New words list September 2017
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
- abba, n.2
- achcha, int.
- afound, v.
- afounded, adj.
- ahoo, adv. and adj.
- Anna, n.2
- augered, adj.
- aught, n.1
- aught, n.2
- augites, n.
- augitite, n.
- augmentee, n.
- Augsburg, n.
- auguring, n.
- Aujeszky’s disease, n.
- aula, n.
- aulacogen, n.
- auld ally, n.
- aulos, n.
- Aunt Tom, n.
- aunterens, adv.
- aunt-like, adj.
- autrefois acquit, n.
- autrefois convict, n.
- bachcha, n.
- back foot, n. and adj.
- bada din, n.
- bada, adj.
- banco, adj.2
- banco, n.2
- bapu, n.
- bas, int.
- Belarusian, adj. and n.
- Belon, n.
- Belousov-Zhabotinsky, n.
- below deck, adv., adj., and n.
- below decks, adv., n., and adj.
- below-average, adj.
- below-mentioned, adj.
- Belsnickel, n.
- belsnickel, v.
- belt size, adj. and n.
- Beltane-cow, n.
- belter, n.2
- beltman, n.
- Belton, n.
- belukar, n.
- belve, v.
- Belvoir, n.
- Belyando spew, n.
- bench book, n.
- bench, v.2
- bhavan, n.
- bhindi, n.
- bird-eating, adj.
- blonks, v.
- bracketologist, n.
- chacha, n.1
- chakka jam, n.
- chamcha, n.
- chaudhuri, n.
- cheeselog, n.
- chhi-chhi, int.
- chron, n.
- chronozone, n.
- chup, int. and adj.
- cracks, n.
- croggy, n.
- curveballer, n.
- curviness, n.
- curvulate, adj.
- dadagiri, n.
- desh, n.
- Devi, n.
- didi, n.
- dinlo, n. and adj.
- disaccredit, v.
- disaccustoming, n.
- disaffiliate, n.
- disaffiliated, adj.
- disaggregated, adj.
- disaggregative, adj.
- disambiguated, adj.
- disapplication, n.
- disapply, v.
- disassembling, n.
- disassociative, adj.
- diya, n.
- dum, adj. and n.
- en banc, adv. and adj.
- exoplanet, n.
- fallibilistic, adj.
- falling-down, adj. and adv.
- fallish, adj.
- fatberg, n.
- fauchie, adj.
- Felliniesque, adj.
- fellmonger, v.
- fellow-craft, n.
- ferrinho, n.
- flâneuse, n.
- fonio, n.
- Fowler, n.2
- Fowleresque, adj.
- Fowlerian, adj.
- funana, n.
- funboard, n.
- functionalistic, adj.
- funda, n.
- fundholding, adj.
- fundholding, n.
- fundi, n.2
- fundible, n.
- fundic, adj.
- fundo, n.
- fundoplication, n.
- fundoscopic, adj.
- fundoscopy, n.
- fundoshi, n.
- fundraise, v.
- fundying, n.
- fungee, n.
- funhouse, n.
- funk, n.3
- funk, v.4
- funked out, adj.1
- funked out, adj.2
- funked up, adj.
- funked, adj.1
- funked, adj.2
- funker, n.1
- funkified, adj.
- funkify, v.
- funkiness, n.1
- funless, adj.
- funsy, n. and adj.
- gahmen, n.
- gosht, n.
- gulab jamun, n.
- gully, n.4
- haat, n.
- half pants, n.
- huh, n.
- hydel, adj.
- in banc, adv. and adj.
- Jai, int.
- Janner, n. and adj.
- jasper, n.3
- jhuggi, n.
- ji, n.
- jugaad, n.
- keema, n.
- kund, n.
- maft, v.
- mafted, adj.
- mafting, adj. and adv.
- maha, adv. and adj.2
- market fundamentalism, n.
- market fundamentalist, n. and adj.
- mata, n.
- mirch masala, n.
- mirch, n.
- m-learning, n.
- monoazo, adj.
- nagar, n.
- nai, n.
- namkeen, n.
- nang, adj.
- natak, n.
- nivas, n.
- oughts, adj., adv., and pron.
- P2P, adj.2
- qila, n.
- ringtone, n.
- sevak, n.
- sevika, n.
- slider, n.2
- slummy, n.2
- snided, adj.
- snive, adj.
- snived, adj.
- soft Mick, n.
- spring beetle, n.2
- spring equinox, n.
- spring festival, n.
- spring gaiter, n.
- spring weight, n. and adj.
- squinny, n.2
- subchron, n.
- summer garden, n.
- superchron, n.
- surya namaskar, n.
- tappa, n.
- Throp’s wife, n.
- through-smite, v.
- timepass, n. and adj.
- udyog, n.
- vada, n.
- waterzooi, n.
- well-sprung, adj.
- Western world, n.
- wifty-wafty, adj.
- winter cold, n.
- winter dyke, n.
- winter game, n.
- winter hedge, n.
- winter weed, n.1
- winter weight, n. and adj.
- winter, n.2
- winterproof, v.
- winterscape, n.
- Winterval, n.
- wors, n.
- worst off, adv., adj., and n.
- worstest, adj. and n.
- yampy, adj.
New sub-entries
- application blank
- application development
- application engineer
- application engineering
- application form
- application letter
- application service provider
- applications development
- applications engineer
- applications engineering
- auger worm
- augmentative and alternative communication
- augmented transition network
- augmented transition net
- Aunt Jemima
- Austin disputations
- autumn day
- autumn gold
- autumn red
- autumn crocus
- autumn equinox
- autumn statement
- autumn time
- autumn wood
- autumnal fever
- autumnal moth
- autumnal rustic
- bail hostel
- bare trust
- below-cost
- below-elbow
- below-knee
- below-market
- belt speed
- belt strength
- belt tension
- belt thickness
- belt tightness
- belt case
- belt holster
- belt pocket
- belt pouch
- belt purse
- belt scabbard
- belt sheath
- belt wallet
- belt beating
- belt clip
- belt colour
- belt course
- belt decoration
- belt deterioration
- belt failure
- belt fastening
- belt-fed
- belt feed
- belt feeding
- belt gun
- belt hole
- belt hook
- belt money
- belt notch
- belt pack
- belt pistol
- belt revolver
- belt sanding
- belt slippage
- belt strap
- belt wear
- ‘belt-like
- Belted Galloway
- belted kingfisher
- Belvedere Apollo
- Belvedere Torso
- benchboard
- bench boss
- bench-clearing
- bench coach
- bench dog
- bench grinder
- bench hand
- bench lathe
- bench-made
- benchman
- benchmate
- bench minor
- bench-mounted
- bench penalty
- bench player
- bench saw
- bench stone
- bench strength
- benchtop
- bench trial
- bench-type
- bench wagon
- benchwarm
- benchwarming
- benchmark crude
- blank call
- bodily function
- booth capturing
- bore well
- cell tower
- chicken dance
- Chinese New Year
- common assault
- constitutive theory
- corporation pop
- cousin brother
- cousin sister
- curvaceously
- curvaceousness
- curvature tensor
- curve of tangents
- curve ruler
- declaratory theory
- demand draft
- dis’anchored
- disa’ssembler
- disaster film
- disaster novel
- disaster zone
- Fall Classic
- fall equinox
- fall fever
- fall notch
- fall-rope
- fall time
- fall tube
- to fall behind ––
- to fall over ––
- fallboard
- fall gate
- fall-piece
- fal-‘lalling
- fallback position
- fallen angel
- falling over
- falling board
- falling door
- falling gate
- falling knife
- falling ruff
- falling table
- fat quarter
- fell pony
- feller buncher
- ‘felloed
- fixed-term
- foreign-returned
- fun bag
- funbook
- funbox
- fun-filled
- fun run
- fun time
- function room
- function-specific
- function suite
- function table
- function theory
- functional alcoholic
- functional calculus
- functional grammar
- functional illiteracy
- functional illiterate
- functional literacy
- functional notation
- functional numeracy
- functional programming
- functional shift
- functionally illiterate
- functionally literate
- fund management
- fund manager
- fund-monger
- fundamental analysis
- fundamental force
- fundamental frequency
- fundamental matrix
- fundamental particle
- funding agency
- funding body
- funeral cortège
- funeral elegy
- funeral mass
- funeral ode
- funeral procession
- funeral rite
- funeral wreath
- ‘fungated
- fungi’bility
- ‘fungibly
- fungus imperfectus
- fungus beetle
- funicular curve
- funk music
- funk money
- funk pit
- to funk up
- to funk out
- to funk out of ––
- funky-ass
- funky chicken
- funky fresh
- funny car
- funny dope
- funny face
- gambler’s fallacy
- giant huntsman spider
- goliath bird-eater
- goliath bird-eating spider
- grade curve
- grass vetchling
- guilty knowledge
