Dictionary of British Sign Language
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- A -
- A
- Abortion
- Accident
- Account
- Acne
- Address
- Administrator
- Aeroplane
- Africa
- Afternoon
- Again
- Age
- Agree
- Aim
- Air Conditioning
- Airforce
- Airport
- Alarm
- Allergy
- Alligator
- Allow
- Almond
- Alone
- Alphabet
- Also
- Alternative
- America
- Anaesthetic
- Anchor
- Anchovy
- Ancient
- Angel
- Angry (cross)
- Animal
- Ant
- Apologise
- Apple
- Application Form
- Apply
- Apprehensive
- Apricot
- April
- Arch
- Argue
- Army
- Arrest
- Art
- Art Gallery
- Artery
- Arthritis
- As Well
- Ash Tray
- Ashamed
- Ask
- Asleep
- Aspirin
- Asthma
- Attitude
- August
- Auntie
- Australia
- Autumn
- Awake
- Awful
- B -
- B
- Baby
- Backache
- Bad
- Baked Beans
- Baker
- Bald
- Ball
- Banana
- Bandage
- Bank
- Bankrupt
- Bath
- Bathroom
- Baton (music)
- Battery
- BBQ (barbecue)
- Beach
- Bean
- Bear
- Beard
- Beautiful
- Bed
- Bedroom
- Bee
- Beef
- Been
- Beer
- Beetle
- Before
- Best
- Better
- Big
- Bike (bicycle)
- Binoculars
- Biology
- Biopsy
- Bird
- Birthday
- Biscuit
- Black
- Blackbird
- Blackcurrant
- Blanket
- Bleed
- Blessing
- Blind
- Blister
- Blood
- Blood Group
- Blood Transfusion
- Blouse
- Blue
- Boat
- Boil
- Bone
- Book
- Boots
- Bored
- Born
- Boss
- Bottle
- Bowling
- Boy
- Boyfriend
- Bracelet
- Brandy
- Brave
- Bread
- Break
- Breakfast
- Bridge
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Britain
- Broccoli
- Broken
- Bronze
- Brother
- Brown
- Brownie
- Bruise
- Brush
- Brussel Sprout
- Bucket
- Buffalo
- Build
- Builder
- Bull
- Bump
- Bungalow
- Bunny
- Burger
- Burn
- Bus
- Bus Driver
- Bush
- Business
- Business Studies
- But
- Butcher
- Butterfly
- C -
- C
- Cabbage
- Cafe
- Cake
- Calm Down
- Cambridge
- Came (also Come)
- Camel
- Camera
- Camping
- Can
- Can't
- Cancer
- Candle
- Canteen
- Cap
- Captain
- Car
- Cardboard
- Cardiff
- Caretaker
- Carpark
- Carpenter
- Carrot
- Cash
- Cashier
- Castle
- Cat
- Cattle
- CD
- Ceiling
- Cell
- Cereal
- Chair
- Champagne
- Channel (TV)
- Charge
- Cheap
- Cheat
- Check
- Cheese
- Chef
- Chemist
- Chemistry
- Cheque
- Cherry
- Chess
- Chewing Gum
- Chicken
- Children
- Chilli
- China
- Chinese
- Chip
- Chocolate
- Choice
- Choke
- Choose
- Chop
- Christen
- Christmas
- Cider
- Cigar
- Cigarette
- Cinema
- Circle
- City
- Clash
- Classroom
- Clean
- Cleaner
- Clothes
- Clothing
- Clouds
- Coat
- Coathanger
- Coconut
- Coffee
- Coke Cola
- Cold
- Colleaque
- College
- Colour
- Come (also Came)
- Comic (paper)
- Communicate
- Complete (whole)
- Computer
- Confident
- Confused
- Congratulations
- Consultant
- Contact Lenses
- Conviction
- Cook
- Cook (chef)
- Cooker (oven)
- Cool
- Copy
- Corner
- Coronary
- Correct
- Cotton Wool
- Cough
- Cough Medicine
- Council
- Counter (shop)
- Court
- Cousin
- Cow
- Crab
- Cramp
- Crap
- Crash
- Credit Card
- Crib
- Criminal
- Crisps
- Crocodile
- Cross (angry)
- Cross (road)
- Cross (X)
- Crucial
- Crutches
