) - an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces
• ranker (noun) - a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
• ratability, rateability (noun) - the state of being liable to assessment or taxation
• ratable, rateable (adjective) - liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes
• ratables, rateables (noun) - property that provides tax income for local governments
• ratepayer (noun) - a person who pays local rates (especially a householder)
• rates (noun) - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
• rave-up (noun) - a raucous gathering
• recorder (noun) - a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
• red-brick, redbrick (adjective) - of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
• redbrick university (noun) - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding
• redcap (noun) - a member of the military police in Britain
• refresher (noun) - a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day
• remover (noun) - someone who works for a company that moves furniture
• rent-rebate (noun) - a rebate on rent given by a local government authority
• replay, instant replay, action replay (noun) - the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
• returning officer (noun) - the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
• rock salmon (noun) - any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food
• rocker (noun) - a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
• roly-poly, roly-poly pudding (noun) - pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
• ropey, ropy (adjective) - (British informal) very poor in quality
• rota (noun) - a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
• rowing boat (noun) - a rowboat
• royal charter (noun) - a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)
• rub up (noun) - a review that refreshes your memory
• rugby, rugby football, rugger (noun) - a form of football played with an oval ball
• rustication (noun) - temporary dismissal of a student from a university
• salad cream (noun) - a creamy salad dressing resembling mayonnaise
• sandboy (noun) - a young peddler of sand
• saveloy (noun) - a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage
• to scrimshank (verb) - British military language: avoid work
• scrimshanker (noun) - a shirker
• scrumpy (noun) - strong cider (as made in western England)
• scrutineer, canvasser (noun) - someone who examines votes at an election
• scullery (noun) - a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen
• secateurs (noun) - small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface
• second estate, Lords Temporal (noun) - the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
• select committee (noun) - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose
• sell-by date (noun) - a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold
• settler (noun) - a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
• shadow cabinet (noun) - a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power
• sheepwalk, sheeprun (noun) - farm devoted to raising sheep
• shire (noun) - a former administrative district of England
• shirty, snorty (adjective) - (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
• shooting brake (noun) - another name for a station wagon
• short-dated (adjective) - of a gilt-edged security
• shoulder flash (noun) - something worn on the shoulder of a military uniform as an emblem of a division etc.
• shovel board, shove-halfpenny, shove-ha'penny (noun) - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
• shufti (noun) - a quick look around (originally military slang)
• sick benefit, sickness benefit (noun) - money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
• simnel (noun) - a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
• sixpence, tanner (noun) - a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies
• sixth-former (noun) - a student in the sixth form
• skid lid (noun) - a crash helmet
• skidpan (noun) - a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them
• skiffle (noun) - a style of popular music in the 1950s
• skiffle group (noun) - a band of musicians who play skiffle
• skivvy, slavey (noun) - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
• slate club (noun) - a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
• slip coach, slip carriage (noun) - a railway car at the end of the train
• slop basin, slop bowl (noun) - a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table
• slopseller, slop-seller (noun) - a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
• smallholder (noun) - a person owning or renting a smallholding
• smallholding (noun) - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation
• snogging (noun) - (British informal) cuddle and kiss
• snorter (noun) - something outstandingly difficult
• sod (noun) - an informal British term for a youth or man
• speech day (noun) - an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
• spiffing (adjective) - excellent or splendid
• spinney (noun) - a copse that shelters game
• spiv (noun) - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes
• spotted dick (noun) - a suet pudding containing currants
• sprog (noun) - a child
• sprog (noun) - a new military recruit
• square-bashing (noun) - drill on a barracks square
• squire (noun) - an English country landowner
• stall (noun) - seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
• starkers (adjective) - (British informal) stark naked
• stately home (noun) - a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family
• stipendiary, stipendiary magistrate (noun) - (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
• stockbroker belt (noun) - a wealthy residential suburb
• stockjobber (noun) - one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
• stone (noun) - an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
• stone breaker (noun) - someone who breaks up stone
• storm cone (noun) - a canvas cone hoisted to warn of high winds
• streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car (noun) - a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
• strongroom (noun) - a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept
• sublieutenant (noun) - an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
• subtopia (noun) - monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings
• suet pudding (noun) - a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
• suffragette (noun) - a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
• sundowner (noun) - a drink taken at sundown
