New words list June 2017

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 senses

New word entries

  • arribada, n.
  • arricciato, n.
  • arriccio, n.
  • arriéré, adj.
  • ‘Arriet, n.
  • arrivederci, int. and n.
  • arriving, adj.
  • arrope, n.
  • arrowing, adj.
  • arrow-straight, adv. and adj.
  • arroz con pollo, n.
  • arroz, n.
  • bareback, n.
  • bareback, v.
  • barebacker, n.
  • barebacking, n.
  • biomanufacturing, n.
  • biomining, n.
  • bug chaser, n.
  • bug chasing, n.
  • cantefable, n.
  • casita, n.
  • chana dal, n.
  • chana, n.
  • changing table, n.
  • changkol, n.
  • chankonabe, n.
  • channelopathy, n.
  • chanoyu, n.
  • chanson à  boire, n.
  • chanted, adj.2
  • chantefable, n.
  • chanteur, n.
  • chanticleering, n.
  • chantlate, n.
  • chantoosie, n.
  • chantwell, n.
  • chanty, n.
  • chao tom, n.
  • chaotropic, adj.
  • Chaource, n.
  • chip and charge, adj. and n.
  • closable, adj.
  • come-along, n.
  • comebacker, n.
  • come-from, n.
  • come-hithery, adj.
  • come-outism, n.
  • come-over, n.
  • Comephorus, n.
  • cometesimal, n.
  • comet-like, adv. and adj.
  • come-to-Jesus, adj. and n.
  • devil dog, n.
  • devilette, n.
  • devil’s shoestring, n.
  • dobbing, n.
  • doenjang, n.
  • down-at-heeled, adj.
  • Fed Cup, n.
  • Fl, n.
  • footlessly, adv.
  • gina-gina, n.
  • ging, n.2
  • ginga, n.
  • ginge, n.
  • gingerish, adj.1
  • gingerol, n.
  • gingivally, adv.
  • Gini, n.
  • ginkgolide, n.
  • ginsenoside, n.
  • Ginsu, n.
  • groundie, n.
  • heel turn, n.
  • heeling, adj.
  • heelish, adj.
  • heelside, adj. (and adv.)
  • heel-tapping, adj.
  • heelwork, n.
  • heliosphere, n.
  • hygge, n. and adj.
  • inside-in, adj.
  • inside-out, adj.
  • leep, v.1
  • linespeople, n.
  • linesperson, n.
  • lineswoman, n.
  • Lv, n.
  • mon, v.
  • non-clergyable, adj.
  • optogenetic, adj.
  • optogenetics, n.
  • Plexicushion, n. and adj.
  • post-truth, adj.
  • qualie, n. and adj.
  • sangschaw, n.
  • screw bolted, adj.
  • screwballer, n.
  • screwdriving, n.
  • son jarocho, n.
  • son montuno, n.
  • Sonchus, n.
  • Sonderweg, n.
  • sonero, n.
  • songo, n.
  • songthaew, n.
  • sonhead, n.
  • sonification, n.
  • sonographer, n.
  • sonographic, adj.
  • sonographically, adv.
  • sonography, n.
  • sonologist, n.
  • sonology, n.
  • sonotube, n.
  • stratarchy, n.2
  • taint, n.2
  • thorough drain, n.
  • through line, n.
  • through road, n.
  • through, n.4
  • through-bolt, v.
  • through-deck, adj.1
  • through-geng, v.
  • through-hull, adj. and n.
  • throughothers, adv.
  • toeside, adj. (and adv.)
  • ultrasonologist, n.
  • unclapped, adj.
  • unclassy, adj.
  • unclenched, adj.
  • unclichéd, adj.
  • unclick, v.
  • unclicking, n.
  • unclued, adj.
  • unlacing, n.
  • unlagged, adj.
  • unlatch, v.2
  • unlatinized, adj.
  • unlaughing, adj.
  • unlawyerly, adj.
  • unleasable, adj.
  • unleashed, adj.
  • unlede, n.2
  • unlengthened, adj.
  • unlessen, conj.
  • unletting, adj.
  • unleveraged, adj.
  • unlightened, adj.2
  • unlike, n.2
  • unliken, v.2
  • unliving, n.1
  • unlockable, adj.2
  • unlogged, adj.
  • unloosing, adj.1
  • unlovability, n.
  • unluckly, adv.
  • unlulled, adj.
  • unlustly, adv.
  • uptalk, v.
  • veiltail, n.
  • venoso-reticulate, adj.
  • vet, adj.1
  • vetkoek, n.
  • vetted, adj.
  • veve, n.
  • web feed, n.
  • web radio, n.
  • Web TV, n.
  • Webby, n.
  • webhead, n.
  • webspace, n.
  • web-wide, adv. and adj.
  • widdly, adj.
  • wide-field, adj.
  • woke up, adj.
  • woke, adj.2
  • zoomable, adj.
  • zoophagic, adj.
  • zoophagy, n.
  • Zyzzyva, n.

New sub-entries

  • (I don’t know) what came over me (also him, her, etc.)
  • arriding
  • arrival area
  • arrival board
  • arrival ceremony
  • arrival date
  • arrival delay
  • arrival gate
  • arrival hall
  • arrival information
  • arrival statement
  • arrival terminal
  • arrivals area
  • arrivals board
  • arrivals gate
  • arrivals hall
  • arrivals lounge
  • arrivals terminal
  • arroded
  • arrow bag
  • Arrow collar
  • arrow collar man
  • arrow draught
  • arrow formation
  • arrow length
  • arrow rest
  • arrow shaft
  • arrow shelf
  • arrow shooter
  • arrow speed
  • arrow-firing
  • arrowhead making
  • arrowhead vine
  • arrowhead-shaped
  • arrowleaf balsamroot
  • arrow-making
  • arrowroot biscuit
  • arrowroot flour
  • arrowroot powder
  • arrowroot starch
  • arrow-shooting
  • as that comes to
  • Australian formation
  • back-heel
  • birdcage veil
  • block shot
  • blusher veil
  • Boston marriage
  • break-back
  • butt pirate
  • capillary action
  • career grand slam
  • career slam
  • cathedral veil
  • chair umpire
  • challenge round
  • Champions tiebreak
  • champions tiebreaker
  • change log
  • change of air
  • change of mind
  • change of state
  • change of tack
  • change-out
  • changing mat
  • changing pad
  • changingness
  • channel changer
  • Channel Country
  • channel selector
  • channel-billed cuckoo
  • channelized
  • channelled wrack
  • chant-along
  • chant-like
  • chanty wrastler
  • chaos magic
  • chaos theorist
  • chaos theory
  • chaotic attractor
  • closed stance
  • code violation
  • come off it
  • come on then
  • come to that
  • comeback king
  • comeback queen
  • comeback trail
  • comedonal
  • come-from-behind
  • come-outerism
  • comet nucleus
  • cometary globule
  • come-to-bed
  • come-to-bed eyes
  • coming (right) up
  • coming right up
  • coming to terms
  • coming up
  • comings and goings
  • continental grip
  • corporate veil
  • dead rubber
  • devil grass
  • devil ray
  • devil stick
  • devilled egg
  • devilled eggs
  • devil’s ivy
  • Devil’s mark
  • devil’s paintbrush
  • devil’s walking stick
  • drop shot
  • drop-shot
  • drop-volley
  • forced error
  • gin and French
  • gin band
  • gin craze
  • gin daisy
  • gin joint
  • gin stand
  • gin wright
  • ginger juice
  • ginger mint
  • ginger syrup
  • golden grand slam
  • golden slam
  • hawk-eye
  • heel counter
  • heel cup
  • heel prick
  • heel stick
  • heel stone
  • heel strike
  • heel striker
  • heel-dragger
  • heeling over
  • heeling over method
  • heeling over process
  • heelsplitter
  • I don’t know what came over me
  • if it comes down to it
  • if it comes to it
  • if you come down to it
  • if you come to that
  • I-formation
  • ILTF
  • inferior vena cava
  • ITF
  • kick serve
  • line call
  • line judge
  • line umpire
  • lolly lounge
  • screw conveyor
  • screw fitting
  • screw pod mimosa
  • screw propulsion
  • screwgate
  • screwgate karabiner
  • screwgate krab
  • screwing around
  • screwing down
  • screw-pod
  • screw-pod mesquite
  • screw-type
  • second serve
  • semi-western grip
  • service action
  • service game
  • sheet web
  • son of a bachelor
  • sonar technician
  • sonar-like
  • sonarman
  • song contest
  • song duel
  • song game
  • song leader
  • song text
  • song title
  • song-based
  • song-oriented
  • song-plug
  • song-story
  • sonic branding
  • sonic logo
  • sonic palette
  • sonic screwdriver
  • sonometric
  • stop-volley
  • stop-volleying
  • superior vena cava
  • tennis bracelet
  • tennis dad
  • tennis mom
  • tennis mum
  • tennis parent
  • the Tube
  • this is where we came in
  • through-hike
  • through-hike
  • through-hiker
  • through-hole
  • through-looking
  • through-sung
  • to be (or get) come up with
  • to be come up with
  • to be on the comeback trail
  • to change around
  • to change off
  • to change out
  • to change over
  • to change up
  • to come about
  • to come abroad
  • to come across
  • to come across —
  • to come across with
  • to come after —
  • to come along
