New words list March 2011
In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, the following new words were added:
- about round, adv.
- ambigram, n.
- banh mi, n.
- Barnard’s star, n.
- bet-hedging, n.
- bet-hedging, adj.
- biker, n.
- biologic, adj. and n.
- calligram, n.
- car crash, n.
- couch surf, v.
- couch surfer, n.
- couch surfing, n.
- cream crackered, adj.
- crème de cassis, n.
- Divehi, n.
- dot-bomb, n. and adj.
- dotted line, n. and adj.
- drill-down, n.
- dubplate, n.
- Dutch colonial, adj. and n.
- ego-surf, v.
- ego-surfing, n.
- English colonial, adj. and n.
- fabless, adj.
- fnarr fnarr, int. and adj.
- gnasher, n.
- gremolata, n.
- headline, v.
- headlined, adj.
- headlining, adj.
- hentai, n.
- heteronormative, adj.
- heteronormativity, n.
- Hindutva, n.
- June, n.
- kleftiko, n.
- la-la land, n.
- lari, n.
- LOL, n.1
- LOL, int. and n.2
- lumpenintelligentsia, n.
- meep, n. (and int.)
- meep, v.
- muffin top, n.
- non-dom, n.
- non-domicile, n.
- non-domiciled, adj.
- OMG, int., (n.), and adj.
- pap, n.5
- pap, v.3
- party-crasher, n.
- party-crashing, n.
- party-crashing, adj.
- radioprotectant, adj. and n.
- rotograph, v.
- rotoscope, v.
- rotoscoped,
- rotoscoping, n.
- rototill, v.
- rototilled, adj.
- rotten egg, n.
- Rotterdammer, n.
- Rottie, n.
- rottle, n.2
- rotty, adj.
- rouding time, n.
- rough-cut, adj.
- rough-cut, v.
- rough-dress, v.
- roughed-in, adj.
- rough-in, n.
- roughstock, n.
- roulade, v.
- roulading, n.
- roulette, v.
- roundman, n.
- round-nose, adj. and n.
- round-trip, v.
- roupily, adv.
- Roussanne, n.
- roustabouting, n.
- routed, adj.2
- router, n.6
- routery, n.
- routineness, n.
- rowdily, adv.
- rowed, adj.3
- rower, n.3
- rowlock, n.2
- Royal Free disease, n.
- royalness, n.
- rozzle, v.
- RSA, n.2
- Rev., n.
- Revd., n.
- Ru, n.
- rua, n.
- ruach, n.
- rub-a-dub, v.1
- rubber-banded, adj.
- rubberization, n.
- rubberize, v.1
- Rubisco, n.
- rubrene, n.
- rubrification, n.2
- rubus, n.
- ruck, v.7
- ruckly, adj.2
- rude, n.1
- rudimentarily, adv.
- ruesome, adj.
- ruff, n.10
- ruff, int. (and n.11)
- rufiyaa, n.
- Rugby sevens, n.
- rugelach, n.
- rugulate, adj.
- ruleful, adj.
- rumble-de-thumps, n.
- Ruminal, adj.1
- rumminess, n.1
- rumour control | rumor control, n.
- Rumping, adj.
- rumspringa, n.
- run-and-shoot, adj. and n.
- runathon, n.
- runchick, n.
- Rungu, n.
- runiform, adj.
- run-round, n.
- ruote, n.
- Rupert, n.
- RUPP, n.
- Ruppia, n.
- rural economics, n.
- Rurales, n.
- ruralite, n.
- Russellite, n.1 and adj.
- Russellite, n.2
- Russellite, n.3
- Russophilia, n.
- Russophobic, adj.
- Russophone, n. and adj.
- russula, n.
- rusticate, adj.
- rusticator, n.
- rusticle, n.
- Rusyn, n. and adj.
- Ruthenic, adj.1
- ruthenous, adj.
- Ruthian, adj.
- rutinic, adj.
- rutting, n.2
- ryanodine, n.
- ryotei, n.
