| Able
Seaman (Royal Navy) |
Seaman (U.S. Navy) |
| Acting
Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy) |
Ensign
> Chief Warrant Officer (U.S. Navy) |
| Action
Man (military-themed doll) |
G.I.
Joe (U.S. equivalent) |
| adjustable spanner |
monkey wrench |
| Admiral of the Fleet
(Royal Navy) |
Fleet Admiral (U.S.
Navy) |
| Admiralty |
Department of the Navy |
| adopt
(in politics) |
slate
(nominate
or select) as a candidate for office |
| aerial |
antenna |
| aeroplane |
airplane |
| afters
[colloq.] |
dessert |
| agricultural
show |
equivalent
of a U.S. state or county fair |
| Air Chief Marshal
(Royal Air Force) |
General (U.S. Air
Force) |
| Air Commodore (Royal
Air Force) |
Brigadier General
(U.S. Air Force) |
| air-conditioning
(especially in a car) |
climate control system |
| Air Marshal (Royal
Air Force) |
Lieutenant General
(U.S. Air Force) |
| Air Vice Marshal
(Royal Air Force) |
Major General (U.S.
Air Force) |
| Aircraftman (Royal
Air Force) |
Airman Basic (U.S.
Air Force) |
| airscrew |
aircraft propeller |
| alcohol
(distilled type, spirits) |
liquor |
| all the
go
[colloq.] (the hottest fashion) |
all the
rage |
| allotment |
plot of land rented to grow vegetables on,
especially popular among apartment dwellers |
| Alsatian
(dog) |
German shepherd
(dog) |
| aluminium |
aluminum |
| American
football |
football
(game played largely with the hands!) |
| anaesthetist |
anesthesiologist,
anesthetist |
| Anglepoise™
lamp |
swing-arm
lamp, architect's lamp |
| annexe |
dependency,
annex |
| anorak |
windbreaker, parka |
| answerphone |
answering machine |
| anti-clockwise |
counter-clockwise |
| arse
[slang] |
ass
[slang],
buttocks, posterior |
| articulated lorry
(juggernaut) |
semi
[colloq.],
semi-trailer, tractor-trailer |
| arty
(pretentiously artistic or worshipping of the arts) |
artsy |
| assistant
(in office or store) |
clerk |
| at the
back (of) |
in back (of), behind |
| at the weekend, at New Year |
on the weekend, on New Year's |
| athletics |
track and field |
| aubergine |
eggplant |
| au pair,
au pair girl |
foreign female, usually in late teens, who
lives in with and assists family with domestic chores in order to learn local
language |
| away
fixture |
sports
event not to be held on one's home ground;
also a slang term for infidelity
|
| autumn |
fall,
autumn |
British
American