  • to come apart
  • to come around
  • to come at —
  • to come back
  • to come between —
  • to come by
  • to come by —
  • to come down
  • to come down with the money (dust, needful, etc.)
  • to come for —
  • to come forth
  • to come forth with
  • to come forwards
  • to come in
  • to come in at
  • to come in between —
  • to come in for
  • to come in for it
  • to come in handy
  • to come in on (or upon) a person’s mind
  • to come in on a person’s mind
  • to come in upon a person
  • to come in upon a person’s mind
  • to come in useful
  • to come in with
  • to come into —
  • to come into it
  • to come off
  • to come off —
  • to come off on
  • to come off on (also upon)
  • to come off upon
  • to come on
  • to come on —
  • to come out
  • to come out at
  • to come out fighting
  • to come out fighting (also swinging)
  • to come out of —
  • to come out on strike
  • to come out swinging
  • to come out with
  • to come over —
  • to come right out and say (ask, etc.)
  • to come right out with
  • to come right out with it
  • to come round
  • to come through
  • to come through —
  • to come to —
  • to come to much the same
  • to come to much the same thing
  • to come to one’s right mind
  • to come to one’s senses
  • to come to one’s senses (or oneself)
  • to come to oneself
  • to come to the same
  • to come to the same thing
  • to come to the same thing
  • to come together
  • to come under —
  • to come up
  • to come up against
  • to come up big
  • to come up big (also huge, large)
  • to come up for air
  • to come up huge
  • to come up large
  • to come up short
  • to come up smiling
  • to come up with
  • to come up with
  • to come with —
  • to get come up with
  • to lift the corporate veil
  • to pierce (also lift, etc.) the corporate veil
  • to pierce the corporate veil
  • to screw around
  • to screw down
  • to screw off
  • to screw over
  • to screw up
  • to screw with —
  • Uncle Sugar
  • Uncle Tomahawk
  • unforced error
  • unlawful combatant
  • unlawful killing
  • unliveable-with
  • upspeaking
  • vehicle insurance
  • vehicle maintenance
  • vehicle registration
  • vehicle tax
  • vehicle theft
  • veil of Veronica
  • veinlike
  • veinous artery
  • veiny piece
  • vena cava
  • venal artery
  • veteranized
  • veterinary entomology
  • veto pen
  • web analytics
  • web belt
  • web browsing
  • web bug
  • web camera
  • web chat
  • web conference
  • web conferencing
  • web content
  • web host
  • web hosting
  • web pad
  • web portal
  • web search
  • web standard
  • web streaming
  • web tablet
  • web traffic
  • web wire
  • webcomic
  • web-enable
  • webmail
  • webtoon
  • web-wire fence
  • web-wise
  • what came over her
  • what came over him
  • what came over me
  • what is — coming to?
  • what is coming to —?
  • when (also if) it comes to it
  • when (or if) it comes (or you come) down to it
  • when it comes down to it
  • when it comes to —
  • when it comes to it
  • when you come down to it
  • where (a person or thing) comes in
  • where does (a person or thing) come in?
  • wide chord
  • wide-angled
  • wide-mindedness
  • wide-ringed
  • widescreen tv
  • widespreadly
  • widow’s cap
  • worting
  • WTA
  • zoobenthos
  • zooful
  • zookeeping
  • zooplanktivore
  • zooplanktivorous
  • zootheist

New senses

  • anointing, n.
  • bagel, n.
  • Baltic, adj. and n.
  • bareback, adv. and adj.
  • beta, n.
  • block, v.
  • breaker, n.1
  • carpet, n.
  • chalk, n.
  • challenge, n.
  • challenge, v.
  • challenger, n.
  • challenger, n.
  • consolidate, v.
  • counterpuncher, n.
  • Cyclops, n.
  • double-handed, adj.
  • epigeal, adj.
  • error, n.
  • fault, v.
  • fifteen, adj. and n.
  • flat, adj., adv.,  and n.3
  • forty, adj. and n.
  • future, adj. and n.
  • glass, n.1
  • grass, n.1
  • hold, v.
  • kicker, n.
  • knock, v.
  • land-line, n.
  • lighten, v.2
  • log, v.1
  • sandal, n.1
  • scratch, n.1
  • serve, n.2
  • shank, n.
  • shank, v.
  • sit, v.
  • swimmer, n.
  • T, n.
  • tape, n.1
  • thirty, adj. and n.