- ryugi, n.
- Second Coming, n.
- singledom, n.
- Skidi, n. and adj.
- smack talk, n.
- smack talking, n.
- smack-talking, adj.
- spinback, n.
- state-run, adj.
- stonewash, n.
- stonewash, v.
- stonewashed, adj.
- suicide door, n.
- taquito, n.
- tetri, n.
- tinfoil hat, n.
- Wag, n.4
- wassup, int.
- yidaki, n.
In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:
- (Under B, n.)
- BFF
- (Under behavioural | behavioral, adj.)
- behavioural economics
- behavioural economist
- behavioural science
- behavioural scientist
- (Under bereavement, n.)
- bereavement counselling
- bereavement counsellor
- (Under bogus, n.1 and adj.)
- bogus caller
- (Under bottle, n.2)
- bottle rocket
- (Under breaking, n.)
- breaking capacity
- (Under C, n.)
- CEO
- CFO
- (Under cage, n.)
- cage fighting
- (Under call, n.)
- call and response
- (Under car, n.)
- car accident
- (Under care, n.1)
- care home
- (Under cat, n.1)
- cat shark
- (Under client, n.)
- client-centred
- (Under con, n.4)
- con artist
- (Under D, n.)
- DOB
- DRM
- (Under dark, adj.)
- dark rum
- (Under dental, adj. and n.)
- dental dam
- (Under domestic, adj. and n.)
- domestic goddess
- (Under doughnut, n.)
- doughnut hole
- (Under driving, n.)
- driving test
- (Under drop-, _form)
- drop-down
- (Under Eton, n.)
- Eton mess
- (Under fixed, adj.)
- fixed gear
- fixed wheel
- (Under flat, adj., adv., and 3)
- flat white
- (Under god, n.)
- God-botherer
- God-bothering
- (Under happy, adj.)
- happy camper
- (Under ick, n. and int.)
- ick factor
- (Under Jerusalem, )
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- (Under leisure, n.)
- leisure suit
- (Under light, adj.2)
- light rum
- (Under long, adj.1 and n.)
- long bone
- (Under rotograph, v.)
- rotographing
- (Under rotor, n.)
- rotor wash
- (Under rotten, adj., n., and adv.)
- rotten-toothed
- (Under rough, adj. (and int.))
- long rough dab
- rough dab
- rough edge
- rough Epsom salts
- rough flapper
- rough food
- rough lemon
- rough oak
- rough ray
- rough seal
- rough service
- rough terrapin
- rough-billed pelican
- rough-gaited
- rough-keeled snake
- rough-scaled lizard
- rough-tail
- rough-tailed snake
- rough-tailed stickleback
- rough-wing
- rough-wing tortrix
- rough-winged swallow
- (Under rough, n.1)
- rough of the mouth
- (Under rough-backed, adj.)
- rough-backed caiman
- (Under rough-dress, v.)
- rough-dressed
- rough-dressing
- (Under roughening, n.)
- roughening transition
- (Under rough-legged, adj.)
- rough-legged buzzard
- rough-legged hawk
- (Under roughness, n.)
- roughness length
- surface roughness length
- (Under rounce, v.1)
- rouncing
- (Under round robin, n.)
- round-robining
- (Under round, adj.)
- round baler
- round baling
- round bracket
- round game
- round potato
- round shave
- round whitefish
- round window
- round-baled
- round-crowned
- round-leaf
- round-neck
- (Under round, adv. and prep.)
- —— way round
- round and about
- (Under round, n.1)
- round book
- the rounds of the kitchen
- (Under round, v.2)
- to round aft
- to round down
- to round up
- (Under roundball, n.)
- roundballer
- (Under rounding, n.3)
- rounding down
- rounding error
- (Under round-leaved, adj.)
- round-leaved sundew
- (Under round-nose, adj. and n.)
- roundnose grenadier
- (Under Rous, n.)
