ABSTRACT

British Civilization: A Student's Dictionary is an invaluable reference guide to the British way of life.It explains the often puzzling and confusing terms and phrases used routinely in Britain and by British people.

This easy-reference alphabetical guide sheds light on a comprehensive selection of words, phrases, organizations and institutions. All these are fundamental features of British civilization and society, and include aspects of:

* politics and government
* the Law, economics and industry
* education
* the media
* religion and social welfare
* health and housing
* leisure and transport.

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Abdication

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Abortion Act, the (1967)

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Absolute discharge

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Academic

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Academic/school year, the

entry |2 pages

Accent

entry |1 pages

Access courses

entry |1 pages

Account

entry |1 pages

Accountability

entry |1 pages

Accountant

entry |1 pages

Accused, the

entry |1 pages

Acid rain

entry |1 pages

Acquittal

entry |1 pages

Act (of Parliament)

entry |2 pages

Adjournment

entry |1 pages

Administrative Inquiries

entry |1 pages

Administrative Tribunals

entry |1 pages

Adoption

entry |1 pages

Adult

entry |1 pages

Adult education

entry |1 pages

Adversarial politics

entry |1 pages

Advertisements

entry |1 pages

Advertising revenue

entry |1 pages

Advertising Standards Authority, the (ASA)

entry |1 pages

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the (ACAS)

entry |1 pages

Advocate

entry |1 pages

Agency

entry |1 pages

Agenda

entry |1 pages

Agent

entry |1 pages

Age of consent, the

entry |2 pages

Age of criminal responsibility, the

entry |1 pages

Albert Hall (Royal), the

entry |1 pages

A-level (Advanced level) GCE, the

entry |1 pages

Alien

entry |1 pages

Alliance Party, the (of Northern Ireland)

entry |1 pages

A.m. (Ante Meridiem)

entry |1 pages

Amateur

entry |1 pages

Amendment

entry |1 pages

Amnesty International

entry |2 pages

Anglican

entry |1 pages

Anglo-Catholic

entry |1 pages

Anglo-Irish Agreement, the

entry |1 pages

Animal Liberation

entry |1 pages

Annual percentage rate, the (APR)

entry |1 pages

Appeal

entry |1 pages

Appellant, the

entry |1 pages

Apprentice

entry |1 pages

Arbitration

entry |1 pages

Archbishop

entry |1 pages

Archbishop of Canterbury, the

entry |1 pages

Archbishop of Westminster, the

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Archbishop of York, the

entry |1 pages

Archdeacon

entry |1 pages

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)

entry |1 pages

Aristocracy

entry |1 pages

Armistice Day

entry |2 pages

Army, the

entry |1 pages

A-road

entry |1 pages

Arrest

entry |1 pages

Articles

entry |1 pages

Arts Council, the (ACGB)

entry |1 pages

Ascot

entry |1 pages

Ashes (the)

entry |1 pages

Ash Wednesday

entry |2 pages

Asian

entry |1 pages

AS-level (Advanced Supplementary Level), the

entry |1 pages

Assault

entry |1 pages

Assembly

entry |1 pages

Assets

entry |1 pages

Assisted Area

entry |1 pages

Assisted Places Scheme, the

entry |1 pages

Association

entry |2 pages

Association Football (soccer)

entry |1 pages

Asylum (political)

entry |1 pages

Attainment tests

entry |1 pages

Attendance centre

entry |1 pages

Attorney (power-of-)

entry |1 pages

Attorney General, the (AG)

entry |1 pages

Auction

entry |1 pages

Auctioneer

entry |2 pages

Audience

entry |1 pages

Authorized Version, the (AV)

entry |1 pages

Automobile Association, the (AA)

entry |1 pages

Average national income

letter |15 pages

B

entry |1 pages

Bachelor's degree (BA, BSc)

entry |1 pages

Backbencher

entry |1 pages

Back-to-back houses

entry |1 pages

Badminton Horse Trials, the

entry |1 pages

BAE Systems

entry |1 pages

Bagpipes

entry |1 pages

Bail

entry |1 pages

Bailiff

entry |1 pages

Balance

entry |1 pages

Balance of payments/trade, the

entry |1 pages

Ballot

entry |1 pages

Ballot paper

entry |1 pages

Bank card

entry |1 pages

Bank holiday

entry |1 pages

Bank of England, the (BE)

entry |2 pages

Bank of Scotland, the

entry |1 pages

Bank rate, the

entry |1 pages

Bankruptcy

entry |1 pages

Banks

entry |1 pages

Baptism

entry |1 pages

Baptists, the

entry |1 pages

Bar, the

entry |1 pages

Barbican Centre, the

entry |1 pages

Barclays Bank

entry |2 pages

Barnado's

entry |1 pages

Barrister

entry |1 pages

Base (lending) rate, the

entry |1 pages

Basic rate

entry |1 pages

Bath and West, the

entry |1 pages

Battle of the Boyne, the

entry |1 pages

BBC, the (British Broadcasting Corporation)

entry |1 pages

BBC 1

entry |1 pages

BBC 2

entry |1 pages

BBC 3

entry |1 pages

BBC 4

entry |1 pages

BBC World Service, the

entry |1 pages

Bear

entry |1 pages

Beat, the

entry |1 pages

Bed-and-breakfast (B&B)

entry |1 pages

Bedsit

entry |1 pages

Belfast

entry |1 pages

Bench, the

entry |1 pages

Benefits

entry |1 pages

Bet

entry |1 pages

Betting shop

entry |1 pages

Bicameral Legislature

entry |1 pages

Big Bang

entry |1 pages

Big Ben

entry |1 pages

Bill

entry |1 pages

Bill of Rights (1689), the

entry |1 pages

Bingo

entry |1 pages

Bishops

entry |2 pages

Black Rod

entry |1 pages

Block vote

entry |1 pages

Blood donor

entry |1 pages

Blood sports

entry |1 pages

Blue chip

entry |1 pages

Blue-collar worker

entry |1 pages

Board

entry |1 pages

Boarding house

entry |1 pages

Boarding school

entry |1 pages

Boat Race, the

entry |1 pages

Bonfire Night

entry |1 pages

Booker Prize, the

entry |1 pages

Bookmaker

entry |1 pages

Book of Common Prayer, the (BCP)

entry |1 pages

Boom and bust

entry |1 pages

Borough

entry |1 pages

Borough council

entry |1 pages

Borrower

entry |1 pages

Bottom up

entry |2 pages

Bowls

entry |1 pages

Boxing Day

entry |1 pages

Branch

entry |1 pages

Brass band

entry |1 pages

Breakfast TV

entry |1 pages

Brief

entry |1 pages

Briefing

entry |1 pages

Britain

entry |1 pages

Britannia Royal Naval College, the (BRNC)

entry |1 pages

British

entry |1 pages

British Academy, the (BA)

entry |2 pages

British Airports Authority (plc), the (BAA)

entry |1 pages

British Airways (plc) (BA)

entry |1 pages

British Association, the (BA)

entry |1 pages

British Board of Film Classification, the (BBFC)

entry |1 pages

British Coal (Corporation), the (BC)

entry |1 pages

British Council, the

entry |1 pages

British Film Institute, the (BFI)

entry |1 pages

British Gas plc

entry |2 pages

British Grand Prix, the

entry |1 pages

British Horseracing Board, the (BHB)

entry |1 pages

British-Irish Isles, the

entry |1 pages

British Isles, the

entry |1 pages

British Library, the (BL)

entry |1 pages

British Medical Association, the (BMA)

entry |1 pages

British Museum, the (BM)

entry |1 pages

British National Party, the (BNP)

entry |1 pages

Britishness

entry |1 pages

British Nuclear Fuels (plc) (BNFL)

entry |2 pages

British Open Championship, the

entry |1 pages

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

entry |1 pages

British Standards Institution, the (BSI)

entry |1 pages

British Summer Time (BST)

entry |1 pages

British Telecom (BT)

entry |1 pages

British Tourist Authority, the (BTA)

entry |1 pages

British United Provident Association, the (BUPA)

entry |1 pages

British Waterways (Board), the (BW/BWB)

entry |1 pages

B-road

entry |2 pages

Broadcasting House

entry |1 pages

Broadcasting Standards Commission, the (BSC)

entry |1 pages

Broadmoor

entry |1 pages

Broadsheet

entry |1 pages

Broker

entry |1 pages

Brownie Guides, the

entry |1 pages

Buckingham Palace

entry |1 pages

Budget, the

entry |1 pages

Budgetary instruments of control

entry |2 pages

Building societies

entry |1 pages

Bull

entry |1 pages

Bungalow

entry |1 pages

Burglary

entry |1 pages

Burke's Peerage

entry |1 pages

Burns' Night

entry |1 pages

Business

entry |1 pages

Butlin's

entry |1 pages

Butskellism

entry |1 pages

Bye-law

entry |1 pages

By-election

entry |1 pages

By-pass

letter |24 pages

C

entry |1 pages

Cabinet, the

entry |1 pages

Cabinet committees

entry |1 pages

Cabinet government

entry |1 pages

Cable television

entry |1 pages

Calendar year

entry |2 pages

Call to the Bar

entry |1 pages

Cambridge University

entry |1 pages

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the (CND)

entry |1 pages

Campus

entry |1 pages

Canon law, the

entry |1 pages

Canterbury Cathedral

entry |1 pages

Canvass/canvassing

entry |1 pages

Capital

entry |1 pages

Capital expenditure

entry |1 pages

Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

entry |1 pages

Capital punishment

entry |1 pages

Cardiff

entry |1 pages

Carol service

entry |1 pages

Cartoon

entry |1 pages

Case

entry |1 pages

Case law

entry |1 pages

Cash

entry |1 pages

Cashcard

entry |1 pages

Casting vote

entry |1 pages

Cathedral city

entry |1 pages

Ceefax

entry |1 pages

Celtic

entry |1 pages

Cenotaph, the

entry |1 pages

Censorship

entry |1 pages

Census

entry |1 pages

Central Criminal Court, the

entry |1 pages

Central government

entry |1 pages

Central government grant

entry |1 pages

Central Office of Information, the (COI)

entry |1 pages

Certificate

entry |2 pages

Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education, the (CPVE)

entry |1 pages

Chain

entry |1 pages

Chamber of Commerce

entry |1 pages

Chambers

entry |1 pages

Chancellor

entry |1 pages

Chancellor of the Exchequer, the

entry |1 pages

Chancery Division (of the High Court), the

entry |1 pages

Channel

entry |1 pages

Channel, the

entry |1 pages

Channel 3

entry |2 pages

Channel 4

entry |1 pages

Channel 5/Five

entry |1 pages

Channel Islands, the

entry |1 pages

Channel Tunnel, the

entry |1 pages

Chapel

entry |1 pages

Charge

entry |1 pages

Charities

entry |1 pages

Charter 88

entry |2 pages

Chemist

entry |1 pages

Cheque

entry |1 pages

Chequers

entry |1 pages

Chief Constable

entry |1 pages

Chief Executive

entry |1 pages

Child benefit

entry |1 pages

Children's panel

entry |1 pages

Christian/Christianity

entry |1 pages

Christie's

entry |1 pages

Christmas

entry |1 pages

Church

entry |1 pages

Church Commissioners

entry |2 pages

Church of England, the (C of E)

entry |1 pages

Church of Scotland, the

entry |1 pages

Citizen

entry |1 pages

Citizens Advice Bureau, the (CAB)

entry |1 pages

Citizen's arrest

entry |1 pages

Citizens' Charter

entry |1 pages

Citizenship classes

entry |2 pages

City

entry |1 pages

City (of London), the

entry |1 pages

City Technology College (CTC)

entry |1 pages

Civic Trust, the (CT)

entry |1 pages

Civil Aviation Authority, the (CAA)

entry |1 pages

Civil courts

entry |1 pages

Civility

entry |1 pages

Civil law

entry |1 pages

Civil List, the

entry |2 pages

Civil servant

entry |1 pages

Civil Service, the

entry |1 pages

Claim

entry |1 pages

Claimant

entry |1 pages

Clan

entry |1 pages

Class

entry |1 pages

Clearing bank

entry |1 pages

Clergy

entry |1 pages

Clerk of the House of Commons

entry |1 pages

Clerk of Works, the

entry |1 pages

Clerk to the Justices, the

entry |1 pages

Client

entry |1 pages

Closed circuit television (CCTV)

entry |1 pages

Closed shop

entry |1 pages

Closing price, the

entry |1 pages

Club

entry |1 pages

Coach

entry |1 pages

Coal

entry |1 pages

Coalition

entry |1 pages

Code of conduct/practice

entry |1 pages

Co-education

entry |1 pages

Cohabitation

entry |2 pages

Coin meters

entry |1 pages

Collective bargaining

entry |1 pages

Collective responsibility (of ministers)

entry |1 pages

College

entry |1 pages

College of Further Education (CFE)

entry |1 pages

College (Institute) of Higher Education

entry |1 pages

Colony

entry |1 pages

Columnist

entry |1 pages

Coming of age

entry |2 pages

Commercial radio

entry |1 pages

Commercials, the

entry |1 pages

Commercial subjects

entry |1 pages

Commercial television

entry |1 pages

Commission

entry |1 pages

Commission for Racial Equality, the (CRE)

entry |1 pages

Committal proceedings

entry |1 pages

Committee of the whole house

entry |2 pages

Committee stage

entry |1 pages

Common Agricultural Policy, the (CAP)

entry |1 pages

Common Entrance, the

entry |1 pages

Commoner

entry |1 pages

Common law, the

entry |1 pages

Commonwealth (of Nations), the

entry |1 pages

Communist Party of Britain, the (CP)

entry |1 pages

Community care

entry |1 pages

Community charge, the

entry |1 pages

Community council

entry |1 pages

Community home

entry |1 pages

Community service (sentence)

entry |1 pages

Commuter

entry |1 pages

Company

entry |1 pages

Compensation

entry |1 pages

Competition Commission, the

entry |1 pages

Comprehensive school

entry |2 pages

Comprehensive spending review

entry |1 pages

Confederation of British Industry

entry |1 pages

Conference

entry |1 pages

Congestion

entry |1 pages

Congregation

entry |1 pages

Consensus

entry |1 pages

Conservation area

entry |1 pages

Conservative Party, the

entry |1 pages

Constable

entry |1 pages

Constituency

entry |1 pages

Constitution

entry |1 pages

Constitutional monarchy

entry |1 pages

Consultant

entry |1 pages

Consumer

entry |1 pages

Consumers Association, the (CA)

entry |1 pages

Contempt of court

entry |1 pages

Continuing education

entry |1 pages

Contract

entry |2 pages

Contribution

entry |1 pages

Conurbation

entry |1 pages

Convention

entry |1 pages

Conveyancing

entry |1 pages

Conviction

entry |1 pages

Co-op (Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS))

entry |1 pages

Core subjects

entry |1 pages

Corner shop

entry |1 pages

Cornish

entry |1 pages

Coronation, the

entry |1 pages

Coroner

entry |2 pages

Corporal punishment

entry |1 pages

Corporation

entry |1 pages

Corporation tax

entry |1 pages

Correspondence course

entry |1 pages

Costs

entry |1 pages

Cottage

entry |1 pages

Council

entry |1 pages

Council estate

entry |1 pages

Council house

entry |1 pages

Councillor

entry |2 pages

Council of Legal Education, the

entry |1 pages

Council tax, the

entry |1 pages

Counselling

entry |1 pages

Countryside Alliance, the

entry |1 pages

Countryside Commission of England, the (CC)

entry |1 pages

County

entry |1 pages

County council (CC)

entry |1 pages

County Court

entry |2 pages

County cricket

entry |1 pages

County school

entry |1 pages

Coursework

entry |1 pages

Court

entry |1 pages

Court of Appeal

entry |1 pages

Covent Garden

entry |1 pages

Cowes (Week)

entry |1 pages

Cranwell

entry |1 pages

Crash helmet

entry |1 pages

Cr edit

entry |1 pages

Cr edit Card

entry |1 pages

Cricket

entry |1 pages

Crime

entry |1 pages

Criminal

entry |1 pages

Criminal courts

entry |1 pages

Criminal Investigation Department, the (CID)

entry |1 pages

Criminal law

entry |1 pages

Crossbencher

entry |1 pages

Cross examination

entry |1 pages

Crown, the

entry |2 pages

Crown Court

entry |1 pages

Crown dependency

entry |1 pages

Crown Prosecution Service, the (CPS)