- CT Scan
- Cucumber
- Cup
- Cupboard
- Curly
- Curry
- Curtains
- Cushion
- Customs
- Cut
- Cycling
- D -
- D
- Dad
- Dance
- Dandruff
- Danger
- Dark
- Darts
- Daughter
- Day
- Day Trip
- Dead
- Deaf
- Deaf-club
- Debt
- December
- Decide
- Decorate
- Deer
- Delayed
- Delicious
- Dentist
- Department Store
- Depressed
- Description
- Desk
- Detached
- Devil
- Diet
- Difficult (hard)
- Digging
- Dining Room
- Dinner
- Dirty
- Disappoint(ed)
- Dish
- Divorced
- Do
- Doctor
- Dog
- Dolphin
- Donkey
- Door
- Doughnut
- Down
- Drama
- Dress
- Dressing Gown
- Drink
- Drive
- Driver
- Drugged
- Drunk
- Dry
- Dry (thirsty)
- Duck
- Duvet
- DVD
- E -
- E
- Eagle
- Ear Ache
- Early
- Earn
- Earth
- East
- Easter
- Easy
- Eat
- Edinburgh
- Egg
- Eid
- Eight
- Electrician
- Electricity
- Elephant
- Elf
- Emotion
- End
- End Of Terrace
- Engine
- Engineer
- England
- English
- Envelope
- Environment
- Environmental
- Epilepsy
- Equality
- Essential
- Estate Agent
- Eternity
- Europe
- Evening
- Every Week
- Exam
- Example
- Excited
- Excuse Me
- Exercise
- Expensive
- Expert
- F -
- F
- Factory
- Faint
- Fair
- Fairy
- Fall
- False Teeth
- Family
- Famous
- Fan (desk)
- Farm
- Farmer
- Fast
- Fat
- Father
- Father Christmas
- Favourite
- Fax
- February
- Fed-up
- Female
- Feminine
- Ferry
- Fever
- Few
- Fig
- Fight
- Film
- Final
- Fine (cash)
- Finger Spell
- Finish
- Finland
- Fire
- Fireman
- Fireplace
- Fireworks
- First Floor
- Fish
- Fisherman
- Fishing
- Five
- Fizzy
- Flag
- Flat
- Flight
- Floor
- Flour
- Flower
- Flowerpot
- Flu
- Fly
- Fog
- Food
- Fool
- Football
- Forget
- Fork
- Foster Mother
- Four
- France
- Freezing
- French
- Friday
- Friend
- Frog
- Frost
- Frozen
- Fruit
- Frying Pan
- Fun
- G -
- G
- Galaxy
- Game
- Gang
- Garage
- Garden
- Gardening
- Garlic
- Gay
- Geography
- Germ
- German(y)
- Ghost
- Gift
- Ginger
- Giraffe
- Girl
- Girlfriend
- Give Up
- Glasgow
- Glass
- Glasses
- Globe
- Glory
- Gloves
- Go
- God
- Gold
- Goldfish
- Golf
- Good
- Good Work
- Goodbye
- Gorilla
- Graduate
- Grand Father
- Grand Mother
- Grandson
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Graze
- Great
- Greedy
- Green
- Greenhouse
- Grey
- Grill
- Grumpy
- Guide
- Guilty
- Guinea-pig
- Gymnasium
- H -
- H
- Hail
- Hair
- Hair-spray
- Hairdresser
- Half
- Half Past
- Hall
- Halloween
- Hamburger
- Hammer
- Hamster
- Hand Cuffs
- Handsome
- Happy
- Happy New Year
- Hard
- Hat
- Hate
- Have
- Have Got
- Hayfever
- Hazard
- Head Ache
- Head Teacher
- Health
- Healthy
- Hearing
- Heart Attack
- Heat
- Hedgehog
- Height
- Helicopter
- Hello
- Helmet
- Help
- Help Me
- Help You
- Her
- Herself
- Hi
- Hide
- High Heels
- High Street
- Hill
- Him
- Himself
- Hippopotamus
- History
- Hit
- Hobby
- Holiday
- Holy
- Homework
- Homework (working At Home)
- Honest
- Hope
- Horse
- Hospital
- Hostess
- Hot
- Hot Chocolate
- Hot Drink
- Hot Water Bottle
- House
- Hovercraft
- How
- How Are You
- How Many
- How Much
- How old are you?