• supergrass, grass (noun) - a police informer who implicates many people
• supplementary benefit, social assistance, national assistance (noun) - benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
• supremo (noun) - the most important person in an organization
• surgery (noun) - a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
• surgical spirit (noun) - methylated spirit used in the practice of medicine (especially for cleansing the skin before injections or before surgery)
• swingeing (adjective) - severe
• swiz (noun) - British slang for a swindle
• takeout, take-away (adjective) - of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises
• tallyman (noun) - one who sells goods on the installment plan
• tannoy (noun) - a loudspeaker
• tart (noun) - a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
• tea, afternoon tea, teatime (noun) - a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
• teacake, tea biscuit (noun) - flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea
• tearaway (noun) - a reckless and impetuous person
• teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour (noun) - a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
• tenpence (noun) - a decimal coin worth ten pennies
• terrace (noun) - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
• terraced house (noun) - a house that is part of a terrace
• third estate, Commons (noun) - the common people
• threepence (noun) - former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
• ticktack (noun) - system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
• tinpot (adjective) - inferior (especially of a country's leadership)
• tipsy cake (noun) - a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit
• titfer (noun) - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')
• tod (noun) - a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
• tod (adjective) - alone and on your own
• toffee-nosed (adjective) - snobbish
• toilet bag, sponge bag (noun) - a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling
• tombola (noun) - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
• top-flight, top-hole, topping (adjective) - excellent
• top-up (noun) - an amount needed to restore something to its former level
• tout, ticket tout (noun) - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
• town gas (noun) - coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
• townee (noun) - townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller
• trad (noun) - traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
• training college (noun) - a school providing training for a special field or profession
• treacle, golden syrup (noun) - a pale cane syrup
• trillion, one million million million (noun) - the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
• trillion (adjective) - one quintillion in Great Britain
• tuck (noun) - eatables (especially sweets)
• tuck box (noun) - a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)
• tuck shop (noun) - a candy store in Great Britain
• u (adjective) - (chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use
• underfelt (noun) - a carpet pad of thick felt
• unratable (adjective) - not subject to locally assessed property taxes
• vac (noun) - informal term for vacation
• valuer (noun) - someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions
• van (noun) - (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
• verge (noun) - a grass border along a road
• victualer, victualler (noun) - an innkeeper (especially British)
• villa (noun) - detached or semidetached suburban house
• visual display unit, VDU (noun) - (British) British term for video display
• wally (noun) - a silly and inept person
• washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin (noun) - a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)
• water-rate (noun) - rate per quarter for water from a public supply
• weald (noun) - an area of open or forested country
• whacked (adjective) - (British informal) exhausted or worn out
• whacking (adjective) - (British informal) enormous
• wheeze (noun) - (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
• wherry, Norfolk wherry (noun) - sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
• whip-round (noun) - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose
• whist drive (noun) - a progressive whist party
• whitefish (noun) - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
• whole wheat flour, graham flour, graham, whole meal flour (noun) - flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran
• wincey (noun) - a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas
• winceyette (noun) - cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides
• wog (noun) - (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia
• wooden spoon (noun) - a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood
• workhouse (noun) - a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
• works council (noun) - (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc
• year dot (noun) - as long ago as anyone can remember
• zizz (noun) - a nap
• zizz (noun) - a buzzing or whizzing sound

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• chilly, parky (adjective) - appreciably or disagreeably cold
• cookie sheet, baking tray (noun) - a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits
• exile, expatriate, expat (noun) - a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
• french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips (noun) - strips of potato fried in deep fat
• grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna (noun) - the mother of your father or mother

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• moment, mo, minute, second, bit (noun) - an indefinitely short time
• peanut oil, groundnut oil (noun) - an oil from peanuts
• pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing (noun) - street crossing where pedestrians have right of way
• remit (noun) - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
• salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant (noun) - a salesperson in a store
• sandbox, sandpile, sandpit (noun) - a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
• sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, Kotex (noun) - a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex)
• signal box, signal tower (noun) - a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains
• sweater, jumper (noun) - a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
• vegetable, veggie, veg (noun) - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant