September 2007 update

On 14 September 2007 the alphabetical range proter-purposive 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

• protiated, adj.
• Protoceratops, n.
• protoctist, n. and adj.
• Protoctista, n.
• protoctistan, adj. and n.
• protohominid, adj. and n.
• Proto-Luke, n.
• proto-oncogene, n.
• protoporcelain, n.
• Protorosaurus, n.
• protostomian, adj. and n.
• prototype, v.
• protropin, n.
• protruberance, n.
• Protura, n.
• proturan, adj. and n.
• Prout’s hypothesis, n.
• Provimi, n.
• provost marshal general, n.
• proximation, n.
• Prozac, n.
• prozine, n.
• pruno, n.
• prutah, n.
• pry bar, n.
• pryddest, n.
• PsA, n.
• psammology, n.
• Psc, n.
• pseudo-cleft, adj. and n.
• pseudocoelomate, adj. and n.
• pseudocolouring | pseudocoloring, n.
• pseudocopulation, n.
• pseudoephedrine, n.
• pseudofossil, adj. and n.
• pseudophotograph, n.
• pseudy, adj.
• psilophyte, n.
• psittacosaur, n.
• psittacosaurid, n. and adj.
• Psittacosaurus, n.
• Psocoptera, n.
• psorophthalmy, n.
• Psoroptes, n.
• psychedelic trance, n.
• psychobilly, n.
• psychoeconomic, adj.
• psycho-educational, adj.
• psychogeneticist, n.
• psychogeographer, n.
• psychogeriatrician, n.
• psychographist, n.
• psychohydraulic, adj.
• psychohydraulics, n.
• psychoimmunology, n.
• psycho-killer, n.
• psychonaut, n.
• psychoneuroimmunologic, adj.
• psychoneuroimmunological, adj.
• psychoneuroimmunology, n.
• psychonomic, adj.
• psychospiritual, adj.
• psychotronic, adj.
• psychotronics, n.
• psychrometrically, adv.
• psychrotherapy, n.
• psy-trance, n.
• ptaquiloside, n.
• pteraspid, n. and adj.
• Pteridophyta, n.
• pteropodine, adj. and n.
• pteroyl, n.
• -pterygian, comb. form
• pterygiate, adj.
• -pterygious, comb. form
• Ptolemaian, n.
• Ptolemean, n.¹ and adj.¹
• ptui, int.
• Pu, n.
• pubbing, n.
• pubcaster, n.
• pube, n.
• public domain, n.
• public enterprise, n.
• public key, n.
• public minister, n.
• public schooling, n.
• pudend, n.
• pudge, n.³
• pudina, n.
• Pueblan, n.¹ and adj.¹
• Pueblan, n.² and adj.²
• Puebloan, n. and adj.
• pueblo joven, n.
• puer aeternus, n.
• Pu-erh, n.
• puffa, n.
• puffet, n.
• puffin, n.³
• puggy, adj.³
• pugilistics, n.
• pugillares, n.
• Pugin, adj.
• puh-leeze, adv. and int.
• puka, n.²
• pulegone, n.
• Puligny-Montrachet, n.
• pull-away, n.²
• pullikins, n.
• Pullo, n. and adj.
• pully, n.
• pulmonologist, n.
• pulmonology, n.
• pulped, adj.²
• pump-out, n.
• pump-prime, v.
• pump-primed, adj.
• pum-pum, n.
• pun, n.²
• punani, n.
• punchiness, n.²
• punch-out, n. and adj.
• punctulate, v.
• punditocracy, n.
• punim, n.
• punk, v.²
• punkabilly, n.
• punked, adj.
• punketto, n.¹
• punky, adj.²
• punnai, n.
• punta, n.²
• punt-out, n.
• Pup, n.³
• puppa, n.
• puppe, n.
• puppeteer, v.
• puppeteering, n.
• puppet-playing, adj.
• Puppis, n.
• pupu, n.
• pupusa, n.
• pure laine, adj. and n.
• pure mathematics, n.
• pur et dur, n. and adj.
• purloinment, n.
• purp, n.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:

• (Under Proteus, n.)
  • Proteus syndrome
• (Under prothetely, n.)
  • prothetelous
• (Under proto-, comb. form)
  • proto-industrial
  • proto-industrialization
  • proto-punk
  • Proto-World
  • prothyalosome
  • protobird
  • protomammal
  • protometabolism
  • protocoel
  • proto-feminist
• (Under protocone, n.)
  • protoconal
• (Under protopathic, adj.)
  • protopathic bias
• (Under protostome, n. and adj.)
  • protostomatous
  • protostomous
• (Under prototypical, adj.)
  • prototypicality
• (Under protozoological, adj.)
  • protozoologically
• (Under protrusible, adj.)
  • protrusibility
• (Under proviant, n.)
  • proviant master
• (Under provident, adj.)
  • provident fund
• (Under province, n.)
  • provincehood
• (Under proxy, n.)
  • proxy fight
  • proxy server
  • proxy war
• (Under prune, n.)
  • prune belly
  • prune belly syndrome
  • prune-faced
• (Under pryan, n.)
  • pryany
• (Under psammoma, n.)
  • psammoma body
• (Under pseudo-, comb. form)
  • pseudoautosomal
  • pseudodementia
  • pseudoprime
  • absolute pseudoprime
  • pseudotachylitic
  • pseudovirion
  • pseudo-realistic
• (Under pseudo-cleft, adj. and n.)
  • pseudo-clefting
• (Under pseudomonas, n.)
  • pseudomonal
• (Under pseudorandom, adj.)
  • pseudorandomness
• (Under psorophthalmy, n.)
  • psorophthalmic
• (Under psychic, adj. and n.)
  • psychic numbing
• (Under psychobabble, n.)
  • psychobabbling
• (Under psycho-, comb. form)
  • psychobiotic
  • psycho-emotional
  • psycho-moral
  • psycho-philosophical
  • psychothriller
  • psychovitalism
  • psychovitalistic
• (Under psychological, adj. and n.)
  • psychological autopsy
  • psychological block
  • psychological moment
  • psychological operations
  • psychological profile
  • psychological profiler
  • psychological profiling
  • psychological thriller
• (Under psychometric, adj.)
  • psychometric test
  • psychometric testing
• (Under psychophysical, adj.)
  • psychophysical parallelism
• (Under pteridophyte, n.)
  • pteridophytic
• (Under pteridosperm, n.)
  • pteridospermous
• (Under pteropod, n.)
  • pteropod shell
• (Under pub, n.¹)
  • pub band
  • pub sign
• (Under pubic, adj.)
  • pubic bone
  • pubic symphysis
• (Under public, adj. and n.)
  • public analyst
  • public bar
  • public broadcaster
  • public broadcasting
  • public charge
  • public choice
  • public company
  • public diplomacy
  • public figure
  • public good
  • public holiday
  • public intellectual
  • public language
  • public lavatory
  • public liability
  • public liability insurance
  • public limited company
  • public menace
  • public offer
  • public offering
  • public office
  • public–private
  • public speaker
  • public speaking
  • public switched telephone network
  • public table
  • public toilet
  • public transportation
  • public interest immunity
• (Under publicity, n.)
  • publicity machine
  • publicity release
  • publicity shot
  • publicity campaign
  • publicity department
  • publicity-shy
  • publicity-driven
• (Under public service, n.)
  • public service vehicle
• (Under pubo-, comb. form)
  • pubococcygeal
  • pubo-ischiadic
• (Under puck, n.⁵)
  • puck-handler
• (Under pucker, n.¹)
  • pucker factor
• (Under puckle, n.)
  • puckle’s needle
• (Under pudding, n.)
  • pudding-poke
• (Under puddle, n.)
  • puddle jump
  • puddle-jump
  • puddle-jumping
• (Under puddling, n.)
  • puddling train
• (Under puff, n. and adj.)
  • puff netting
• (Under pull-, comb. form)
  • pull factor
  • pull start
  • pull-start
  • pull-quote
• (Under pull, v.)
  • to pull away
  • to pull away the shoulder
  • to pull back
  • to pull down
  • to pull in
  • to pull off
  • to pull out
  • to pull over
  • to pull up
  • to pull up to
  • to pull up short
• (Under pulley, n.¹)
  • pulley stock
• (Under pulmonary, adj. and n.)
  • pulmonary pleura
• (Under pulmonic, n. and adj.)
  • pulmonic valve
• (Under pulp, n.)
  • pulp cutter
  • pulp fiction
  • pulp log
• (Under pulpit, n.)
  • pulpit pounder
• (Under pulsation, n.)
  • pulsation theory
• (Under pulse, n.¹)
  • pulse code
  • pulse coding
  • pulse dialling
  • pulse-Doppler
  • pulse meter
  • pulse oximeter
  • pulse point
  • pulse-taker
• (Under pulsed, adj.)
  • pulsed Doppler
• (Under pump, n.¹)
  • pump clip
  • pump fake
  • pump-fake
  • pump jockey
  • pump joint
• (Under pumpkin, n.)
  • pumpkin bread
• (Under punch, n.¹)
  • punch clock
  • punch list
  • punchwork
• (Under puncture, n.)
  • puncture wound
• (Under punditocracy, n.)
  • punditocratic
• (Under punishment, n.)
  • punishment beating
• (Under punk, n.¹ and adj.²)
  • punk funk
• (Under punnai, n.)
  • punnai spar
  • punnai oil
• (Under punt, n.¹)
  • punt fisherman
• (Under pupil, n.¹)
  • pupil barrister
  • pupil-centred
  • pupil nurse
• (Under pupil, n.²)
  • pupil constrictor
  • pupil-constricting
• (Under pupillary, adj.¹)
  • pupillary substitution
• (Under puppy, n.)
  • puppy farm
• (Under puppy dog, n.)
  • puppy-dog eyes
• (Under pupu, n.)
  • pupu platter
• (Under purchased, adj.)
  • purchased life annuity
• (Under purchaser, n.)
  • purchaser–provider
• (Under pure, adj., adv., and n.)
  • pure play
  • pure villeinage
• (Under puritan, n. and adj.)
  • Puritan papist
• (Under Purkinje, n.)
  • Purkinje effect
• (Under purple, adj. and n.)
  • purple sea urchin
  • purple cow-wheat
  • purple-flowered moneywort
  • purple jacobaea
  • purple medick
  • purple melic
  • purple melic grass
  • purple milk-vetch
  • purple nut grass
  • purple saxifrage
  • purple sprouting broccoli
  • purple-dyeing
  • purple prose
  • purple-backed
  • purple-throated