entry |1 pages

Cub Scouts

entry |1 pages

Cup Final (Football Association), the

entry |1 pages

Curate

entry |1 pages

Currency

entry |1 pages

Curriculum

entry |1 pages

Curriculum vitae (CV)

entry |1 pages

Custody

entry |1 pages

Customer

entry |2 pages

Customs and Excise, the

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D

entry |1 pages

Dailies, the

entry |1 pages

Damages

entry |1 pages

Dartmouth

entry |1 pages

Darts

entry |1 pages

Day boy/girl

entry |1 pages

Day release

entry |1 pages

Deacon

entry |1 pages

Dealer

entry |2 pages

Dean

entry |1 pages

Debate

entry |1 pages

Debit

entry |1 pages

Debit card

entry |1 pages

Debrett

entry |1 pages

Debt

entry |1 pages

Debtor

entry |1 pages

Decimalization

entry |1 pages

Decommissioning (of weapons)

entry |1 pages

Decree absolute

entry |1 pages

Decree nisi

entry |1 pages

Deduction

entry |1 pages

Defence

entry |1 pages

Defendant

entry |2 pages

Deference

entry |1 pages

Deficit

entry |1 pages

Degree

entry |1 pages

Deindustrialization

entry |1 pages

Delegated legislation

entry |1 pages

Democracy

entry |1 pages

Democratic deficit

entry |1 pages

Democratic Left, the

entry |1 pages

Denationalization

entry |1 pages

Denomination

entry |1 pages

Dentist

entry |1 pages

Department

entry |1 pages

Dependency culture, the

entry |1 pages

Deposit

entry |1 pages

Derby, the

entry |1 pages

Deregulation

entry |1 pages

Designer clothes

entry |1 pages

Detached house

entry |1 pages

Detective

entry |1 pages

Detention

entry |2 pages

Devaluation

entry |1 pages

Devolution

entry |1 pages

Devolved matters

entry |1 pages

Dinner

entry |1 pages

Diocese

entry |1 pages

Diploma

entry |1 pages

Diplomatic Service, the

entry |1 pages

Direct debit

entry |1 pages

Director

entry |1 pages

Director-General (BBC) , the (DG)

entry |1 pages

Director of Public Prosecutions, the (DPP)

entry |1 pages

Direct rule

entry |1 pages

Disability benefit

entry |1 pages

Discrimination

entry |1 pages

Disestablishment

entry |1 pages

Dissolution (of Parliament) , the

entry |1 pages

District council (DC)

entry |1 pages

District judge

entry |1 pages

District nurse

entry |1 pages

Dividend

entry |2 pages

Division

entry |1 pages

Divisional court, the

entry |1 pages

Division of powers

entry |1 pages

Divorce

entry |1 pages

D-notice

entry |1 pages

Docklands, the

entry |1 pages

Doctor

entry |1 pages

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

entry |1 pages

Documentary

entry |1 pages

Do-it-yourself (DIY)

entry |2 pages

Dominant values

entry |1 pages

Donation

entry |1 pages

Donor card

entry |1 pages

Double

entry |1 pages

Double-decker

entry |1 pages

Downing Street

entry |1 pages

Draft

entry |1 pages

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the (DVLA)

entry |1 pages

Driving licence

entry |1 pages

Drought

entry |1 pages

Drury Lane

entry |1 pages

Dubbing

entry |1 pages

Duchy of Cornwall, the

entry |1 pages

Duchy of Lancaster, the

entry |1 pages

Duke/duchess

entry |1 pages

Duke of Edinburgh, the

entry |1 pages

Duke of York, the

letter 60E|8 pages

entry |1 pages

East End (of London)

entry |1 pages

Easter

entry |1 pages

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

entry |1 pages

Edinburgh

entry |1 pages

Edinburgh Festival, the

entry |1 pages

Editor

entry |1 pages

Editorials

entry |1 pages

Education Committee

entry |1 pages

Eisteddfod

entry |1 pages

Either-way offences

entry |1 pages

Election

entry |1 pages

Election pact

entry |1 pages

Elective dictatorship

entry |1 pages

Elector

entry |1 pages

Electoral college

entry |1 pages

Electoral quota

entry |1 pages

Electoral register

entry |1 pages

Electoral system, the

entry |1 pages

Electorate, the

entry |1 pages

Electricity supplies, the

entry |1 pages

Eleven plus, the

entry |1 pages

Elizabeth II, Queen

entry |1 pages

Employee

entry |1 pages

Employer

entry |1 pages

Employment Training (ET)

entry |1 pages

Enabling authorities

entry |1 pages

England

entry |1 pages

English Channel

entry |1 pages

English Heritage

entry |1 pages

English National Opera, the

entry |1 pages

English Stage Company, the

entry |1 pages

Enterprise zones

entry |2 pages

Entitlements

entry |1 pages

Entrenchment

entry |1 pages

Environmentalism

entry |1 pages

Epsom (Downs)

entry |1 pages

Equality of opportunity

entry |1 pages

Equal Opportunities Commission, the (EOC)

entry |1 pages

Equal Pay Act 1970, the

entry |1 pages

Established Church, the

entry |1 pages

Establishment, the

entry |2 pages

Estate

entry |1 pages

Estate agency/agent

entry |1 pages

Ethnic communities, the

entry |1 pages

Eton

entry |1 pages

Euro, the

entry |1 pages

Euro-MP

entry |1 pages

European Central Bank

entry |1 pages

European Convention on Human Rights, the (ECHR)

entry |2 pages

European Court of Justice, the (ECJ)

entry |1 pages

Europeanization

entry |1 pages

European Parliament

entry |1 pages

European Union (EU), the

entry |1 pages

European Union law

entry |1 pages

Eurosceptic

entry |1 pages

Euroscepticism

entry |1 pages

Evangelism/evangelical

entry |1 pages

Eventing

entry |1 pages

Evidence

entry |1 pages

Examination boards (school)

entry |1 pages

Exchange Rate Mechanism (European), the (ERM)

entry |1 pages

Ex-directory

entry |1 pages

Executive, the

entry |1 pages

Executive agency

entry |1 pages

Expenditure

entry |1 pages

Expenses

entry |1 pages

Exports

letter |7 pages

F

entry |1 pages

Fabian Society, the

entry |1 pages

Factory

entry |1 pages

Faith schools

entry |1 pages

Family Division (of the High Court), the

entry |1 pages

Fare

entry |1 pages

Fastnet Race, the

entry |1 pages

Father of the House, the

entry |1 pages

Fee

entry |2 pages

Fee-paying

entry |1 pages

Feet

entry |1 pages

Fellow

entry |1 pages

Field sports

entry |1 pages

Fifth form

entry |1 pages

Fifth of November, the

entry |1 pages

Finals

entry |1 pages

Finance

entry |1 pages

Finance house

entry |1 pages

Financial Services Authority, the (FSA)

entry |1 pages

Financial Times Index, the (FT Index)

entry |1 pages

Financial Times—Stock Exchange 100 Index, the (FT-SE)

entry |2 pages

Financial year, the

entry |1 pages

Fines

entry |1 pages

Firm

entry |1 pages

First class

entry |1 pages

First floor, the

entry |1 pages

First-past-the-post system

entry |1 pages

First reading

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Fiscal policy

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Five (media)

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Flat

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Flat, the

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Fleet Street

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Flotation

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Flying Squad, the

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Foot

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Football

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Football Association, the (FA)

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Football League, the (FL)

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the (FCO)

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Foreign Exchange Market, the

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Foreign Secretary, the

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Forestry Commission, the (FC)

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Forms

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Foundation hospitals

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Foundation subjects

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Fox-hunting

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Fourth estate, the

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Franchise

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Fraud

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Free Churches, the

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Freedom of Information Act

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Freedom of the city, the

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Freefone

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Free market, the

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Freemasons, the

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Free paper

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Freepost

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Freight

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Fresher

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Friendly Society

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Fringe (Edinburgh), the

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Front benches, the

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Full employment

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Funds/funding

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Further education (FE)

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G

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Gaelic

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Gala

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Gallery

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Gallon

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Gambling

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Gangway, the

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Garden city

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Gatwick Airport

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General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the

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General Certificate of Secondary Education, the (GCSE)

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General election

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General hospital

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General practitioners (GPs)

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Gentry, the

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Geological Museum, the (GM)

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Gerrymandering

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Gibraltar

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Gilbert and Sullivan operas, the