- Hungary
- Hungry
- Hurry Up
- Husband
- I -
- I
- I (person)
- I Love You
- Ice
- Ice Cream
- Ice-skate
- If
- Ill
- Ill (sick)
- Imagine
- Impact
- Important
- Impossible
- India
- Individual
- Injection
- Injured
- Innocent
- Insect Bite
- Insomnia
- Inspector
- Insurance
- Interest
- Internet
- Interpreter
- Interview
- Ireland
- Irish
- Iron
- Ironing Board
- Italy
- J -
- J
- Jacket
- Jail
- James Bond
- January
- Japan
- Jeans
- Jesus
- Jeweller
- Jigsaw Puzzle
- Job Advertisement
- Jogging
- Judge
- July
- Jumper
- June
- K -
- L -
- L
- Ladies Toilet
- Lady
- Lager
- Lake
- Lamb
- Lamb Chop
- Land
- Language
- Lass
- Last
- Late
- Law
- Learn
- Leave
- Left
- Leisure
- Lemonade
- Lend
- Lesbian
- Lesson
- Letter
- Liar
- Library
- Lift
- Light
- Lightning
- Like
- Lion
- Little
- Live
- Liver
- Liverpool
- Living-room
- Lock
- Loft
- Lollypop
- London
- Lonely
- Loop (inductive)
- Lorry
- Lose
- Lots
- Loud
- Lounge
- Love
- Lovely
- Lucky
- Lunch
- M -
- M
- Mad
- Mad (angry)
- Magazine
- Magic
- Magistrate
- Make-up (cosmetics)
- Male
- Man
- Manager
- Manchester
- Manger
- March
- Marmalade
- Married
- Marvellous
- Masculine
- Master
- Matches
- Mathematics
- Maths
- May
- Mayor
- Me
- Meal
- Mean
- Measles
- Meat
- Mechanic
- Medicine
- Meet
- Meeting
- Men's Toilet
- Menstrual Period
- Merry
- Merry Christmas
- Mess
- Middle
- Milk
- Milkman
- Million
- Mine
- Minicom
- Mirror
- Mischief
- Mobile (phone)
- Mole
- Monday
- Money
- Monitor (computer)
- Monkey
- Month
- Moon
- More
- Morning
- Mosquito
- Most
- Mother
- Motorbike
- Mountain
- Mouse
- Mouse (computer)
- Moustache
- MRI Scan
- Mum
- Museum
- Mushroom
- Music
- Must
- Mustard
- My
- N -
- N
- Naked
- Name
- Nappy
- Naughty
- Navy
- Necklace
- Need
- Neighbour
- Nephew
- Nervous
- Nervous Breakdown
- New
- New Zealand
- Newcastle
- News
- Newspaper
- Next
- Next Week
- Nice
- Niece
- Night
- Night Class
- Night Dress
- Night-club
- Nine
- No
- Noise
- Non Fizzy
- Non Hazardous
- North
- Norway
- Nose-bleed
- Not
- Not Understand
- November
- Now
- Noxious
- Number
- Nurse
- Nursing Sister
- Nut
- Nuts
- O -
- O
- Ocean
- October
- Octopus
- Office
- Officer
- Often
- Ointment
- Old
- Omelette
- One
- Operating Theatre
- Operation
- Opportunity
- Opposite
- Orange
- Orange Juice
- Ordinary
- Oven (cooker)
- Overdraft
- Overtime
- Owl
- Own Business
- Oxford
- P -
- P
- Pain
- Paint
- Painter
- Pancake
- Panda
- Pants
- Paper
- Parents
- Parsnip
- Party
- Passport
- Past
- Past(clock)
- Pasta
- Pastry
- Patient
- Pay
- Pea
- Peace
- Peach
- Pear
- Pen
- Pencil
- Penguin
- Pension
- People
- Period
- Person
- Pet
- Phone
- Photo
- Photocopier
- Photocopy
- Photograph
- Physics
- Physiotherapy
- Pick
- Picture
- Pie
- Pig
- Pigeon
- Pill
- Pilot
- Pineapple
- Pink
- Pipe (smoking)
- Pizza
- Plane
- Plant
- Plaster Cast
- Plastic
- Plate
- Please
- Pleased
- Plum
- Plumber
- Pneumonia
- Pocket Money
- Police
- Police Man
- Police Officer
- Police Woman
- Polish
- Politics
- Pond
- Poor
- Popcorn
- Portsmouth
- Post
- Post Office
- Poster
- Pot
- Potato
- Pound (cash)
- Practice
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant
- Prescription
- Pretty
- Prince
- Princess
- Printer
- Prison
- Problem
- Programme (tv)
- Promise
- Proud
- Pub
- Pumpkin
- Puppet
- Purple
- Pyjamas
- Q -
- R -
- R
- Rabbit
- Radio
- Rain
- Rainbow
- Raisins
- Ramadan
- Rape
- Read
- Ready
- Recent(ly)
- Reception
- Red
- Redundancy
- Reflection
- Reindeer
- Relax
- Reliable
- Religious Studies
- Remand
- Remember
- Repeat
- Reserve
- Rest
- Resuscitation
- Resuscitation (kiss Of Life)