Out-of-sequence new entries

13 September 2007 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• abdominoplasty, n.
• acquis, n.
• acquis communautaire, n.
• aeroponic, adj.
• aeroponics, n.
• akhara, n.
• angioid, adj.
• Arethusa, n.
• aromatase, n.
• arsewipe, n.
• attrit, v.
• balls-out, adv. and adj.
• baraita, n.
• bariatric, adj.
• bariatrics, n.
• barriada, n.
• Benford’s law, n.
• biomimetic, adj.
• biomimetics, n.
• bird-dog, v.
• bisulphite | bisulfite, n.
• boink, n. and int.
• boink, v.
• butylated, adj.
• Cal-Mex, n.
• caringly, adv.
• CD, n.
• centre stage | center stage, n. and adv.
• ceratopsian, adj. and n.
• ceratopsid, n. and adj.
• chaise lounge, n.
• charver, n.²
• chesed, n.
• chia, n.²
• chimichanga, n.
• Chutes and Ladders, n.
• clootie, adj.
• close-run, adj.
• Corbusian, adj.
• cowabunga, int.
• craniopagus, n.
• cubomedusa, n.
• cubomedusan, n. and adj.
• cubozoan, n. and adj.
• cybrid, n.
• cyclooxygenase, n.
• Cymraeg, n.
• dangdut, n.
• darbuka, n.
• de minimis, adv. and adj.
• derro, n.
• doosra, n.
• dyskaryosis, n.
• ebene, n.
• entheogen, n.
• fang, n.²
• fang, v.³
• farofa, n.
• feuilleté, n.
• followership, n.
• funder, n.
• Gallo-Romance, adj. and n.
• gam, n.⁴
• gam, v.²
• gobar, n.
• guggle, v.³
• Harrington, n.²
• havan, n.
• hoon, v.
• ijtihad, n.
• indricothere, n.
• izakaya, n.
• jammies, n.
• kaiseki, n.
• kibbeh, n.
• Kuiper belt, n.
• lawyer, v.
• over-emote, v.
• pastilla, n.
• Pauranic, n. and adj.
• saketini, n.
• Salentine, adj.
• sampladelia, n.
• sampladelic, adj.
• samplist, n.
• sampradaya, n.
• sarcopenia, n.
• scratch-off, n. and adj.
• serovar, n.
• shop lot, n.
• skandha, n.
• slide action, n. and adj.
• sliotar, n.
• snow slide, n.
• tataki, n.
• tawaf, n.
• te reo, n.
• te reo Maori, n.
• touristed, adj.
• transdifferentiate, v.
• transdifferentiation, n.
• Tshiluba, n.
• tui na, n.
• turntablism, n.
• turntablist, n.
• typicity, n.
• untouristed, adj.
• vaquita, n.
• vespid, n. and adj.
• wankered, adj.
• yas yas, n.
• ya-yas, n.