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Gilt-edged securities

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Ginger group

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Giro system, the

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Globalization

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Glorious Revolution, the

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Glyndebourne

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Golden handshake

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Good Friday

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Goodwill

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Go-slow

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Gossip column

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Governance

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Government

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Government Communications Headquarters, the (GCHQ)

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Governor

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Graduate

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Grammar school

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Grand National, the

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Grant

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Grassroots

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Gray's Inn

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Great Britain (GB)

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Greater London

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Great Ormond Street

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Great Seal, the

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Green

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Green belt

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Green Cross Code, the

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Green paper

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Green Party, the

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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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Greyhound racing

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Gross

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Gross Domestic Product, the (GDP)

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Ground floor, the

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Ground rent

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Groundsman

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Group practice

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Grouse shooting

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Growth rate

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Guardian

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Guides Association, the

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Guildhall (tradition)

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Guildhall, the

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Guillotine

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Guilty

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Gutter press, the

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Guy Fawkes' Night

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Gymkhana

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H

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Habeas corpus

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Hackney carriage

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Hadrian's Wall

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Haggis

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Half-term

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Hallé Orchestra, the

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Hall of residence

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Hampden Park

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Hansard

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Hardbacks

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Harefield Hospital

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Harley Street

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Harrods

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Harvest festival

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Harwell

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Hat trick

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H-blocks

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Head of state

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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the (HMC)

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Headquarters

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Headteacher

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Health Centre (Clinic)

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Health visitor

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Heathrow

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Heavy goods vehicle (HGV)

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Hebrides, the

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Hegemony

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Henley (Royal) Regatta

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Her (His) Majesty (HM)

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Her (His) Majesty's Government (HMG)

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Her (His) Majesty's Ship (HMS)

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Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)

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Hereditary peers

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Heritage coast

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Heritage Industry, the

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High Church, the

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High Court (of Justice), the

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Higher education (HE)

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Higher Education Funding Councils (HEFC)

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Highland Gathering

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Highlands, the

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High rise block

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High school

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High Street, the

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Highway Code, the

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Hire purchase (HP) agreement

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Hogmanay

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Holding company

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Home help

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Homelessness

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Home Office, the (HO)

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Homeownership

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Home rule

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Home Secretary, the

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Honorary

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Honours list/system, the

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Horse of the Year Show, the

entry |1 pages

Horseracing

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Hospice

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Hospital

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Hostel

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House

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Household Cavalry (Troops), the

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Housemaster/mistress

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House of Commons, the (HC)

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House of Lords, the (HL)

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Houses of Parliament, the

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Housing associations

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Housing benefit

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Housing Corporation, the

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Housing estate

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Hovercraft

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Howard League for Penal Reform, the

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HSBC

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Human Rights Act, 2000

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Hung parliament

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Hunt

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Hyde Park

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Hymns A and M)

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I

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Identity cards

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Ideology

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Immigrant/immigration

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Immigration Acts

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Imperialism

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Imports

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Imprisonment

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Incapacity benefit

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Inch

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Inclusive

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Income

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Income support

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Income tax (IT)

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Incumbent

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Independent

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Independent education

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Independent Local Radio (ILR)

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Independent nuclear deterrent

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Independent radio

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Independent Radio News (IRN)

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Independent schools

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Independent Television (ITV1)

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Independent Television Commission (ITC)

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Independent Television News (ITN)

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Indictable

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Individual Responsibility of Ministers

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Industrial action

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Industrial estate

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Industrial relations

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Industrial Revolution, the

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Industry

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Infant

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Infant school

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Inflation

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Inheritance

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Inheritance tax (IHT)

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Inherited wealth

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Inland Revenue, the (IR)

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Inn

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Inner Cabinet

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Inner city

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Inner London

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Inner Temple

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Inns of Court, the

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Inquest

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Instalment

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), the

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Institute of Directors, the (ID)

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Institutions

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Insurance

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Insurance broker

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Integration

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Inter-City train

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Interest groups

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Interest rates

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Intergovernmentalism

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Internal market

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International Baccalaureate (IB), the

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Internment

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Intestacy

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Investigative journalism

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Investment

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Investment trust

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Invisible exports

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Ireland

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Irish Republican Army (Provisional), the (IRA)

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Isle of Man, the

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Isle of Wight, the

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J

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James I (of England), James VI (of Scotland)

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Jobber

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Jobcentre

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Jobseekers' allowance (JSA)

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Jockey Club, the (JC)

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Jodrell Bank

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John Bull

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John O'Groats

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Journal

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Journalist

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Judges

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Judicial

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Judicial Committee (of the Privy Council), the

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Judicial review

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Judiciary, the

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Junior school

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Jurisdiction

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Juror (law)

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Jury

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Justice of the Peace (JP)

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Juvenile court

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K

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Kew Gardens

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Keynesianism

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Kilt

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Kindergarten

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King

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King's counsel (KC)

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Kirk

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Knight

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Knights of the Garter

letter |10 pages

L

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Labour

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Labour market, the

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Labour Party, the

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Lady-in-waiting

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Laird

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Lake District, the

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Lallans

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Lambeth Conference, the

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Landlord/landlady

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Land's End

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Landslide victory

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Laundrette

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Law and order

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Law centre

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Law courts

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Law Courts, the

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Law lords, the

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Law Society, the (LS)

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Lawyer

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Layman/lay

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Lay reader (preacher)

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L-driver

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Leader of the House, the

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Leader of the (Official) Opposition, the

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Leading article

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League Against Cruel Sports, the

entry |1 pages

Lease

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Leave to appeal

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Lecture

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Lecturer

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Left-of-centre/left-wing

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Legal aid

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Legislation

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Legislature, the

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Lender

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Lent

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Libel

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Liberal Democratic Party, the

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Liberal Party, the

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Liberty

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Library

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Licence

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Licensing hours

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Life imprisonment

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Lifelong education

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Life peers

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Lincoln's Inn

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Listed building

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Litigation

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Lloyd's

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Lloyd's Bank

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Lloyd's Register (LR)

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Loan

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Lobby/lobbyist

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Local authority

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Local Education Authority (LEA)

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Local elections

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Local Enterprise Company (LEC)

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Local government

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Local Health Authority (LHA)

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Local Management of Schools, the (LMS)

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Local radio

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Lockout

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Lombard Street

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London

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London Contemporary Dance Theatre, the (LCDT)

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London Docklands, the

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London Gazette, the (LG)

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London Library, the (LL)

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London Lighthouse

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London Marathon, the

entry |1 pages

London Philharmonic Orchestra, the (LPO)

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London Regional Transport (LRT)

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London Symphony Orchestra, the (LSO)

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Long vacation, the

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Lord

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Lord Advocate, the

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Lord Chamberlain, the

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Lord Chancellor, the

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Lord Chief Justice, the (LCJ)

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Lord Lieutenant, the

entry |1 pages

Lord Mayor, the (LM)

entry |2 pages

Lord Mayor's Banquet, the

entry |1 pages

Lord Mayor's Show, the

entry |1 pages

Lord President of the Council, the (LPC)

entry |1 pages

Lord Privy Seal, the (LPS)

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Lord Provost, the (LP)

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Lord's

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Lord's Day Observance Society, the (LDOS)

entry |1 pages

Lords Justices of Appeal

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Lords Spiritual, the

entry |1 pages

Lords Temporal, the

entry |1 pages

Lotto

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Low Church

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Lower middle class

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Lower school

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Lowlands (of Scotland)

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Loyalists, the

entry |1 pages

L-plates

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Lunch

letter |11 pages

M

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Mac/Mc

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Magazines

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Magistrate

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Magistrates' Court

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Magna Carta

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Maiden speech

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Maintenance

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Maisonette

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Majoritarian

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Majority

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Majority verdict

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Management

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Manager

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Managing director

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Man–Booker Prize, the

entry |1 pages

Mandate

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Manifesto

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Manual worker

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Manufactured goods

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Manufacturing

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Marginal constituency

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Mark

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Market

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Market and Opinion Research International (MORI)

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Market-maker

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Market price (value)

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Market Research Plan (Marplan)

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Market testing

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Market town

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Marks and Spencer (M&S)

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Marylebone Cricket Club, the (MCC)

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Mass media

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Master

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Master of Arts (MA)

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Master of Foxhounds (MFH)