- Rous sarcoma virus
- (Under route, n.1)
- route army
- route master
- route planner
- route sheet
- route step
- route taxi
- route-finding
- routeway
- (Under router, n.5)
- router table
- (Under routing, n.1)
- routing-house
- (Under routing, n.8)
- routing table
- (Under roving, adj.)
- roving bridge
- roving wiretap
- (Under row, v.1)
- to row back
- (Under rowel, n.)
- rowel scissors
- rowel-bone
- (Under royal, adj. and n.)
- royal absolutism
- Royal Academician
- royal albatross
- royal household
- Royal Institution
- royal kite
- Royal Mail
- royal moth
- royal pardon
- royal patronage
- royal refugee
- royal spoonbill
- royal walnut
- royal walnut moth
- (Under royalty, )
- royalty cheque
- royalty fee
- royalty income
- royalty rate
- royalty revenue
- royalty-free
- (under rub, v.1)
- to rub down
- to rub in
- to rub it in
- (under rubber band, n.)
- rubber-band gun
- (under rubber, n.1)
- rubber duck
- rubber ducky
- rubber reclaiming
- rubber room
- rubber slipper
- rubber stopper
- rubber tapper
- rubber tapping
- rubberwood
- (under rubbing, n.)
- rubbing strip
- (under rubbish, n., adj., and int.)
- rubbish bag
- rubbish collection
- rubbish disposal
- (under rubble, n.)
- rubble drain
- rubble ice
- (under rubella, n.)
- rubella virus
- (under ruby, n.1 and adj.)
- ruby and topaz hummingbird
- ruby arsenic
- ruby tiger
- ruby tiger moth
- ruby-topaz hummingbird
- (under ruby-crowned, adj.)
- ruby-crowned kinglet
- ruby-crowned wren
- (under ruby-headed, adj.)
- ruby-headed hummingbird
- (under ruby-throated, adj.)
- ruby-throated hummer
- (under ruckus, n.)
- ruckus juice
- (under rudder, n.)
- rudder wheel
- (under rude, adj. and adv.)
- rude boy
- rude girl
- (under ruffled, adj.1)
- ruffled feathers
- (under rufo-, _form)
- rufoferruginous
- rufofuscous
- (under rufous, adj. and n.)
- rufous hummingbird
- rufous-sided towhee
- (under rug, n.3)
- rug beater
- rug burn
- rug cleaner
- rug loom
- rug maker
- rug weaver
- rug weaving
- (under rugby, n.)
- rugby shirt
- rugbyist
- rugby-tackle
- (under rugger, n.2)
- rugger tackle
- (under rugose, adj.)
- rugoseness
- (under rule, n.1)
- rule change
- rule of reason
- rule of recognition
- rule of thirds
- rule set
- rule setter
- rule violation
- rule waiver
- rule-based
- rule-breaker
- rule-enforcer
- rule-free
- rule-keeper
- rule-loving
- rule-mongering
- rule-ridden
- rules of engagement
- rules of origin
- rule-writer
- ruler joint
- (under ruling, adj.)
- ruling gradient
- (under rum, n.2)
- rum and raisin
- rum ball
- rum bar
- rum barrel
- rum cake
- rum decanter
- rum factory
- rum flask
- rum glass
- rum house
- rum jar
- rum jug
- rum plantation
- rum raisin
- Rum Rebellion
- Rum Row
- rum sour
- rum store
- rum-chaser
- (under rumba, n.)
- rumba beat
- rumba club
- rumba dance
- rumba lesson
- rumba music
- (under run, adj.)
- run iron
- run knot
- (under run, n.2)
- run blocker
- run blocking
- run chase
- run defence
- run defender
- run length
- run rate
- run-producer
- run-stopper
- run-stuffer
- (under run, v.)
- it won’t run away
- to run around
- to run away
- to run away with
- to run away with it
- to run down
- to run down the clock
- to run in
- to run in and out
- to run it down
- to run off
- to run off at the mouth
- to run off from (one’s) bias
- to run off from bias
- to run off from one’s bias
- to run off with
- to run one’s easting (also westing) down
- to run out
- to run out a winner
- to run out on
- to run out the clock
- to run over
- to run round
- to run through
- to run to
- to run to fat
- to run to seed
- to run up
- to run up against
- to run up colour
- to run up the score
- to run with
- (under runaway, n. and adj.)
