Phrase Hound found 75 phrases and 21 compound words that contain british. The most common are listed below. Open british in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 75
- British ColumbiaA province in western Canada. Capital: Victoria. Largest city: Vancouver.
- British EmpireThe United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.
- British EnglishOf or relating to, or spoken or written in British English.
- British Virgin IslandsAn archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean.
- British IslesAn archipelago of Northern Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many …
- black BritishA social and cultural group in Britain comprising people of Black ethnic origin, sometimes including people of other nonwhite ethnicity.
- British IndiaSynonym of British Raj: The period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
- British OpenAn informal name for the Open Championship, the oldest golf tournament in the world
- British AmericaThe colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.
- British IslandsThe four polities of (i) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; (ii) the Bailiwick of Guernsey (including the jurisdictions of Alderney, Guernsey and Sark); (ii) the Bailiwick of Jersey; and (iv) the Isle of Man.
- British AsianA British citizen descended from (mostly) South Asia.
- British Sign LanguageA language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behaviour to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but British Sign Language syntax and grammar are not based on English.
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryAn archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom that is used as a US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Indonesia.
- British RajThe period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
- British GuianaA former British colony in northern South America, existing from 1831 to 1966; modern Guyana.
- British HondurasA former Crown colony of the United Kingdom in Central America, existing from 1862 to 1981; now Belize.
- British North AmericaThe collective colonies of the British Empire in North America.
- British BlueA British Shorthair cat having solid blue-grey fur with copper eyes and medium tail.
- British wineA drink made in Britain by the fermentation of grape (or other fruit) juice or concentrate originating anywhere in the world. It is not legally wine, which must be produced from freshly pressed grapes.
- British invasionAlternative letter-case form of British Invasion.
- British Central Africaa former British protectorate in the area of present-day Malawi, between 1891 and 1907.
- British Summer TimeA form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST
- British ColumbianOf, from or relating to the province of British Columbia, Canada.
- British CaliforniaSynonym of British Columbia: A province in western Canada. Capital: Victoria. Largest city: Vancouver.
- British Antarctic TerritoryAn overseas territory in the Antarctic administered by the United Kingdom, and also including the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands.
Compound words 21
- BritishryBritish attitudes and behaviours.
- unBritishNot British, or not living up to what is supposed or expected of the British.
- BritcomA British sitcom.
- BritishmanA man from Britain; a British man; a male Briton.
- BritishismA word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain.
- BritishizeTo make or become British.
- BrasianA British person of South Asian-extraction/heritage/ethnicity.
- BrindianA British person of Indian Subcontinent-extraction/heritage/ethnicities, or of India, British India.
- BritglishBritish English.
- BritishificationThe act of making something more British.