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Master of Science (MSc)

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Master of the Queen's (King's) Music, the

entry |1 pages

Master of the Rolls, the (MR)

entry |1 pages

Maternity allowance

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Maternity pay (statutory)

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Matron

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Mature student

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May Day

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Mayor

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Maze Prison, the

entry |1 pages

Means test

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Media, the

entry |1 pages

Medical Research Council, the (MRC)

entry |1 pages

Member of Parliament (MP)

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Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

entry |2 pages

Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)

entry |1 pages

Mensa

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Mercantilism

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Merchant bank

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Merchant Navy

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Mercury (Communications Ltd)

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Merger

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Methodist Church, the

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Metrication

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Metropolitan Police, the (Met)

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MI5/MI6

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Middle class

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Middle school

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Middle Temple

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Midland (Bank), the

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Midlands (English), the

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Midwife

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Mile

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Militant Tendency, the

entry |1 pages

Military Tattoo (Edinburgh), the

entry |1 pages

Milkman/woman

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Mini-budget

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Minister

entry |1 pages

Ministerial responsibility

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Ministry

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Ministry of Transport Test, the (MOT)

entry |1 pages

Minor

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Minority government

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Minster

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Mitigation

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Mixed economy

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Mode of trial inquiry

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Moderator of the Church of Scotland

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Modernizing Government

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Monarch

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Monastery

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Monetarism

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Money

entry |1 pages

Monopoly

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Monthlies, the

entry |2 pages

Mortgage

entry |1 pages

Motion

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Motion of no confidence

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Motor Show, the

entry |1 pages

Motorway

entry |1 pages

Multiculturalism

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Multiethnic

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Multilateralism

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Multinational companies

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Municipal

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Murrayfield

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Music Hall, the

entry |1 pages

Muslim Council, the

letter |9 pages

N

entry |1 pages

Nanny

entry |1 pages

National Air Traffic Services (NATS)

entry |1 pages

National Bus Company, the (NBC) (National Express)

entry |1 pages

National Car Parks (NCP)

entry |1 pages

National Consumer Council, the (NCC)

entry |1 pages

National Criminal Intelligence Service, the (NCIS)

entry |2 pages

National Curriculum, the

entry |1 pages

National Debt, the

entry |1 pages

National Exhibition Centre, the (NEC)

entry |1 pages

National Farmers' Union, the (NFU)

entry |1 pages

National Film Theatre, the (NFT)

entry |1 pages

National Front, the (NF)

entry |1 pages

National Gallery, the (NG)

entry |1 pages

(National) Girobank, the

entry |2 pages

National Health Service, the (NHS)

entry |1 pages

National Hunt

entry |1 pages

National Institute for Clinical Excellence, the (NICE)

entry |1 pages

National Insurance (NI)

entry |1 pages

National interest, the

entry |1 pages

Nationalism

entry |1 pages

Nationalist parties

entry |1 pages

Nationalists

entry |1 pages

Nationalization

entry |2 pages

Nationalized industries, the

entry |1 pages

National parks

entry |1 pages

National Portrait Gallery, the (NPG)

entry |1 pages

National Power

entry |1 pages

National Savings and Investment (NS&I)

entry |1 pages

National Savings Certificates

entry |1 pages

National scenic area

entry |1 pages

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), the

entry |1 pages

National Theatre, the (NT)

entry |2 pages

National Trust, the (NT)

entry |1 pages

National Union of Students, the (NUS)

entry |1 pages

National Westminster Bank, the (Nat-West)

entry |1 pages

National Youth Orchestra, the (NYO)

entry |1 pages

National Youth Theatre, the (NYT)

entry |1 pages

Natural History Museum, the

entry |1 pages

Naturalization

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Natural rights

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Nature Conservancy Council, (NCC) the

entry |1 pages

Nature reserves

entry |1 pages

Neighbourhood

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Neighbourhood Watch

entry |1 pages

Neo-liberalism

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Net

entry |1 pages

Network Rail

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New Age

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New Commonwealth, the

entry |1 pages

New Labour

entry |1 pages

“New magistracy”

entry |1 pages

Newmarket

entry |1 pages

Newsagent

entry |1 pages

New Scotland Yard

entry |2 pages

Newspapers

entry |1 pages

New Statesman and Society, the

entry |1 pages

New towns

entry |1 pages

New Year's Eve

entry |1 pages

Next Steps

entry |1 pages

Nine nine nine (999)

entry |1 pages

Nirex

entry |1 pages

Nonconformists

entry |1 pages

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the (NATO)

entry |2 pages

Northern Ireland (NI)

entry |1 pages

Northern Ireland Assembly, the

entry |1 pages

North Sea, the

entry |1 pages

North Sea gas

entry |1 pages

North Sea oil

entry |1 pages

North—South divide, the

entry |1 pages

Notifiable offences

entry |1 pages

Not proven

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Notting Hill Carnival, the

entry |1 pages

Nuclear power

entry |1 pages

Number Ten

entry |1 pages

Nursery school

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Nurses

letter 133O|5 pages

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Occupational class

entry |1 pages

Offence

entry |1 pages

Office

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Office for Communications (Ofcom)

entry |1 pages

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

entry |1 pages

Office for the Supervision of Solicitors

entry |1 pages

Office of Fair Trading, the (OFT)

entry |1 pages

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

entry |1 pages

Office of Telecommunications (Oftel)

entry |1 pages

Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR)

entry |1 pages

Office of Water Supplies (Ofwat)

entry |1 pages

Official Secrets Act, the

entry |1 pages

Official strike

entry |1 pages

Off-licence

entry |1 pages

Old age pension, the

entry |1 pages

Old age pensioner (OAP)

entry |1 pages

Old Bailey, the

entry |1 pages

Old boy/girl

entry |1 pages

Old boy network

entry |1 pages

Old Commonwealth, the

entry |1 pages

Old people's homes

entry |1 pages

Old school tie

entry |1 pages

Oligarchy

entry |1 pages

Ombudsman, the

entry |1 pages

One Member (man), One Vote (OMOV)

entry |1 pages

One-parent family

entry |1 pages

Open day

entry |1 pages

Open University, the (OU)

entry |1 pages

Opinion polls

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Opposition (Official), the

entry |1 pages

Opposition parties, the

entry |1 pages

Opting out

entry |1 pages

Oracle

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Oral examinations

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Orangemen

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Order in council

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Order paper

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Ordinary shares

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Ordination/ordained

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Ordnance Survey, the (OS)

entry |2 pages

Orkneys, the

entry |1 pages

Ounce (oz)

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Outward Bound Trust, the

entry |1 pages

Oval, the

entry |1 pages

Overall majority

entry |1 pages

Oxbridge

entry |1 pages

Oxfam

entry |1 pages

Oxford English Dictionary, the (OED)

entry |1 pages

Oxford Movement, the

entry |1 pages

Oxford University (OU)

entry |1 pages

Owner-occupier

letter |19 pages

P

entry |1 pages

Pact

entry |1 pages

Pairing

entry |1 pages

Palladium (London), the

entry |1 pages

Panel

entry |1 pages

Pantomime

entry |1 pages

Paperbacks

entry |1 pages

Paperboy/papergirl

entry |1 pages

Papworth Hospital

entry |1 pages

Paramilitaries

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Paramilitary groups/Northern Ireland

entry |1 pages

Pardon

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Parent-teacher association (PTA)

