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Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
a line of objects, often regularly spaced (as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.) a line of entries in a table, etc. (as opposed to a column) an instance of rowing (as in a boat) a series of prison cells ("death row") a particular street or area of a town (as in skid row, dilapidated neighbourhood haunted by vagrants, misfits ...
a lie, short for a line of bull a phrase used for hitting on women, short for pickup line to hit a line drive (a hard straight shot) in baseball liquor: the broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables. Green liquor is traditionally served with pie and mash in the East End of London a distilled beverage *
Lists of English words; List of works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States; Pseudo-anglicism; Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom; Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
Dialect expert and YouTube star Korean Billy told Business Insider listed some British words people from outside the UK struggle to understand. In every language, there are phrases that don't ...
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
ubiquitous; uboat; udder; udders; ufo; uganda; ugandan; uglier; ugliest; uglification; ugliness; ugly; uhuh; uke; ukraine; ukulele; ukuleles; ulcer; ulcerate ...