New words list September 2013
List of new word entries
In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:
New words
New sub-entries
New senses
New word entries
- adults-only, adj.
- American African, n. and adj.
- aquafarm, n.
- aquafarming, n.
- arab spring, n.
- A-rab, n.2 and adj.2
- arabesqued, adj.
- arabesqueness, n.
- Arabidopsis, n.
- arabinogalactan, n.
- arabinoside, n.
- arabitol, n.
- Arabophile, n. and adj.
- atter, prep., conj., and adv.
- au pair, v.
- backdated, adj.
- bag woman, n.
- bargainable, adj.
- Brønsted, n.
- Brønsted–Lowry, n.
- buzzworthy, adj.
- campsite, n.
- coalify, v.
- cultivatible, adj.
- dementalizing, adj.
- embryogenical, adj.
- embryonical, adj.
- embryony, n.
- embryopathy, n.
- embryophyte, n.
- ’emself, pron.
- fetology, n.
- fetomaternal, adj.
- fetoscope, n.
- fetoscopy, n.
- fleishig, adj. and n.
- grey zone | gray zone, n.
- greyware | grayware, n.
- gurrier, n.
- heself, pron.
- hims, adj.
- iron bomb, n.
- iron brown, n. and adj.
- iron fist, n.
- iron triangle, n.
- iron woman, n.
- irone, n.
- ironizing, adj.
- löwchen, n.
- looder, v.
- low ball, n. and adj.
- low-balling, adj.
- low-bridge, v.
- lowercase, v.
- Lowland Scots, adj. and n.
- low-lifer, n.
- low-maintenance, adj.
- low-rate, v.
- low-riding, adj.
- Lowry–Brønsted, n.
- low-top, adj. and n.
- mattar paneer, n.
- meal offering, n.
- milchig, adj. and n.
- misclaim, v.
- misdelivered, adj.
- museographic, adj.
- Mu’tazilism, n.
- New Norwegian, n.
- non se ipse, adj.
- Nunamiut, adj. and n.
- ohmigosh, int.
- ooh-wee, int.
- orgasmatron, n.
- oversighting, n.
- overstaffed, adj.
- peakman, n.
- primost, n.
- sheself, pron.
- steelily, adv.
- they-all, pron.
- theyself, pron.
- top to tail, adv.
- undubbed, adj.2
- unlovableness, n.
- weself, pron.
New sub entries
- appraisal form
- appraisal meeting
- appraisal process
- appraisal scheme
- appraisal system
- appraisal value
- appraised value
- appreciation dinner
- Arab cradle spring
- Arab Legion
- Arab nationalism
- Arab nationalist
- Arab world
- Arabian babbler
- Arabian camel
- Arabian coffee
- Arabian gazelle
- Arabian mustard
- Arabic speaker
- Arabic-speaking
- Arab-speaker
- Arab-speaking
- army estimate
- army issue
- army surplus
- army surplus store
- arrangement fee
- arrest warrant
- Atlantic provinces
- attention-getter
- attention-getting
- attention-grabber
- attention-grabbing
- auxiliary nurse
- axe murderer
- B.G.
- b/d
- bachelor’s chest
- bachelor’s degree
- back four
- back green
- back issue
- back matter
- back nine
- back pass
- back passage
- back rub
- backbore
- back-rower
- backsplit
- back-translation
- bacon and eggs
- bag boy
- bag limit
- bag lunch
- bag people
- bag person
- bag stuffer
- baggage handler
- baggage handling
- bait layer
- baking apple
- balance certificate
- bamboo English
- banana belt
- banana peel
- banana-bender
- band call
- bandmate
- banner title
- banner-waving
- bar association
- bar car
- bar council
- bar flap
- barley coffee
- barrel arbor
- barrel bag
- barrel jumper
- barrel jumping
- barrel race
- barrel racer
- barrel racing
- barrel roof
- barrel-roofed
- barrierless
- basic military training
- basic skill
- basic training
- basket catch
- basket name
- basket top
- basketless
- bat box
- baton twirler
- baton twirling
- battily
- battiness
- BC
- beach book
- beach break
- beach bunny
- beach volleyball
- bead curtain
- beam reach
- beam wind
- beanburger
- beastess
- beat cop
- beat officer
- beaver house
- bed bath
- beer bust
- beer festival
- beer joint
- beer tent
- beer-bellied
- beerily
- bell-bottom
- belly button ring
- bellyboard
- bellyboarder
- bellyboarding
- belt bag
- belt loop
- belt sander
- bench jockey
- bench jockeying
- bench seat
- bench worker
- benchwork
- BFPO
- bi-lingued
- billiard board
- birth chart
- birth coat
- biscuit bomber
- biscuit cutter
- biscuit fire
- biscuit firing
- biscuit shooter
- bladdered
- block association
- BLS
- BM
- BM
- BMA
- BNF
- bog roll
- boot-cut
- bpd
- BPI
- BR
- Br.
- Br.
- Br.
- brand extension
- bride-to-be
- BSL
- BT
- Bt.
- BTW
- bucket list
- buoyancy aid
- buoyancy compensator
- BVI
- C4
- CA
- cabin mate
- cack-handedly
- café brülot
- café brülot diabolique
- café cognac
- café royale
- cake doughnut
- cake flour
- cake pan
- camp cot
- camp counselling
- camp counsellor
- camp table
- campery
- camping site
- camping stove
- cane cutter
- cane head
- cane spirit
- cane ware
- cap lamp
- captain’s table
- carrot cake
- carrot juice
- carrot-top
- carrot-topped
- CBT
- ccp
- chocolate fudge
- cigarette pants
- CIM
- coal band
- coal boat
- coal flat
- coal forest
- coal gasification
- coal grieve
- coal industry
- coal land
- coal level
- coal pot
- coal powder
- coal production
- coal reserve
- coal road
- coal shale
- coal slate
- coal slurry
- coal smoke
- coal stove
- coal strike
- coal swamp
- coal tar soap
- coal train
- coal-based
- coal-burning
- coalition government
- coal-powered
- control-freakery
- corpus linguistics
- cosmic irony
- CPA
- crash mat
- crested newt
- CT
- cult following
- cult status
- cult-like
- CVS
- demential
- desert ironwood
- DTI
- ecclesiastical Latin
- embryonally
- embryonic disc
- embryonic stem cell
- embryoscopy
- embryospastic
- embryotomic
- EPW
- FAO
- far left
- far right
- fetally
- GHG
- gold collar
- gold collar worker
- gorge walking
- Great American Novel
- great ape
- Great Attractor
- great auk
- great Australian dream
- Great Awakening
- great belly
- great blue
- great bustard
- great corn
- great crested grebe
- great crested newt
- Great Dark Spot
- Great Depression
- great diving beetle
- great egret
- great ewe
- Great Exhibition
- Great Famine
- Great Fire
- Great Fire of London
- great grey shrike
- great horned owl
- Great Hunger
- Great Land
- Great Lent
- great magnolia
- great mallow
- Great Nebula
- great northern diver
- great pipe
- great pock
- great skua
- great smoke
- great snipe
- Great Society
- great son
- great spotted kiwi
- great spotted woodpecker
- great tit
- great vessel
- great wheel
- Great White North
- great white shark
- great wife
- great-breasted
- greater celandine
- greater spotted woodpecker
- greater stitchwort
- greater-than sign
- greatest common divisor
- greatest common measure
- greatest hits
- greatest lower bound
- great-grandnephew
- grey arsenic
- grey body
- grey currawong
- grey dagger
- grey duiker
- grey dune
- grey goo
- grey grub
- grey gum
- grey hairstreak
- grey heron
- grey kangaroo
- grey leaf
- grey leaf blight
- grey leaf spot
- grey level
- grey marketer
- grey marketing
- grey meerkat
- grey mould
- grey noise
- grey oat
- grey petrel
- grey phalarope
- grey pound
- grey rat
- grey rot
- grey wagtail
- grey warbler
- grey wine
- grey-cheek
- grey-cheeked thrush
- greyface
- grey-faced petrel
- greyhound dog
- grey-streaked
- GST
- HD
- HDMI
- hill walker
- hill walking
- HND
- hoary cress
- HOMO
- Hyp
- iron chamber
- Iron Chancellor
- Iron City
- Iron Curtain country
- iron lace
- iron ordeal
- iron oxide
- iron rice bowl
- iron road
- iron rust
- iron shears
- iron steel
- iron sulphide
- iron way
- ironbark wood
- iron-heater
- iron-nickel
- iron-rich
- knife block
- LBO
- lesser ape
- less-than sign
- line-caught
- linguistic family
- linguistic imperialism
- linguistic profiling
- loodering
- low beam
- low blow
- low emission
- low fever
- low gearing
- low point
- low season
- low sodium chloride
- low-acid
- low-alcohol
- low-branching
- low-cal
- low-carb
- low-carbohydrate
- low-cast
- low-cholesterol
- low-density lipoprotein
- low-dose
- low-downer
- low-earth
- low-earth orbit
- low-emission vehicle
- low-emissivity
- low-enriched
- lower court
- lower depths
- lower forty-eight
- lower fungus
- lower plant
- lower second
- low-fare
- low-floor
- low-flush
- lowland gorilla
- Lowland pipes
- low-latitude
- low-lit
- lowly-hearted
- low-margin
- low-mileage
- low-orbit
- low-padding
- low-paying
- low-priority
- low-probability
- low-protein
- low-quality
- low-range
- low-ranked
- low-res
- low-resolution
- low-salt
- low-scoring
- low-skill
- low-skilled
- low-sodium
- low-tar
- low-tax
- LW
- sales push
- sand tiger
- sand tiger shark
- Second Great Awakening
- senior management
- shooting guard
- shrunken head
- silver gamma
- silver gamma moth
- skullcapped
- snake house
- Socratic irony
- Stormont agreement
- straightening iron
- tailgating
- they-all’s
- threshing sled
- threshing sledge
- to slip (also tread) on a banana peel
- to slip on a banana peel
- to tread on a banana peel
- top tier
- unflyable
- upper chamber
- veal crate
- wall walk
- warehouse club
- weight train
- weight-trained
- wimpily
- wimpishly
- WLTM
- worm-burner
New senses
- army, n.
- attachment, n.
- audit, n.
- auxiliary, adj. and n.
- bag, n.
- bake, n.
- banana, n.
- band, n.2
- bandage, n.
- bang, v.1
- banner, n.1
- bar, n.1
- barnstorm, v.
- barrier, n.
- basic, adj. and n.1
- basket, n.
- baton, n.
- beam, n.1
- beat, v.1
- beg, v.
- bell, n.1
- block, n.
- blow, v.1
- bomb, n.
- café, n.
- cage, n.
- cane, n.1
- canyon, n.
- Chinkey | Chinkie | Chinky, n.
- close, adj. and adv.
- conspicuity, n.
- dislocation, n.
- fudge, int. and n.
- gate, n.1
- gold, n.1
- lake, n.4
- scrubber, n.2
- skimmer, n.
- snap, n.
- sneak, n.
- sol, n.5
- splosh, n.
- stuff, n.1
- suicide, n.2
- surplus, n. and adj.
- tail-gate, v.
- tease, v.1
- throat, n.
- toboggan, v.
- top, n.1
- unburst, adj.
- unclip, v.
- unpointed, adj.
- unpredictable, adj.
- wrecking, n.2