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Parish

entry |1 pages

Parish church

entry |1 pages

Parish magazine

entry |1 pages

Parish register

entry |1 pages

Parliament

entry |1 pages

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the (PCA)

entry |2 pages

Parliamentary lobby

entry |1 pages

Parliamentary private secretary (PPS)

entry |1 pages

Parliamentary secretary

entry |1 pages

Parliamentary sovereignty

entry |1 pages

Parochial church council (PCC)

entry |1 pages

Parole

entry |1 pages

Parson

entry |1 pages

Participatory democracy

entry |1 pages

Partition

entry |1 pages

Partner

entry |1 pages

Partnership

entry |2 pages

Patent Office, the (PO)

entry |1 pages

Patient

entry |1 pages

Patrol car

entry |1 pages

Pay As You Earn (PAYE)

entry |1 pages

Pay beds

entry |1 pages

Paymaster General, the

entry |1 pages

Peace Agreement, the

entry |1 pages

Pedestrian

entry |1 pages

Peer

entry |1 pages

Peerage

entry |2 pages

Penal system, the

entry |1 pages

Penalty

entry |1 pages

Penalty points

entry |1 pages

Pence

entry |1 pages

Penguin paperback

entry |1 pages

Pension

entry |1 pages

Periodicals

entry |1 pages

Permanent secretary

entry |1 pages

Permissive

entry |1 pages

Personal column

entry |1 pages

Personal pension plan (PPP)

entry |1 pages

Personnel

entry |1 pages

Pickets

entry |1 pages

Picnic

entry |1 pages

Pier

entry |1 pages

Pillar box

entry |1 pages

Pinewood Studios, the

entry |1 pages

Pint

entry |1 pages

Plaid Cymru

entry |1 pages

Plaintiff

entry |1 pages

Planning permission

entry |1 pages

Playground

entry |2 pages

Playgroup

entry |1 pages

Pluralism

entry |1 pages

Plurality

entry |1 pages

P.m. (Post Meridiem)

entry |1 pages

Poet Laureate, the

entry |1 pages

Polaris missile, the

entry |1 pages

Police, the

entry |1 pages

Police Complaints Authority, the

entry |1 pages

Police Federation, the

entry |2 pages

Police Service of Northern Ireland, the (PSNI)

entry |1 pages

Policy

entry |1 pages

Political asylum

entry |1 pages

Political party

entry |1 pages

Polling booths

entry |1 pages

Polling day

entry |1 pages

Polling station

entry |1 pages

Polls

entry |1 pages

Poll tax, the

entry |1 pages

Polytechnics

entry |1 pages

Pools, the

entry |2 pages

Popular papers (the populars)

entry |1 pages

Popular vote, the

entry |1 pages

Porridge

entry |1 pages

Port of London Authority, the (PLA)

entry |1 pages

Positive vetting (PV)

entry |1 pages

Postal vote

entry |1 pages

Postcode

entry |1 pages

Postgraduate

entry |1 pages

Post Office, the (PO)

entry |1 pages

Post offices

entry |1 pages

Pound (lb)

entry |1 pages

Pound (sterling), the

entry |1 pages

Poverty line, the

entry |1 pages

Powergen

entry |1 pages

Power-sharing

entry |1 pages

Pragmatism

entry |1 pages

Pre-Budget Report (PBR)

entry |1 pages

Precedent

entry |1 pages

Prefab

entry |1 pages

Prefect

entry |1 pages

Preference Shares

entry |1 pages

Premier League (Premiership), the

entry |1 pages

Premium

entry |1 pages

Premium Bonds

entry |1 pages

Preparatory (prep) school

entry |1 pages

Prerogative

entry |1 pages

Presbyterian

entry |1 pages

Prescription

entry |1 pages

Presiding officer

entry |1 pages

Press, the

entry |1 pages

Press Association, the (PA)

entry |2 pages

Press barons

entry |1 pages

Press Complaints Commission, the (PCC)

entry |1 pages

Pressure group

entry |1 pages

Prestel

entry |1 pages

Prevention of Terrorism Act, the

entry |1 pages

Priest

entry |1 pages

Primary Care Groups/Trusts

entry |1 pages

Primary school

entry |1 pages

Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors

entry |2 pages

Prime Minister, the (PM)

entry |1 pages

Prime ministerial government

entry |1 pages

Prince

entry |1 pages

Prince Consort

entry |1 pages

Prince (Princess) of Wales, the

entry |1 pages

Princess

entry |1 pages

Princess Royal

entry |1 pages

Prisons

entry |1 pages

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entry |2 pages

Private health

entry |1 pages

Private income

entry |1 pages

Private limited company (Ltd)

entry |1 pages

Private member

entry |1 pages

Private member's bill

entry |1 pages

Private patient

entry |1 pages

Private practice

entry |1 pages

Private school

entry |1 pages

Private sector

entry |1 pages

Privatization

entry |1 pages

Privy Council, the (PC)

entry |1 pages

Privy Purse, the

entry |1 pages

Privy Seal, the

entry |1 pages

Probate

entry |1 pages

Probation

entry |1 pages

Procurator Fiscal (PF)

entry |1 pages

Production

entry |1 pages

Professional

entry |1 pages

Professions

entry |1 pages

Professor

entry |2 pages

Profit(s)

entry |1 pages

Project work

entry |1 pages

Promenade Concerts, the

entry |1 pages

Proportional representation (PR)

entry |1 pages

Proposal

entry |1 pages

Prorogation

entry |1 pages

Prosecution

entry |1 pages

Prospective parliamentary candidate

entry |1 pages

Protectorate

entry |1 pages

Protestant

entry |1 pages

Provinces, the

entry |1 pages

Provost

entry |1 pages

Proxy vote

entry |1 pages

Psephology

entry |1 pages

Public, the

entry |1 pages

Public bill

entry |1 pages

Public company

entry |1 pages

Public corporations

entry |1 pages

Public holidays

entry |1 pages

Public house (pub)

entry |1 pages

Public Inquiries

entry |2 pages

Public Lending Right (PLR)

entry |1 pages

Public limited company (plc)

entry |1 pages

Public opinion polls

entry |1 pages

Public-private partnerships (initiatives) (PPP and PPI)

entry |1 pages

Public Record Office, the (PRO)

entry |1 pages

Public schools

entry |1 pages

Public sector

entry |2 pages

Public sector borrowing requirement (PSBR)

entry |1 pages

Public service broadcasting

entry |1 pages

Public services

entry |1 pages

Public transport

entry |1 pages

Pudding

entry |1 pages

Punter

entry |1 pages

Pupil

entry |1 pages

Pupillage

entry |1 pages

Purchase(r)

letter |3 pages

Q

entry |1 pages

Quakers, the

entry |1 pages

Quality newspapers (the qualities)

entry |1 pages

Quango

entry |2 pages

Quarter days

entry |1 pages

Quarterlies, the

entry |1 pages

Quasi-government

entry |1 pages

Queen

entry |1 pages

Queen-in-Parliament, the

entry |1 pages

Queen Mother, the

entry |1 pages

Queen's Award to Industry, the

entry |1 pages

Queen's Bench Division (of the High Court), the

entry |1 pages

Queensberry Rules, the

entry |1 pages

Queen's birthday, the

entry |2 pages

Queen's (King's) counsel (QC or KC)

entry |1 pages

Queen's (King's) Speech, the

entry |1 pages

Question time

entry |1 pages

Queues

entry |1 pages

Quoted shares

letter |12 pages

R

entry |1 pages

Racecourse

entry |1 pages

Race meeting

entry |1 pages

Race Relations Acts

entry |1 pages

Radio 1

entry |1 pages

Radio 2

entry |1 pages

Radio 3

entry |1 pages

Radio 4

entry |1 pages

Radio 5 Live

entry |1 pages

Radio Authority, the

entry |1 pages

Radio Times, the (RT)

entry |1 pages

Railway companies

entry |1 pages

Railways

entry |1 pages

Rambert Dance Company, the

entry |1 pages

Ranger Guides, the

entry |1 pages

Rank Organization, the

entry |1 pages

Rates

entry |2 pages

Ratings, the

entry |1 pages

Raw materials

entry |1 pages

Reactionary

entry |1 pages

Rebate

entry |1 pages

Receiver

entry |1 pages

Recess

entry |1 pages

Recorder

entry |1 pages

Rector

entry |1 pages

Redbrick universities

entry |1 pages

Red Ensign, the

entry |1 pages

Red Hand of Ulster, the

entry |2 pages

Redundancy

entry |1 pages

Re-examination

entry |1 pages

Referendum

entry |1 pages

Refresher course

entry |1 pages

Refugee

entry |1 pages

Regatta

entry |1 pages

Regent

entry |1 pages

Regina (Rex)

entry |1 pages

Region

entry |1 pages

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entry |2 pages

Register

entry |1 pages

Register office

entry |1 pages

Register of voters

entry |1 pages

Registrar

entry |1 pages

Registration number

entry |1 pages

Registry

entry |1 pages

Regulator

entry |1 pages

Relate

entry |1 pages

Remand

entry |1 pages

Remand centre

entry |1 pages

Remembrance Sunday

entry |1 pages

Rent

entry |1 pages

Rent Acts

entry |1 pages

Repertory theatre

entry |1 pages

Report stage

entry |1 pages

Repossession

entry |1 pages

Representation/representative

entry |1 pages

Representative government

entry |1 pages

Republicans

entry |1 pages

Republic of Ireland (Eire), the

entry |2 pages

Reserved matters

entry |1 pages

Resident

entry |1 pages

Responsible government

entry |1 pages

Restrictive practice

entry |1 pages

Retailer

entry |1 pages

Retail Prices Index, the (RPI)

entry |1 pages

Retirement age

entry |1 pages

Returning officer

entry |1 pages

Reuters

entry |1 pages

Revenue

entry |1 pages

Reverend, the (Rev.)