- intangible property
- interim injunction
- interim judgment
- involuntary manslaughter
- irretrievable breakdown
- Jacob’s Join
- judicial comity
- judicial immunity
- LX
- legally blind
- Lent tide
- Lenten rose
- litigation friend
- living instrument
- lunch home
- mandatory injunction
- matrimonial proceeding
- mobile application
- mobile command
- mobile health
- mobile launcher
- mobile learning
- mobile number
- mobile office
- mobile operator
- mobile phase
- mobile radio
- mobile reception
- mobile signal
- mobile telephone
- mobile telephony
- naked trust
- natural disaster
- notebook computer
- notebook PC
- notebook-size
- notebook-sized
- online dater
- online gambler
- online gamer
- online gaming
- online retailer
- petrol bunk
- probation hostel
- session beer
- silicone paper
- simple trust
- soul jazz
- soul sleep
- speed breaker
- Spring and Autumn
- spring pit
- spring swamp
- spring breaker
- spring grass
- spring lamb
- spring suit
- spring term
- spring vegetable
- spring-operated
- spring-powered
- spring brass
- spring frame
- spring-load
- spring-loading
- spring power
- spring release
- spring reverb
- springside
- spring steel
- spring-tight
- spring-type
- spring work
- springer spaniel
- sprinkler head
- sprinkler system
- summer beaver
- summer-board
- summer camp
- summer cottage
- summer dim
- summer fever
- summer fishery
- summer home
- summer hotel
- summer lodge
- summer migrant
- summer oil
- Summer Olympic Games
- Summer Olympics
- summer range
- summer session
- summer wood
- summer teal
- summer whiting
- tangible property
- transition network
- vernal point
- voluntary manslaughter
- to warsle down
- to warsle on
- wind-felled
- winter of discontent
- winter-growing
- winter beaver
- winter bed
- winter blues
- winter chill
- winter egg
- winterfall
- winter holiday
- winter ice
- winter range
- winter session
- winter sleep
- winter term
- winter tyre
- winter vacation
- winter vegetable
- winter vomiting bug
- winter vomiting disease
- winter white
- winter wonderland
- winter wheat
- Winter Nelis
- winter jasmine
- winter purslane
- winter rose
- winter midge
- winter snipe
- worse-case
- worst-hit
- worsted weight
- worsted yarn
- wursom-mother
- originating process
- cell phone call
- cell phone company
- cell phone number
- cell phone user
- cell phone charger
- cell phone network
- cell phone tower
- app store
- mobile phone company
- mobile phone number
- mobile phone charger
- mobile phone mast
- mobile phone network
- mobile phone operator
- e-book reader
- DVD burner
- DVD drive
- DVD machine
- DVD reader
- DVD recorder
- DVD ripper
- DVD writer
- cell carrier
- cell number
- springerle mould
- ‘bench presser
- free-market fundamentalism
- free-market fundamentalist
- broadband Internet
- smartphone app
- ‘wintrified
- disassembly line
- functioning alcoholic
- peer-to-peer lending
- Beltway bandit
New senses
- above, adv., prep., n., adj.
- add, v.
- application, n.
- Augean, adj.
- auger, n.1
- aught, pron., adj., and adv.
- augment, n.
- augment, v.
- augmentation, n.
- augmentative, adj. and n.
- augmented, adj.
- augmenter, n.
- augur, n.2
- Augustal, adj. and n.
- Augustine, adj. and n.
- aulicism, n.
- aunters, adv. and conj.
- auntie, n.
- au pair, adv., n., and adj.
- autumn, n.
- autumnal, adj.
- belock, v.
- belong, v.
- belonger, n.
- belonite, n.
- belove, v.
- below, adv., prep., n., adj.
- belt, n.1
- belt, n.4
- belt, v.
- belted, adj.
- belting, n.
- belting, adj.
- beluga, n.
- belying, n.
- bench, n.
- bench, v.1
- bencher, n.
- benching, n.
- benchmark, n. and adj.
- bench table, n.
- best, adj., n.1, and adv.
- better, adj., n.1, and adv.
- bogie, n.
- chicken, n.1
- colony, n.
- copy, n. and adj.
- curval, adj.
- curvant, adj.
- curvative, adj.
- curvature, n.
- curve, adj. and n.
- curve, v.
- curved, adj.
- curvilineal, n. and adj.
- curvilinear, adj. and n.
- difform, adj.
- disadvantage, n.
- disaffection, n.
- disaffiliate, v.
- disaffy, v.
- disagree, v.
- disagreeably, adv.
- disagreed, adj.
- disagreer, n.
- disallowance, n.
