New words list December 2012

List of new word entries

In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:

New word entries
New sub-entries

New word entries

• Aggadah, n.
• akhund, n.
• apastron, n.
• Aquarid, n. and adj.
• base case, n.
• bicyclic, adj.2
• bicycling, adj.
• bicycloannulation, n.
• black-fronted, adj.
• busgirl, n.
• cane corso, n.
• Captcha, n.
• captival, adj.
• carpsucker, n.
• chrono-, comb._form
• chronotropic, adj.
• chronotropism, n.
• chronotropy, n.
• cold sore, n.
• cycloheptane, n.
• Darwinic, adj.
• Entlebucher, n.
• FLOP, n.2
• gingiva, n.
• golficé, adv.
• ice giant, n.
• ice queen, n.
• ice time, n.
• ice wine, n.
• ice-cool, adj.
• icecrete, n.
• iced tea, n.
• Iceni, n. and adj.
• infectability, n.
• infectable, adj.
• infectee, n.
• infectibility, n.
• ironice, adv.
• kalua, adj.
• kalua, v.
• key code, n.
• key working, n.
• keyboarder, n.
• kinara, n.
• leproid, adj.
• logice, adv.
• Long Island ice tea, n.
• Long Island iced tea, n.
• micropig, n.
• ocicat, n.
• Old Icelandic, n. and adj.
• quod erat demonstrandum, int. and n.
• savaging, n.
• savanilla, n.1
• savanilla, n.2
• savantism, n.
• savasana, n.
• savoured | savored, adj.2
• senioritis, n.
• small cap, n.
• small drink, n. and adj.
• small grain, n. and adj.
• smaller, n.
• smallie, n.
• snowcrete, n.
• stat., n.1
• state bank, n.
• state function, n.
• state of matter, n.
• state of war, n.
• state secretary, n.
• state-dependent, adj.
• statement, v.
• staticize, v.2
• staticizer, n.
• statico-, comb._form
• statual, adj.1
• statue, v.1
• statued, adj.1
• stibarsen, n.
• xolo, n.
• xoloitzcuintli, n.

New sub-entries

• arrow arum
• arrow poison
• arrow prayer
• arrow-poison frog
• bicycle club
• bicycle courier
• bicycle ergometer
• bicycle light
• bicycle taxi
• bike chain
• bike clip
• bike courier
• bike helmet
• bike pump
• bike rider
• bike riding
• bike shed
• black-fronted tern
• Boston fern
• bus depot
• bus fare
• bus line
• bus master
• bus operator
• bus pass
• bush cricket
• bush elephant
• butter icing
• car alarm
• car battery
• car bonnet
• car bumper
• car camping
• car carrier
• car charger
• car chase
• car clout
• car club
• car construction
• car crime
• car culture
• car dealer
• car dealership
• car hood
• car horn
• car house
• car insurance
• car line
• car maker
• car manufacturer
• car mechanic
• car parking
• car plant
• car radio
• car rental
• car salesman
• car seat
• car shed
• car showroom
• car stereo
• car sticker
• car tax
• car track
• car transporter
• car trunk
• car tyre
• car windscreen
• car windshield
• car wreck
• carbarn
• car-bombed
• car-bound
• car-dependent
• car-free
• cfs
• CMS
• cold virus
• control-alt-delete
• cycle ergometer
• cycle race
• cycle route
• cycle-rickshaw
• Darwinian curvature
• DHSS
• DSS
• dynamic RAM
• dynamical system
• encephalitis lethargica
• endemic syphilis
• feeding station
• functional residual capacity
• glacé icing
• gut flora
• hepatitis A
• hepatitis A virus
• hepatitis B
• hepatitis B virus
• hepatitis C
• hepatitis C virus
• hepatitis D
• hepatitis D virus
• hepatitis delta
• ice bear
• ice bicycle
• ice blindness
• ice boulder
• ice climber
• ice climbing
• ice coffee
• ice core
• ice dance
• ice dwarf
• ice hotel
• ice I
• ice Ih
• ice legs
• ice locomotive
• ice maiden
• ice melt
• ice milk
• ice pad
• ice pan
• ice piece
• ice pilot
• ice pipe
• ice pop
• ice rafted
• ice ram
• ice room
• ice run
• ice sculpture
• ice sled
• ice spoon
• ice stalactite
• ice tea
• ice tray
• ice-boatman
• ice-cream pants
• ice-cream social
• ice-cream suit
• ice-cream supper
• iced coffee
• iced pudding
• iced-up
• ice-marginal
• ice-minus
• ice-out
• ice-over
• ice-skating rink
• ice-strengthened
• icing bag
• icy pole
• intestinal flora
• key box
• key cutter
• key field
• key fob
• key light
• key log
• key phone
• key phone system
• key safe
• key telephone
• key telephone system
• keyboard player
• keyboard shortcut
• keychain drive
• Keyhole Nebula
• keyhole neckline
• keyhole-shaped
• keylogger
• keylogging
• Keynesian economics
• Keynesian economist
• keynote presentation
• key-operated
• keypunched
• keystone correction
• keystone picture
• keystone species
• lepra bacillus
• lepra cell
• lepra reaction
• leprosy bacillus
• sacred lotus
• savannah elephant
• savant syndrome
• saving rate
• saving scheme
• savings rate
• savings scheme
• savoy spinach
• small ball
• small block
• small business
• small clause
• small fish
• small fish in a big pond
• small fleabane
• small forward
• small game
• small government
• small nettle
• small person
• small press
• small rice
• small salad
• small salading
• small saver
• small saver certificate
• small science
• small ticket
• small tortoiseshell
• small white
• small years
• small-batch
• small-breasted
• small-capitalization
• small-car
• small-circulation
• small-featured
• smalling
• small-mindedly
• smallmouth black bass
• small-mouthed black bass
• small-nosed
• smallsat
• small-ticket item
• small-voiced
• small-waisted
• state attorney
• state banquet
• state dependant
• state dollar
• state education
• state enterprise
• state funding
• state funeral
• state government
• state governor
• state hospital
• state law
• state legislation
• state legislator
• state legislature
• state opening
• state pension
• state police
• state prosecutor
• state sector
• state senate
• state senator
• state space
• state terrorism
• state variable
• state-funded
• state-registered
• stathelfastly
• stathelfastness
• static cling
• static discharge
• static HTML
• static RAM
• static universe
• statical wave
• statically indeterminate
• statico-dynamic
• statico-dynamical
• statico-kinetic
• statico-physiological
• station stop
• stationery cupboard
• stationery shop
• stationery store
• statistical inference
• statistical linguistics
• statistical table
• statively
• stator armature
• stator field
• statufied
• status bar
• status report
• statutes at large
• statutory law
• statutory maternity pay
• statutory report
• statutory right
• to get one’s ice legs
• to ice over
• to ice up
• to key in
• to key into ——
• to key on ——
• to key to ——
• typhoid carrier
• typhoid state
• UI
• UX
• varicella zoster virus
• variola virus
• varioloid varicella
• water icing
• water potential
• water stress
• yellow fever virus