entry |1 pages

Revised Version, the (RV)

entry |1 pages

Right of audience

entry |1 pages

Right-of-centre

entry |1 pages

Right Reverend, the (Rt. Rev.)

entry |1 pages

Right to buy

entry |1 pages

Right-wing (right-of-centre)

entry |1 pages

Robbery

entry |1 pages

Roman Catholic Church, the

entry |1 pages

Rounders

entry |1 pages

Royal Academy (of Arts), the (RA)

entry |1 pages

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the (RADA)

entry |1 pages

Royal Academy of Music, the (RAM)

entry |1 pages

Royal Air Force, the (RAF)

entry |1 pages

Royal and Ancient, the (R and A)

entry |1 pages

Royal Assent, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Automobile Club, the (RAC)

entry |1 pages

Royal Ballet, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Bank of Scotland

entry |1 pages

Royal British Legion, the (RBL)

entry |1 pages

Royal Charter

entry |1 pages

Royal College of Art, the (RCA)

entry |1 pages

Royal College of Music, the (RCM)

entry |1 pages

Royal College of Nursing, the (RCN)

entry |1 pages

Royal Commission

entry |1 pages

Royal Court Theatre, the

entry |1 pages

Royal family, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Festival Hall, the (RFH)

entry |1 pages

Royal (Greenwich) Observatory, the

entry |1 pages

Royal International Agricultural Show, the

entry |1 pages

Royal International Horse Show, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Mail, the (RM)

entry |1 pages

Royal Marines, the (RM)

entry |1 pages

Royal Military Academy, the (RMA)

entry |1 pages

Royal Mint, the

entry |2 pages

Royal Navy, the (RN)

entry |1 pages

Royal Opera, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the (RPO)

entry |1 pages

Royal prerogative, the

entry |1 pages

Royal salute

entry |1 pages

Royal Shakespeare Company, the (RSC)

entry |1 pages

Royal Smithfield Show

entry |1 pages

Royal Society, the (RS)

entry |1 pages

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), the

entry |1 pages

Royal Society of Arts, the (RSA)

entry |1 pages

Royal Speech

entry |2 pages

Royal standard, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Tournament, the

entry |1 pages

Royal Ulster Constabulary, the (RUC)

entry |1 pages

Royal Variety Show, the

entry |1 pages

Rugby Football

entry |1 pages

Rugby League (RL)

entry |1 pages

Rugby Union (RU)

entry |1 pages

Rule of law

entry |1 pages

Runneymede

entry |1 pages

Rural

letter |18 pages

S

entry |1 pages

Sacraments, the

entry |1 pages

Safe seat

entry |1 pages

Safety net

entry |1 pages

Sainsbury's

entry |1 pages

Salary

entry |1 pages

Sale

entry |1 pages

Sales, the

entry |2 pages

Salvation Army, the (SA)

entry |1 pages

Samaritans, the

entry |1 pages

Sandhurst

entry |1 pages

Sandwich

entry |1 pages

Sandwich course

entry |1 pages

Satellite television

entry |1 pages

Saxons (Anglo), the

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Scholarship

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School governors

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School inspectors

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Schools

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Schoolteachers

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School welfare officer

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entry |1 pages

Science park

entry |1 pages

Scotch

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Scotland

entry |1 pages

Scotland, National Gallery of, the

entry |1 pages

Scotland Yard (New)

entry |1 pages

Scots

entry |2 pages

Scottish National Party, the (SNP)

entry |1 pages

(Scottish) National Qualifications (NQ)

entry |1 pages

Scottish Parliament, the

entry |1 pages

Scout Association, the

entry |1 pages

Sealink UK Ltd

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Season ticket

entry |1 pages

Seat

entry |1 pages

Secondary modern school

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Secondary school

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Second class

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Second reading

entry |1 pages

Secretary of State

entry |1 pages

Sectarian

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Sectional or interest groups

entry |1 pages

Security

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Security of tenure

entry |1 pages

Select committee

entry |1 pages

Selective schooling

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Self-governing (NHS) trusts

entry |1 pages

Self-regulation

entry |1 pages

Sellafield

entry |1 pages

Sell-by date

entry |1 pages

Semester

entry |1 pages

Semi-detached house

entry |1 pages

Senior citizen

entry |1 pages

Sentence

entry |1 pages

Sergeant-at-Arms

entry |1 pages

Serious Fraud Office, the (SFO)

entry |2 pages

Service/services

entry |1 pages

Service areas

entry |1 pages

Service charge

entry |1 pages

Service sector

entry |1 pages

Service station

entry |1 pages

Session

entry |1 pages

Set book

entry |1 pages

Setting

entry |1 pages

Settlement out of court

entry |1 pages

Sex Discrimination Act

entry |1 pages

Shadow Cabinet, the

entry |2 pages

Shadow ministers

entry |1 pages

Shaftesbury Avenue

entry |1 pages

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre

entry |1 pages

Share

entry |1 pages

Shareholder

entry |1 pages

Shelter

entry |1 pages

Sheltered housing

entry |1 pages

Sheriff

entry |1 pages

Shetland Islands, the

entry |1 pages

Shop steward

entry |1 pages

Show jumping

entry |1 pages

Sickness benefit

entry |1 pages

Single currency, the

entry |1 pages

Single European Market (Act), the (SEM/SEA)

entry |1 pages

Sinn Fein

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Sit-in

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Sitting tenant

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Sixth form

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Sixth form college

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Sleeping partner

entry |1 pages

Slump

entry |1 pages

Slums

entry |1 pages

Smith's, W.H.

entry |1 pages

Soap operas

entry |1 pages

Social and Liberal Democratic Party, the (SLD)

entry |1 pages

Social Democratic and Labour Party, the (SDLP)

entry |1 pages

Social Democratic Party, the (SDP)

entry |1 pages

Social Fund, the

entry |1 pages

Social security

entry |1 pages

Social services, the

entry |2 pages

Social workers

entry |1 pages

Solicitor

entry |1 pages

Solicitor General, the (SG)

entry |1 pages

Solicitors' Complaints Bureau, the

entry |1 pages

Sotheby's

entry |1 pages

Soundbite

entry |1 pages

South Bank, the

entry |1 pages

Sovereign

entry |1 pages

Sovereignty

entry |2 pages

Speaker, the

entry |1 pages

Speakers' Corner, the

entry |1 pages

Special Air Service, the (SAS)

entry |1 pages

Special Branch, the (SB)

entry |1 pages

Special constable

entry |1 pages

Specialist schools

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Special school

entry |1 pages

Spectator, the

entry |1 pages

Speculation

entry |1 pages

Speech day

entry |1 pages

Speech from the Throne, the

entry |2 pages

Spin doctor

entry |1 pages

Sponsorship

entry |1 pages

Sports Council, the UK

entry |1 pages

Squash (rackets)

entry |1 pages

St Andrew's Day

entry |1 pages

St David's Day

entry |1 pages

St George's Day

entry |1 pages

St John Ambulance (Brigade), the

entry |1 pages

St Patrick's Day

entry |1 pages

St Paul's (Cathedral)

entry |1 pages

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entry |2 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

