S: (adj) dicky, dickey ((British informal) faulty) "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre
S: (adj) potty ((British informal) trivial) "potty little details"
S: (adj) whacking ((British informal) enormous) "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"
S: (adj) ex-directory ((of telephone numbers) not listed in the telephone directory) "an ex-directory number"
S: (adj) long-dated (of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption)
S: (adj) short-dated (of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption)
S: (adj) takeout, take-away (of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises) "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British"
S: (adj) red-brick, redbrick (of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century)
S: (adj) grotty (very unpleasant or offensive) "a grotty little play"
S: (adj) buckshee (free of charge) "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"- Economist
S: (adj) tod (alone and on your own) "don't just sit there on your tod"
S: (adj) bloody-minded, cantankerous (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate) "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
S: (n) clanger (a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate) "he dropped a clanger"
S: (n) clawback (finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way) "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
S: (n) lucky dip (a selection or decision purely at random) "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"
S: (n) flit (a secret move (to avoid paying debts)) "they did a moonlight flit"
S: (n) fives (a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls)
S: (n) bagatelle, bar billiards (a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over)
S: (n) tombola (a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum)
S: (n) ludo (a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice)
S: (n) lucky dip (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)
S: (n) piss-up (vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking)
S: (n) rag (a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students))
S: (n) eleven-plus, 11-plus ((formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school)
S: (n) invigilation (keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating)
S: (n) aggro ((informal British usage) aggravation or aggression) "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"
S: (n) punch-up (a fistfight) "the quarrel ended in a punch-up"
S: (n) go-slow (a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers)
S: (n) Battle of Britain (the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it)
S: (n) footplate (the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls)
S: (n) free house (a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale)
S: (n) front bench (any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers)
S: (n) fruit machine (a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player)
S: (n) paternoster (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)
S: (n) pelican crossing (an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians)
S: (n) redbrick university ((British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University)
S: (n) scullery (a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done)
S: (n) secateurs (small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface)
S: (n) royal charter (a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain))
S: (n) Higher National Diploma, HND (a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area; good students may progress to a course leading to a degree)
S: (n) class list, honours list (a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations)
S: (n) rota (a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties)
S: (n) whip-round ((British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose)
S: (n) book token (a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher)
S: (n) indent (an order for goods to be exported or imported)
S: (n) colour supplement ((British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends))
S: (n) bumf, bumph (reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring)
S: (n) cobblers (nonsense) "I think that is a load of cobblers"
S: (n) Maundy (a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money)
S: (n) burnup (a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road)
S: (n) race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track) "the Epsom race meeting was an important social event"
S: (n) zizz (a buzzing or whizzing sound) "a nasty zizz in the engine"
S: (n) high tea (substantial early evening meal including tea)
S: (n) tea, afternoon tea, teatime (a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes) "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
S: (n) gob (a lump of slimy stuff) "a gob of phlegm"
S: (n) al-Muhajiroun (a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups)
S: (n) National Trust, NT (an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription)
S: (n) Special Branch (a government police department dealing with political security)
S: (n) Inland Revenue, IR (a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes)
S: (n) estate of the realm, estate, the three estates (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)
S: (n) gaudy ((Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college)
S: (n) beanfeast (an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees)
S: (n) Liberal Democrat Party (a political party in Great Britain; formerly the Liberal Party; advocates reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people)
S: (n) direct-grant school (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)
S: (n) Open University (a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school)
S: (n) privy council (an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown))
S: (n) works council ((chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc)
S: (n) Central Intelligence Machinery, CIM (the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies)
S: (n) Special Air Service, SAS (a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups))
S: (n) shadow cabinet (a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected)
S: (n) heath, heathland (a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation)
S: (n) subtopia (monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings)
S: (n) county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
S: (n) shire (a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county)
S: (n) no-go area (an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden)
S: (n) pitch (a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)) "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
S: (n) new town (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)
S: (n) outport (a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade))
S: (n) weald (an area of open or forested country)
S: (n) Anglo-Saxon (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') "in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain"; "his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons"
S: (n) backbencher (a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader)
S: (n) beadle (a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function)
S: (n) berk (a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of)
S: (n) boffin ((British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research)
S: (n) parliamentary agent (a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament)
S: (n) patrial (a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent))
S: (n) peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)
S: (n) suffragette (a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century))
S: (n) Christmas box (a present given at Christmas for services during the year)
S: (n) council tax (a tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it)
S: (n) rates (a local tax on property (usually used in the plural))
S: (n) giro account (an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank)
S: (n) giro, giro cheque (a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office)
S: (n) tod (a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds)
S: (n) stone (an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds) "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
S: (n) milliard (a billion) "in England they call one thousand million a milliard"
S: (n) billion, one million million, 1000000000000 (the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen)
W: (adj) human-centred [Related to: Britain] (marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare) "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
W: (adj) ripping [Related to: Britain] (very good; of the highest quality) "made an excellent speech"; "he was a splendid teacher"; "a first-class mind"
W: (n) action replay [Related to: Britain] (the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape)
W: (n) ringway [Related to: Britain] (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
W: (n) ring road [Related to: Britain] (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
W: (n) detention centre [Related to: Britain] (a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily)
W: (n) call centre [Related to: Britain] (a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers))
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (a building dedicated to a particular activity) "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
W: (n) centre bit [Related to: Britain] (a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters)
W: (n) centreboard [Related to: Britain] (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)
W: (n) centrepiece [Related to: Britain] (something placed at the center of something else (as on a table))
W: (n) baking tray [Related to: Britain] (a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits)
W: (n) fascia [Related to: Britain] (instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls)
W: (n) boot [Related to: Britain] (compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools) "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
W: (n) metrestick [Related to: Britain] (a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters))
W: (n) zebra crossing [Related to: Britain] (street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes))
W: (n) shopping centre [Related to: Britain] (mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace) "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
W: (n) sandpit [Related to: Britain] (a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in)
W: (n) sanitary towel [Related to: Britain] (a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow)
W: (n) signal tower [Related to: Britain] (a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains)
W: (n) tramcar [Related to: Britain] (a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity)
W: (n) tram [Related to: Britain] (a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity)
W: (n) jumper [Related to: Britain] (a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body)
W: (n) metre [Related to: Britain] (rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration)
W: (n) dead centre [Related to: Britain] (the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque)
W: (n) nerve centre [Related to: Britain] (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
W: (n) centre of attention [Related to: Britain] (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
W: (n) remit [Related to: Britain] (the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with) "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life"
W: (n) centrepiece [Related to: Britain] (the central or most important feature) "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform"
W: (n) metacentre [Related to: Britain] ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
W: (n) identity parade [Related to: Britain] (a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification)
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (a place where some particular activity is concentrated) "they received messages from several centers"
W: (n) nerve centre [Related to: Britain] (a center that provides information and control) "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
W: (n) centre of immersion [Related to: Britain] ((physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object)
W: (n) centre of buoyancy [Related to: Britain] ((physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object)
W: (n) centre of gravity [Related to: Britain] (the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass)
W: (n) centre [Related to: Britain] (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
W: (n) nan [Related to: Britain] (the mother of your father or mother)
W: (n) sod [Related to: Britain] (an informal term for a youth or man) "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"
W: (n) ponce [Related to: Britain] (a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses)
W: (n) cubic decimetre [Related to: Britain] (a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints))