New words list June 2008
- Rodentia, n.
- Rodinia, n.
- rodizio, n.
- Roentgen, v.
- roentgenium, n.
- Roentgen-ray, v.
- Roentgen-rayed, adj.
- Roentgen-raying, n.
- Rogaine, n.
- Rogerian, adj. and n.2
- Rohingya, n. and adj.
- rohu, n.
- roko, n.
- role modelling | role modeling, n.
- role-playing, n.
- rollerball, n.
- rollercoastering, n.
- Rolle’s theorem, n.
- rolliche, n.
- rollie, n.
- rolling calf, n.
- Rolodex, n.
- romal, n.
- Roman cementing, n.
- roman feuilleton, n.
- Romanianized, adj.
- Roman Republic, n.
- Rome beauty, n.
- romesco, n.
- Romneya, n.
- rompering, n.2
- Rondinella, n.
- Ronga, n. and adj.
- roofie, n.
- rook, n.3
- roomly, adj.1
- roost, n.3
- roost, v.2
- rooster-tail, v.
- rootsiness, n.
- rootsy, adj.
- ropa vieja, n.
- rope’s length, n.
- rorting, n.
- rosado, n. and adj.
- rose bengal, n.
- Rosehill, n.
- roseness, n.
- rosettling, n.
- Roshambo, n. (and int.)
- Rosh Yeshiva, n.
- Rosie, n.2
- Rosie the Riveter, n.
- rosining, n.
- Ross River, n.
- rosticceria, n.
- rostrad, adv.
- rostration, n.
- rotaliid, adj. and n.
- rotaliine, adj. and n.
- rotaspreader, n.
- rotating, n.
- Rotatoria, n.
- rotatorial, adj.
- rotatorian, n. and adj.
- rotavated, adj.
- rotelle, n.
- rot-goose, n.
- Rothian, adj.
- roti canai, n.
- rotini, n.
- roti prata, n.
In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:
- (Under rod, n.1)
o rod pod
o rod rest
o rod white
o rod fibre
- (Under rogation, n.)
o Rogationtide
- (Under rogue, n. and adj.)
o rogue nation
o rogue trader
o rogue wave
o rogue agent
o rogue cop
o rogue operation
o rogue operator
o rogue soldier
- (Under roke, n.1)
o roke penny
- (Under role, n.)
o role behaviour
- (Under role, v.)
o roled
- (Under roll, n.1)
o roll of honour
o Rolls House
o roll cloud
o roll scale
- (Under roll, v.2)
o to roll along
o to roll around
o to roll away
o to roll back
o to roll by
o to roll in
o to roll out
o to roll over
o to roll up
o roll up, roll up!
o to roll in ——
o to roll into ——
o to roll off ——
- (Under rolled, adj.)
o rolled-out
- (Under roller, n.1)
o roller bit
o roller boot
o roller cloth
o roller coating
o roller coating machine
o roller drier
o roller furling
o roller pump
o roller rink
o roller shop
o roller top
- (Under rollercoaster, n.)
o rollercoaster ride
- (Under rolling, adj. and adv.)
o rolling grass
o spring rolling grass
o spiny rolling grass
o rolling maul
o rolling start
- (Under rolling, n.1)
o rolling paper
o rolling over
- (Under rollover, n.)
o rollover contract
- (Under roly-poly, n., adv., and adj.)
o roly-poly bug
- (Under Roman, n.1 and adj.1)
o Roman arch
o Roman bath
o Roman blind
o Roman brick
o Roman chair
o Roman mole
o Roman Question
o Roman road
o Roman shade
o Roman Wall
- (Under romancize, v.)
o romancized
- (Under romantic, adj. and n.)
o romantic comedy
- (Under romper, n.)
o romper room
o romper suit
- (Under roof, n.)
o roofball
o roof ladder
o roof prism
o roof scraper
o roof tax
o roof work
o roof area
o roof shingle
- (Under roofed, adj.)
o roofed terrapin
o roofed turtle
- (Under roofing, n.)
o roofing bone
o roofing nail
o roofing tin
- (Under roofless, adj.)
o roofless tenement
- (Under room, adj. (and n.2))
o room-heart
o room land
- (Under room, n.1 and int.)
o roomset
o room-size
o room-sized
o room tone
o room heater
o room key
- (Under rooster, n.)
o roosterfish
- (Under root and branch, adv. and n.)
o root and brancher
- (Under root, n.1)
o root collar
o root crown
o root divergence
o root excretion
o root-feeding
o root-fill
o root-filled
o root fly
o root ginger
o rootkit
o root sign
o root tuber
o roots music
- (Under rope, n.1)
o rope swing
o rope fender
o rope mat
o rope factory
o rope shop
- (Under rose, n.1 and adj.1)
o rose of May
o rose berry
o rose lift
o rose lichen
o rose oak
o rose aphid
o rose gall wasp
o rose slug
o rose slug sawfly
o rose-ringed parakeet
o rose robin
o rose arch
- (Under rose-breasted, adj.)