State education

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

State schools

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Steeplechasing

entry |1 pages

Stipendiary magistrate

entry |1 pages

Stockbroker

entry |1 pages

Stock Exchange, the (SE)

entry |1 pages

Stock(s)

entry |1 pages

Stone

entry |1 pages

Stonehenge

entry |1 pages

Store

entry |1 pages

Storey

entry |1 pages

Stormont

entry |1 pages

Strangers' Gallery, the

entry |1 pages

Stratford-upon-Avon

entry |1 pages

Streaming

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Strike

entry |1 pages

Student

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Subject

entry |1 pages

Sub-judice

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Subscription

entry |1 pages

Subsidiarity

entry |1 pages

Subsidiary

entry |1 pages

Subsidies

entry |1 pages

Sub-titles

entry |1 pages

Suburbia

entry |1 pages

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entry |1 pages

Suffragan bishop

entry |1 pages

Suffrage

entry |1 pages

Summary offence

entry |1 pages

Summoning of Parliament

entry |1 pages

Summons

entry |1 pages

Sunday school

entry |2 pages

Supermarket

entry |1 pages

Supper

entry |1 pages

Supply teacher

entry |1 pages

Supranationalism

entry |1 pages

Supreme Court (of Judicature), the

entry |1 pages

Surgeon

entry |1 pages

Surgery

entry |1 pages

Suspended sentence

entry |1 pages

Swearing in

entry |1 pages

Swing

entry |1 pages

Syllabus

entry |1 pages

Synod, (General), the

letter |9 pages

T

entry |1 pages

Tabloid

entry |1 pages

Tactical voting

entry |1 pages

Takeaway

entry |1 pages

Take-home pay

entry |1 pages

Takeover

entry |1 pages

Tariff

entry |1 pages

Tartan

entry |1 pages

Tate Britain (Gallery), the (TG)

entry |2 pages

Tate Modern

entry |1 pages

Tatler, the

entry |1 pages

Tax

entry |1 pages

Taxable income

entry |1 pages

Tax disc

entry |1 pages

Tax-exempt

entry |1 pages

Tax relief

entry |1 pages

Tax system, the

entry |1 pages

Tea

entry |1 pages

Teacher

entry |1 pages

Teaching hospital

entry |1 pages

Technical college

entry |2 pages

Technical school

entry |1 pages

Telecom (British) Tower, the

entry |1 pages

Teletext

entry |1 pages

Television

entry |1 pages

Television licence

entry |1 pages

Temporary accommodation

entry |1 pages

Tenancy

entry |1 pages

Tenant

entry |1 pages

Tender

entry |1 pages

Term

entry |1 pages

Terraced houses

entry |1 pages

Territorial Army, the (TA)

entry |1 pages

Tertiary education

entry |1 pages

Tesco

entry |1 pages

Test

entry |1 pages

Testator

entry |1 pages

Test match

entry |1 pages

Thames, the

entry |1 pages

Thames Barrier, the

entry |2 pages

Thatcherism/Thatcherite

entry |1 pages

Theft

entry |1 pages

Theme park

entry |1 pages

Thesis

entry |1 pages

Think tank

entry |1 pages

Third-party insurance

entry |1 pages

Third reading

entry |1 pages

Thirty-nine Articles (of Belief), the

entry |1 pages

Three-cornered fight

entry |1 pages

Three-line whip

entry |1 pages

Tied cottage

entry |2 pages

Tips

entry |1 pages

Toast

entry |1 pages

Top down

entry |1 pages

Tory

entry |1 pages

Tote, the

entry |1 pages

Tourist Trophy, the (TT)

entry |1 pages

Tower blocks

entry |1 pages

Town

entry |1 pages

Town clerk

entry |1 pages

Town council

entry |1 pages

Town Hall

entry |1 pages

Trade/trading

entry |1 pages

Trade Descriptions Act, the (TDA)

entry |1 pages

Trade gap

entry |1 pages

Trades Union Congress, the (TUC)

entry |1 pages

Trade Unions, the (TUs)

entry |1 pages

Trafalgar Square

entry |1 pages

Traffic wardens

entry |1 pages

Trainee

entry |1 pages

Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs)

entry |1 pages

Transfer payments

entry |2 pages

Transplant

entry |1 pages

Transport cafés

entry |1 pages

Travel agent/agency

entry |1 pages

Treasury, the

entry |1 pages

Treaty of Rome, the

entry |1 pages

Trespasser

entry |1 pages

Trial

entry |1 pages

Trident

entry |1 pages

Triple Crown, the

entry |1 pages

Trooping the Colour

entry |1 pages

Troubles, the

entry |1 pages

Trust

entry |1 pages

Trustee Savings Bank, the (TSB)

entry |1 pages

Tube, the

entry |1 pages

Tuition fees

entry |1 pages

Turf, the

entry |1 pages

Turf accountant

entry |1 pages

Turnout (of voters)

entry |1 pages

Tutor

entry |1 pages

Tutorial

entry |1 pages

TV Times, the

entry |1 pages

Tweed

entry |1 pages

Twickenham

entry |1 pages

Two-party system, the

letter 199U|5 pages

entry |1 pages

UK Athletics (UKA)

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UK sport

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Ulster

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Ulster Defence Association, the (UDA)

entry |1 pages

Ulster Defence Regiment, the (UDR)

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(Ulster) Democratic Unionist Party, the (DUP)

entry |1 pages

Ulster Popular Unionists, the

entry |2 pages

(Ulster) Unionist Party (Official), the (UUP)

entry |1 pages

Undergraduate

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Underground, the

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Underwriter

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Unemployment benefit

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Unemployment figures, the

entry |1 pages

Unfair dismissal

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Unfair trading

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Unified business rate

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Union Flag (Jack), the

entry |1 pages

Unionists

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Unitarian

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Unitary authorities

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Unitary state

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United Kingdom, the (UK)

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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

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United Nations, the (UN)

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United Reformed Church, the

entry |1 pages

Unit trust

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Universalism

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Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

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University

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University of Buckingham, the

entry |2 pages

Unlawful dismissal

entry |1 pages

Unofficial strike

entry |1 pages

Unskilled worker

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Unwritten constitution

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Upper class

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Upper middle class

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Upper school

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Urban

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U-turn

letter |3 pages

V

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Vacation

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Value added tax (VAT)

entry |1 pages

Variety (theatre/shows)

entry |1 pages

Vehicle

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Venture Scouts

entry |1 pages

Verdict

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Vested interests

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Vicar

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Vice-chancellor (VC)

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Victimization

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Victoria and Albert Museum, the (V and A)

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Victorian values

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Videos

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Village

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Virgin

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Vocation

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Vocational education

entry |1 pages

Voluntary organizations

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Voluntary school

entry |1 pages

Vote, the

entry |1 pages

Vote of censure

entry |1 pages

Vote of no confidence

entry |1 pages

Voter

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Voting system (British), the

letter |7 pages

W

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Wage

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Wage demand

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Waiting list

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Wales

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Wapping

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Ward

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Warden

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Warder

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Warrant

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Watchdog

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Water supplies, the

entry |1 pages

Weekday

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Weekend

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Weeklies, the

entry |1 pages

Welfare state

entry |1 pages

Welfare worker

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Welfarism

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Welsh

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Welsh Assembly, the

entry |1 pages

Wembley

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West End (of London), the

entry |1 pages

Western European Union, the (WEU)

entry |1 pages

Westminster

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Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Cathedral

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Whips

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White-collar worker

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Whitehall

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White paper

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Wholesale(r)

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Who's Who

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Widow/widower

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Widow's pension

entry |1 pages

Will

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Wimbledon

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Windsor

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Windsor Castle

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Wine bar

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Witness

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Woman's Hour

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Women priests

entry |1 pages

Women's Institute, the

entry |1 pages

Women's Movement, the

entry |1 pages

Women's Royal Army Corps, the (WRAC)

entry |1 pages

Women's Royal Air Force, the (WRAF)

entry |1 pages

Women's Royal Naval Service, the (WRNS)

entry |1 pages

Women's suffrage

entry |1 pages

Woolsack, the

entry |1 pages

Woolworth's

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Workers' Educational Association, the (WEA)

entry |1 pages

Workforce, the

entry |1 pages

Working class

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Working men's clubs

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Working peers

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Work-to-rule

entry |1 pages

World Service, the

entry |1 pages

Writ

entry |1 pages

Written constitution

entry |1 pages

Written constitution

entry |1 pages

Written examinations

letter |1 pages

X

entry |1 pages

Xenophobia

entry |1 pages

Xmas

entry |1 pages

X-rated

letter 215Y|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Yard

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Yorkshire pudding

entry |1 pages

Young Men's Christian Association, the (YMCA)

entry |1 pages

Young offenders

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Young offenders' institution

entry |1 pages

Young Women's Christian Association, the (YWCA)

entry |1 pages

Youth clubs

entry |1 pages

Youth Court

entry |1 pages

Youth Hostels Association, the (YHA)

letter |1 pages

Z

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Zebra crossings