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