- runaway reaction
- runaway selection
- runaway sexual selection
- runaway star
- runaway switch
- (under rune, n.2)
- rune stone
- (under runner, n.1)
- runner’s knee
- (under running, adj.)
- running average
- running martingale
- running mean
- running pine
- running text
- (under running, n.)
- running madness
- running rail
- (under runt, n.)
- runt disease
- (under runting, n.)
- runting and stunting syndrome
- runting stunting syndrome
- runting syndrome
- (under rural, adj. and n.)
- rural carrier
- rural delivery
- rural district
- rural guard
- rural school
- rural tribe
- rural-born
- rural-bred
- rural-looking
- (under ruralize, v.)
- ruralized
- (under rush, n.1)
- rush chair
- rush-hile
- (under rush, v.2)
- to rush about
- to rush round
- (under rusk, v.1)
- rusked
- (under russet, n. and adj.)
- Russet Burbank
- russet leather
- (under Russia, n.)
- Russia calf
- Russia linen
- Russia mat
- (under Russian, n. and adj.)
- Russian America
- Russian comfrey
- Russian Empire
- Russian Federation
- Russian Formalism
- Russian Formalist
- Russian hat
- Russian kale
- Russian knapweed
- Russian wheat aphid
- Russian-looking
- Russian-speaker
- (under Russify, v.)
- Russified
- (under rust, n.1 and adj.)
- rust belt
- rust bowl
- rust finish
- (under rustic, adj. and n.)
- rustic bunting
- rustic drama
- rustic tribe
- (under rustless, adj.)
- rustless steel
- (under rusty, adj.1 (and n.1))
- rusty blackbird
- rusty dab
- rusty flounder
- rusty grackle
- Rusty Nail
- rusty woodsia
- rusty-spotted cat
- (under Rutherford, n.)
- Rutherford atom
- (under rutinic, adj.)
- rutinic acid
- (under ryanodine, n.)
- ryanodine receptor
- (under Rydberg, n.)
- Rydberg atom
- Rydberg state
- (under S, n.1)
- SPF
- (under short, adj., n., and adv.)
- short bone
- (under shroud, n.1)
- shroud-waving
- (under skill, n.1)
- skill position
- (under smokeless, adj.)
- smokeless tobacco
- (under special, adj., adv., and n.)
- Special Economic Zone
- (under steer, n.2)
- steer-rudder
- (under stunt, n.2)
- stunt casting
- (under sun, n.1)
- sun protection factor
- sunblock
- (under Tommy, n.1)
- tommy rough
- tommy ruff
- tommy ruffe
- (under tooth, n.)
- teeth-gnasher
- (under tooth, n.)
- tooth-gnasher
- (under Vietnamese, adj. and n.)
- Vietnamese sandwich
- (under yuck, int., n.2, and adj.)
- yuck factor
In addition to the new entries, a number of senses were added to words across the alphabet:
- angel, n.
- antedating, n.
- beat, n.1
- beauty, n.
- blue, n.
- brick wall, n.1
- build, v.
- builder, n.
- cage, n.
- California, n.
- colony, n.
- column, n.
- crack-up, n.
- disruptive, adj.
- draft, n.
- draft, v.
- drill, v.3
- factor, n.
- family, n.
- flavour | flavor, n.
- gear, n.
- god, n.
- grind, n.1
- grind, v.1
- heart, v.
- hedge, v.
- herd, n.1
- lash, n.1
- lashed, adj.1
- lossless, adj.
- lossy, adj.
- salubrious, adj.
- scrunchy, adj.
- second, n.1
- stator, n.2
- storming, adj.
- talk, v.
- tasty, adj.
- tragic, adj. and n.
- well-run, adj.
- wind, n.1