British empiricism | the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the th century |
British Crown | the symbol of the power of the British monarchy, members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown |
British Commonwealth Commonwealth of Nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown |
House of Commons British House of Commons | the lower house of the British parliament |
House of Lords British House of Lords | the upper house of the British parliament |
British Labour Party Labour Party Labour Labor | a political party formed in Great Britain in , characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries |
British Parliament | the British legislative body |
British Cabinet | the senior ministers of the British government |
Belize British Honduras | a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean, formerly under British control |
British West Indies | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad |
British Virgin Islands | more thannortheastern Virgin Islands ( inhabited), a dependent territory of the United Kingdom |
British Columbia | a province in western Canada |
British Empire | a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control, reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I, it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana, British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, the sun never sets on the British Empire |
British Isles | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic |
British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |
London Greater London British capital capital of the United Kingdom | the capital and largest city of England, located on the Thames in southeastern England, financial and industrial and cultural center |
Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana British Guiana | a republic in northeastern South America, formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
British British people Brits | the people of Great Britain |
British Imperial System English system British system | a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint |
British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
British monetary unit | monetary unit in Great Britain |
British pound pound British pound sterling pound sterling quid | the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, equal to pence |
British shilling shilling bob | a former monetary unit in Great Britain |
British thermal unit BTU B.Th.U. | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure, equivalent to . calories |
British | of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture, his wife is British |