o rose-breasted robin
- (Under rose-coloured | rose-colored, adj.)
o rose-coloured cockatoo
- (Under Rosehill, n.)
o Rosehill parakeet
- (Under rosemary, n.)
o rosemary pine
- (Under Ross, n.2)
o Ross seal
- (Under Ross River, n.)
o Ross River virus
- (Under roster, v.)
o rostering
- (Under rostrate, adj.)
o rostrate bone
- (Under rosy, adj. and n.)
o rosy barb
o rosy boa
o rosy feather star
o rosy pastor
- (Under rotary, adj. and n.)
o rotary drill
o rotary hoe
o rotary kiln
o rotary power
o rotary quern
o rotary switch
o rotary tiller
o rotary-winged
- (Under rotational, adj.)
o rotational latency
o rotational quantum number
o rotational symmetry
- (Under rotation, n.)
o rotation crop
o rotation curve
o rotation rate
- (Under rotator, n.)
o rotator cuff
- (Under rotatory, adj. and n.)
o rotatory power
o optical rotatory power
- (Under rotisserie, n.)
o rotisserie oven
Out-of-sequence new entries
16 September 2010 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:
- ampelographer, n.
- Apus, n.
- arenosol, n.
- boonies, n.
- borek, n.
- borlotti, n.
- care package, n.
- choy sum, n.
- Ciliata, n.
- dubstep, n.
- eggcorn, n.
- fening, n.
- free runner, n.
- free running, n.
- futsal, n.
- goal post, n.
- goji, n.
- Herceptin, n.
- hikikomori, n.
- Holyrood, n.2
- iPod, n.
- kawaii, adj. and n.
- keirin, n.
- keitai, n.
- khimar, n.
- machinima, n.
- marka, n.
- non-affective, adj.
- ogonek, n.
- parkour, n.
- saprotroph, n.
- saprotrophic, adj.
- saprotrophy, n.
- sheeple, n.
- Songkran, n.
- text box, n.
- tool tip, n.
- trastuzumab, n.
- wide-roomed, adj.
- wuxia, n.
- Yngling, n.
In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:
- (Under acute, adj. and n.)
o acute mountain sickness
- (Under alpha, n.)
o alpha-hydroxy acid
- (Under ataxy, n.)
o ataxia telangiectasia
- (Under backward, adv., adj., and n.2)
o backward caste
o backward class
o other backward classes
o backward compatibility
o backward-compatible
o backward difference
o backward integration
o backward masking
o backward roll
- (Under backwardly, adv.)
o backwardly compatible
- (Under backwards, adv. and adj.)
o backwards compatibility
o backwards-compatible
- (Under B, n.)
o BOD
o B chromosome
o B-mode
o B-scan
o B-scanning
- (Under birthing, n.)
o birthing pool
- (Under cape, n.3)
o Cape plane
- (Under central, adj.)
o central difference
- (Under compound, adj.)
o compound body
- (Under co-ordinate, adj. and n.)
o coordinate geometry
- (Under crown, n.)
o crown pea
- (Under Darwin, n.)
o Darwin’s finch
- (Under D, n.)
o DHTML
- (Under dynamic, adj. and n.)
o dynamic HTML
- (Under F, n.)
o FET
- (Under fire, n.)
o fire-penny
- (Under flash, n.2)
o flash drive
o flash memory
- (Under forward, adj., adv., and n.)
o forward difference
o forward integration
o forward roll
- (Under gust, n.1)
o gust front
- (Under heel, n.1)
o heel flip
- (Under scientific, adj. and n.)
o scientific romance
- (Under sheep, n.)
o sheep roddin
- (Under siege, n.)
o siege engine
- (Under simple, adj. and n.)
o simple body
- (Under slant, adv. and adj.)
o slant distance
- (Under toxic, adj. and n.)
o toxic waste
- (Under two, adj., n., and adv.)
o two-step
- (Under Viennese, n. and adj.)
o Viennese Actionism
o Viennese Actionist
Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:
- antlia, n.
- assemblage, n.
- barb, n.1
- bulge, n.
- consensus, n.
- delay, n.
- dispersive, adj.
- dynamic, adj. and n.
- feed, n.
- grime, n.
- header, n.
- help, v.
- Henley, n.
- inactive, adj.
- integration, n.
- like, adj., adv., prep., conj., and n.2
- slide, n.
- static, adj. and n.
- toxic, adj. and n.
- well-laboured, adj.
- wheeler, n.
- zodiac, n. and adj.