In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

• (Under air, n.)
  • air check
• (Under baby, n.)
  • baby fat
• (Under bad, adj., n., and adv.)
  • bad trip
• (Under ball, n.¹ and int.)
  • ball carrier
• (Under barm, n.²)
  • barm cake
• (Under bass, adj. and n.⁵)
  • bass-baritone
  • bass bin
  • bass boost
  • bass guitar
  • bass guitarist
  • bass-heavy
  • bass reflex
• (Under beauty, n.)
  • beauty pageant
• (Under bio-, comb. form)
  • biomimicry
• (Under bird, n.)
  • bird dog
• (Under boiler, n.)
  • boilermaker
• (Under box, n.²)
  • box jelly
  • box jellyfish
• (Under boxer, n.²)
  • boxer briefs
• (Under brain, n.)
  • brain freeze
• (Under broken, adj.)
  • broken record
• (Under bunny, n.²)
  • bunny slope
• (Under California, n.)
  • California king
  • California king size
• (Under candy, n.¹)
  • candy pulling
• (Under cap, n.¹)
  • cap sleeve
  • cap-sleeved
• (Under centre | center, n. and adj.)
  • centre back
• (Under cheesy, adj.)
  • cheesily
• (Under child, n.)
  • child porn
  • child pornography
  • child star
• (Under chilli | chilly, n.)
  • chilli dog
• (Under chorus, n.)
  • chorus line
• (Under city, n.)
  • city break
• (Under cock, n.¹)
  • cock-block
  • cock-blocker
• (Under community, n.)
  • community garden
• (Under compartment, n.)
  • compartment syndrome
• (Under compulsory, adj. and n.)
  • compulsory purchase annuity
• (Under construction, n.)
  • construction paper
• (Under conversion, n.)
  • conversion van
• (Under crab, n.¹)
  • crab cake
• (Under critical, adj.)
  • critical care
  • critical care unit
• (Under cruciate, adj.)
  • cruciate ligament
• (Under dark, adj.)
  • darknet
• (Under D, n.)
  • DHEA
• (Under death, n.)
  • death match
• (Under destination, n.)
  • destination wedding
• (Under drug, n.¹)
  • drug-driving
• (Under dry, adj. and adv.)
  • dry garden
• (Under E, n.)
  • EKG
• (Under exercise, n.)
  • exercise ball
  • exercise wheel
• (Under fear, n.¹)
  • fear factor
• (Under fire, n.)
  • fire truck
• (Under flag, n.⁴)
  • flag football
• (Under fore-, prefix)
  • foregut
• (Under full moon, n.)
  • full moon festival
• (Under general, adj. and n.)
  • general counsel
• (Under goody, n.²)
  • goody-bag
• (Under grim, adj. and adv.)
  • grim reaper
• (Under hamster, n.)
  • hamster ball
  • hamster wheel
• (Under high, adj. and n.²)
  • high dependency
• (Under hæmo- | hemo- | hæm- | hem-, comb. form)
  • haemocyte
• (Under honour | honor, n.)
  • honour killing
• (Under hump, n.)
  • hump day
• (Under I, pron.)
  • I and I
• (Under ice-cream, n.)
  • ice cream headache
  • ice cream sandwich
• (Under Italian, adj. and n.)
  • Italian dressing
• (Under K, n.)
  • KBO
• (Under kiddy, n.)
  • kiddy pool
  • kiddies’ pool
• (Under leaf, n.¹)
  • leaf blower
• (Under legal, adj.)
  • legal pad
• (Under microsite, n.)
  • microsite
• (Under S, n.¹)
  • STI
• (Under septic, adj. and n.)
  • septic tank
• (Under sick, adj. and n.)
  • sick puppy
• (Under slow, adj.)
  • slow-cook
• (Under slugging, n.²)
  • slugging average
  • slugging percentage
• (Under soy, n.¹)
  • soyfood
• (Under spring, n.¹)
  • spring break
• (Under stability, n.)
  • stability ball
• (Under star, n.¹)
  • starfucker
• (Under steak, n.)
  • steak fry
• (Under stress, n.)
  • stress ball
• (Under super-, prefix)
  • superfamily
• (Under sweater, n.)
  • sweater vest
• (Under terrible, adj. (and n.))
  • terrible twos
• (Under tone, n.)
  • tone dialling
• (Under tonsil, n.)
  • tonsil hockey
  • to play tonsil hockey
• (Under tool, n.)
  • toolset
• (Under void, adj. and n.¹)
  • void deck
• (Under warm, adj. and n.²)
  • warm salad
• (Under water, n.)
  • water feature
• (Under zz P)
  • ppt

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• ahead, adv. (and prep.)
• air, n.
• apple, n.
• assistive, adj.
• backing, adj.
• ball, n.¹ and int.
• base, n.¹
• beef, n.
• best, adj. and adv.
• bite, v.
• body, n.
• boggle, v.
• break, n.¹
• cabin, n.
• chafe, v.
• champ, v.
• check, v.¹
• chilli | chilly, n.
• chomp, v.
• crisp, n.
• eight ball | eight-ball | eightball, n.
• feathered, adj.
• fry, n.²
• gut, n.
• ident, n.
• Islamism, n.
• septic, adj. and n.
• skin, n.
• soft, adj.
• spoiler, n.
• stuck, adj.²
• stylist, n.
• that, pron.¹, adj., and adv.
• wadded, adj.
• zither, n.