- Retired
- Ribs
- Rich
- Right
- Ring
- Risk
- Risk Assessment
- River
- Road
- Roast
- Rocket
- Room
- Rotten
- Royal
- Rubbish
- Rucksack
- Rug
- Ruin
- Run
- Runner Bean
- Running
- Russia
- S -
- S
- Sad
- Said
- Sailing
- Sailor
- Salad
- Salmon
- Same
- Sand
- Sandwich
- Sanitary Towel
- Santa
- Santa Claus
- Satellite
- Saturday
- Sauce
- Saucepan
- Sausages
- Save
- Say
- Scarf
- School
- Science
- Scissors
- Scotland
- Scottish
- Sea
- Sea-sick
- Seaside
- Second Floor
- Secret
- Secretary
- Sedative
- Self Employed
- Sellotape (sticky Tape)
- Semi-detatched
- Separated
- September
- Sergeant
- Seven
- Sewing
- Share
- Shark
- Shave
- Sheep
- Sheffield
- Shelf
- Ship
- Shirt
- Shoe
- Shoes
- Shop
- Shop Worker
- Shopping
- Short
- Shorts
- Shout
- Shower
- Shut
- Sick
- Sick Pay
- Sign (language)
- Sign Language
- Silence
- Silent
- Silly
- Silver
- Single
- Sink
- Sister
- Sit
- Six
- Ski
- Skiing
- Skirt
- Sleep
- Slim
- Slipped
- Slippers
- Slow
- Slug
- Sly
- Small
- Smell Danger
- Smile
- Snail
- Snake
- Snooker
- Snow
- Snowman
- Soap
- Social Worker
- Socks
- Sofa
- Soft
- Soldier
- Some
- Son
- Song
- Sore Throat
- Sorry
- Soup
- South
- Space
- Space Rocket
- Spaghetti
- Spain(ish)
- Spare Room
- Speak
- Special
- Spectacles
- Speed
- Speed Camera
- Spend
- Spider
- Splinter
- Spoon
- Sport
- Spot
- Spouse
- Sprain
- Spring
- Squash
- Squirrel
- Stab
- Stairs
- Stapler
- Start
- Statement
- Steal
- Step Brother
- Steward
- Still
- Sting
- Stocking
- Stomache Ache
- Stop
- Straight
- Strawberry
- String
- Strong
- Student
- Stupid
- Submarine
- Subtitles
- Sugar
- Suit
- Summer
- Sun
- Sun Tan
- Sunburn
- Sunday
- Sunstroke
- Supermarket
- Supper
- Support
- Sure
- Surgery
- Suspicious
- Swan
- Swear (curse)
- Swear (promise)
- Sweet(s)
- Swelling
- Swim
- Swimming
- Switch
- Switzerland
- Syringe
- T -
- T
- T Shirt
- Table
- Talk
- Tall
- Tangerine
- Tattoo
- Tax
- Taxi
- Tea
- Tea (food)
- Tea Break
- Teacher
- Technology
- Teddy Bear
- Telephone Directory
- Television
- Tell
- Temperature
- Temperature (sick)
- Ten
- Tennis
- Tent
- Terrace
- Text (SMS)
- Text Mobile
- Textbook
- Thank You
- Thanks
- Theatre
- There
- Thermometer
- Thief
- Thin
- Thing
- Think
- Thinking
- Third Floor
- Thirsty
- This Week
- Three
- Thunder
- Thursday
- Tie
- Tiger
- Tights
- Till
- Time
- Time O'clock
- Tired
- To (clock)
- Together
- Toilet
- Toilet Paper
- Tomato
- Tomorrow
- Tonsils
- Too
- Tortoise
- Total
- Touch
- Towel
- Town
- Train
- Transport
- Tree
- Trial
- Trip
- Trousers
- Truncheon
- Trust
- Try
- Tuesday
- Tumbler
- Tumour
- Turn
- Turn (left Or Right)
- TV
- Twelve
- Twins
- Two
- Type
- Typing
- U -
- V -
- V
- Vacuum Cleaner
- Valentine
- Vampire
- Vase
- Vegetable
- Vegetarian
- Vein
- Verrucae
- Vicar
- Video
- Village
- Violet
- Virus
- Visiting Time
- Vital
- Voice
- Voluntary
- Volunteer
- Vomit
- Vote
- Voucher
- W -
- W
- Wage
- Wages
- Waiter
- Waiting Room
- Wake
- Wales
- Walk
- Walking Stick
- Wall
- Want
- War
- Wardrobe
- Warm
- Warning
- Wart
- Was
- Wash-up
- Washing Machine
- Wasp
- Watch (clock)
- Watch (look)
- Watch Out
- Water
- Weak
- Weather
- Wedding
- Wednesday
- Weeds
- Week
- Weekend
- Weight
- Welcome
- Welsh
- West
- Wet
- Whale
- What
- Wheelbarrow
- Wheelchair
- When
- Where
- White
- Who
- Whole
- Whooping Cough
- Why
- Widowed
- Wife
- Will
- Win
- Wind (weather)
- Window
- Wine
- Winter
- Wish
- Witch
- With
- Wizard
- Wolf
- Wolverhampton
- Woman
- Womans's Toilet
- Won't
- Wonderful
- Wood
- Woodpecker
- Work
- Work Mate
- Workout
- World
- Worm
- Worried
- Worship
- Write
- X -
- Y -
- Z -