June 2008 update
On 12 June 2008 the alphabetical range quittal-ramvert was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.
List of new words
- 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)
- rod pod
- rod rest
- rod white
- rod fibre
- (Under rogation, n.)
- Rogationtide
- (Under rogue, n. and adj.)
- rogue nation
- rogue trader
- rogue wave
- rogue agent
- rogue cop
- rogue operation
- rogue operator
- rogue soldier
- (Under roke, n.1)
- roke penny
- (Under role, n.)
- role behaviour
- (Under role, v.)
- roled
- (Under roll, n.1)
- roll of honour
- Rolls House
- roll cloud
- roll scale
- (Under roll, v.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, adj.)
- rolled-out
- (Under roller, n.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, n.)
- rollercoaster ride
- (Under rolling, adj. and adv.)
- rolling grass
- spring rolling grass
- spiny rolling grass
- rolling maul
- rolling start
- (Under rolling, n.1)
- rolling paper
- rolling over
- (Under rollover, n.)
- rollover contract
- (Under roly-poly, n., adv., and adj.)
- roly-poly bug
- (Under Roman, n.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, v.)
- romancized
- (Under romantic, adj. and n.)
- romantic comedy
- (Under romper, n.)
- romper room
- romper suit
- (Under roof, n.)
- roofball
- roof ladder
- roof prism
- roof scraper
- roof tax
- roof work
- roof area
- roof shingle
- (Under roofed, adj.)
- roofed terrapin
- roofed turtle
- (Under roofing, n.)
- roofing bone
- roofing nail
- roofing tin
- (Under roofless, adj.)
- roofless tenement
- (Under room, adj. (and n.2))
- room-heart
- room land
- (Under room, n.1 and int.)
- roomset
- room-size
- room-sized
- room tone
- room heater
- room key
- (Under rooster, n.)
- roosterfish
- (Under root and branch, adv. and n.)
- root and brancher
- (Under root, n.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, n.1)
- rope swing
- rope fender
- rope mat
- rope factory
- rope shop
- (Under rose, n.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, adj.)
- rose-breasted robin
- (Under rose-coloured | rose-colored, adj.)
- rose-coloured cockatoo
- (Under Rosehill, n.)
- Rosehill parakeet
- (Under rosemary, n.)
- rosemary pine
- (Under Ross, n.2)
- Ross seal
- (Under Ross River, n.)
- Ross River virus
- (Under roster, v.)
- rostering
- (Under rostrate, adj.)
- rostrate bone
- (Under rosy, adj. and n.)
- rosy barb
- rosy boa
- rosy feather star
- rosy pastor
- (Under rotary, adj. and n.)
- rotary drill
- rotary hoe
- rotary kiln
- rotary power
- rotary quern
- rotary switch
- rotary tiller
- rotary-winged
- (Under rotational, adj.)
- rotational latency
- rotational quantum number
- rotational symmetry
- (Under rotation, n.)
- rotation crop
- rotation curve
- rotation rate
- (Under rotator, n.)
- rotator cuff
- (Under rotatory, adj. and n.)
- rotatory power
- optical rotatory power
- (Under rotisserie, n.)
- 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.)
- acute mountain sickness
- (Under alpha, n.)
- alpha-hydroxy acid
- (Under ataxy, n.)
- ataxia telangiectasia
- (Under backward, adv., 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, adv.)
- backwardly compatible
- (Under backwards, adv. and adj.)
- backwards compatibility
- backwards-compatible
- (Under B, n.)
- BOD
- B chromosome
- B-mode
- B-scan
- B-scanning
- (Under birthing, n.)
- birthing pool
- (Under cape, n.3)
- Cape plane
- (Under central, adj.)
- central difference
- (Under compound, adj.)
- compound body
- (Under co-ordinate, adj. and n.)
- coordinate geometry
- (Under crown, n.)
- crown pea
- (Under Darwin, n.)
- Darwin’s finch
- (Under D, n.)
- DHTML
- (Under dynamic, adj. and n.)
- dynamic HTML
- (Under F, n.)
- FET
- (Under fire, n.)
- fire-penny
- (Under flash, n.2)
- flash drive
- flash memory
- (Under forward, adj., adv., and n.)
- forward difference
- forward integration
- forward roll
- (Under gust, n.1)
- gust front
- (Under heel, n.1)
- heel flip
- (Under scientific, adj. and n.)
- scientific romance
- (Under sheep, n.)
- sheep roddin
- (Under siege, n.)
- siege engine
- (Under simple, adj. and n.)
- simple body
- (Under slant, adv. and adj.)
- slant distance
- (Under toxic, adj. and n.)
- toxic waste
- (Under two, adj., n., and adv.)
- two-step
- (Under Viennese, n. and adj.)
- Viennese Actionism
- 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.