- disambiguation, n.
- disannul, v.
- disappear, v.
- disappointed, adj.
- disappointment, n.
- disapprove, v.
- disarm, v.
- disarmament, n.
- disarticulate, v.
- disassemble, v.
- disassociate, v.
- disaster, n.
- disastrous, adj.
- disastrously, adv.
- disauthentic, adj.
- disavail, v.
- dissociative, adj.
- dongle, n.
- door, n.
- downfall, n.
- element, n.
- encounter, n.
- fall, n.2
- fall, v.
- fallable, adj.
- fallacious, adj.
- fallaway, n. and adj.
- fallback, adj. and n.
- fall-down, adj. and n.
- fallen, adj. and n.
- faller, n.
- fallibilism, n.
- fallibilist, n. and adj.
- fallow, n.1
- fallow, adj.1 and n.2
- fallow, v.2
- fallow deer, n.
- fauch, v.
- feed, n.
- fell, adj.2 and n.4
- fell, adj.1, adv., and n.2
- fella, n.
- felled, adj.1
- fellow, n.
- fellow, v.
- frost, n.
- fun, n. and adj.
- fun, v.
- function, n.
- functional, adj. and n.
- functionalism, n.
- functionalist, n. and adj.
- functionalize, v.
- functionally, adv.
- functor, n.
- fund, n.
- fund, v.
- fundable, adj.
- fundal, adj.
- fundamental, adj. and n.
- fundamentalism, n.
- funded, adj.
- fundiform, adj.
- funding, n.
- fundus, n.
- funeral, adj. and n.
- funeralize, v.
- funerally, adv.
- fungin, n.
- fungoid, n. and adj.
- funicular, adj. and n.
- funk, n.2
- funk, v.1
- funk, v.3
- funk, v.2
- funky, adj.1
- funny, adj., n.2, and adv.
- goke, n.
- hand, n.
- hotel, n.
- Lenten, n. and adj.
- light, adj.2
- liquid, adj. and n.
- loot, v.
- mobile, n.5
- mobile, adj.1
- notebook, n.
- online, adj. and adv.
- penetrating, adj.
- people, n.
- pot, n.1
- reducer, n.
- riser, n.
- sangha, n.2
- shuttler, n.
- sprenge, v.
- spring, n.1
- spring, v.1
- springboard, n.
- springish, adj.
- springwort, n.
- springy, adj.
- sprinkle, n.1
- sprinkle, v.2
- sprinkle, v.1
- sprinkled, adj. and n.
- sprinkler, n.
- sprung, adj.1 and int.
- standard, n. and adj.
- strut, v.1
- submission, n.
- summer, n.1 and adj.
- summer, v.2
- summer game, n.
- summerland, n.
- summerling, n.
- summertime, n.
- underground, adj. and n.
- wagon | waggon, n.
- warsle, v.
- webbed, adj.
- wetware, n.
- winter, n.1
- winterberry, n.
- winter day, n.
- wintered, adj.
- wintergreen, n.
- winterling, n.
- wintertime, n.
- winterward, n. and adv.
- worse, adj. and n.
- worse, adv.
- worser, v.
- worship, n.
- worship, v.
- worshipable, adj. and n.
- worshipping | worshiping, adj.
- worst, adj. and n.
- worst, adv.
- cell phone, n.
- ek dum, adv.
- app, n.
- beltline, n.
- bench press, n.
- benchrest, n.
- e-commerce, n.
- mobile phone, n.
- e-book, n.
- DVD, n.
- fungo, n.2
- cell, n.3
- broadband, adj. and n.
- smartphone, n.
- au pair, v.
- disappointingly, adv.
- auger, v.
- fellate, v.
- functionality, n.
- fundholder, n.
- below stairs, adv., n., and adj.
- fundamentalist, n. and adj.
- auld-farrant, adj.
- laptop, n. and adj.
- fungus, v.
- below ground, adv., adj., and n.
- functionalized, adj.
- functionalization, n.
- fundraiser, n.
- winterlong, adj. and adv.
- peer-to-peer, adj. and n.
- summer-long, adj. and adv.
- summer weight, adj. and n.
- curvilinearity, n.
- spring-jack, n.
- winter rot, n.
- spring point, n.
- winter bud, n.
- fallen star, n.
- fall-front, adj. and n.
- fellmongery, n.
- spring bow, n.
- worse half, n.
- spring line, n.
- spring-fall, n.1
- spring bed, n.
- spring box, n.
- belt-tightener, n.
- belt-tightening, adj.
- inclined plane, n.