New words list December 2015
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 phrases
New word entries
- Antonite, n. and adj.
- bank switching, n.
- bankability, n.
- bankroller, n.
- bankster, n.1
- bankster, n.2
- bank-switch, v.
- bank-switched, adj.
- batfish, n.
- Belgae, n.
- Belgian, n. and adj.
- Belgium, n.
- Belgo-, comb._form
- Belgy, n.
- catty, n.2
- choc chip, n.
- chocolated, adj.
- cis, adj.
- cisgendered, adj. and n.
- cissexism, n.
- cissexist, adj.
- cissexual, adj. and n.
- commish, n.2
- commissionable, adj.
- commissioner general, n.
- commissioning, adj.
- commissurotomy, n.
- commit, n.
- contronym, n.
- controversiality, n.
- controvertibility, n.
- descendability, n.
- descendeur, n.
- descriptive statistics, n.
- draco volans, n.
- ex improviso, adv.
- existing, n.
- fire beater, n.2
- fire bomber, n.
- fire flaw, n.1
- fire fountain, n.
- fire point, n.
- fire pole, n.
- fire precaution, n.
- fire prevention, n.
- fireballer, n.
- fireballing, adj.
- firebase, n.
- fire-bombed, adj.
- firefight, v.
- firehose, n.
- fireman’s pole, n.
- firepit, n.
- firesetter, n.
- fire-setting, adj.
- firewall, v.
- firewalled, adj.
- firewalling, n.
- governatrix, n.
- governmentalization, n.
- gram, n.5
- grammy, n.1
- gramps, n.
- grampy, n.
- grams, n.
- grand tourer, n.
- grand touring, n. and adj.
- grandbairn, n.
- grandboy, n.
- grande école, n.
- grandgirl, n.
- grandissimus, n.
- grandmom, n.
- grandmum, n.
- grandstanding, adj.
- grandstanding, n.
- haram, n.2 and adj.
- improvidency, n.
- improvisateur, n.
- improvision, n.2
- improvisor, n.
- locating, n.
- locavore, n.
- lockering, n.
- lockstitch, v.
- lock-stitched, adj.
- lock-upable, adj.
- Mx, n.
- phablet, n.
- prosimetric, adj.
- prosimetrum, n.
- strengthing, adj.
- subcommittee, n.1
- trade description, n.
- trade-name, v.
- tradeocracy, n.
- trade-up, n.
- tradie, n.
- traditoriously, adv.
- traductio, n.
- truffère, n.
- truffler, n.
- truly, adj.
- trussler, n.
- truther, n.
- under-strength, adv. and adj.
- uniloculate, adj.
- waybread, n.2
- wayferend, n.
- wayfinding, n.
- waymarker, n.
New sub-entries
- attachment constriction
- attachment theory
- attack ad
- attack alarm
- attack code
- authorized firearms officer
- bank details
- bank discount
- bank dollar
- bank draft
- bank holiday weekend
- bank machine
- bank reconciliation
- bank reconciliation statement
- bank run
- bank shot
- bank teller
- bank transfer
- bank vault
- bank vole
- banker’s order
- bankers’ hours
- banking account
- banking crisis
- banking industry
- banking sector
- banking stock
- bankruptcy order
- bankstick
- Belgian block
- Belgian Blue
- Belgian bun
- Belgian chocolate
- Belgian endive
- Belgian hare
- Belgian hare rabbit
- Belgian sheepdog
- Belgian Shepherd
- Belgian-style
- Belgium draught horse
- brown soup
- choc chip cookie
- chocolate agar
- chocolate blood agar
- chocolate bunny
- chocolate button
- chocolate cyst
- chocolate drop
- chocolate egg
- chocolate factory
- chocolate finger
- chocolate ice cream
- chocolate kiss
- chocolate lily
- chocolate liqueur
- chocolate liquor
- chocolate lover
- chocolate milk
- chocolate mousse
- chocolate powder
- chocolate rabbit
- chocolate salami
- chocolate sauce
- chocolate-coated
- chocolate-covered
- chocolate-flavoured
- chocolate-making
- committedly
- commissaries’ court
- commissary department
- commissary’s department
- commission broker
- commission chairman
- commission house
- commission store
- commission-based
- commissioner for oaths
- commissioners’ court
- commissioning editor
- commitment ceremony
- commitment fee
- commitment letter
- commitment order
- commitment ring
- committal hearing
- committal proceeding
- committee boat
- committee business
- committee chair
- committee chairman
- committee chairmanship
- committee chairperson
- committee chairwoman
- committee hearing
- committee member
- committee report
- committee secretary
- committee stage
- committee system
- controllably
- control account
- control box
- control bus
- control button
- control centre
- control chart
- control console
- control flow
- control loop
- control officer
- control pad
- control sequence
- control zone
- controlled airspace
- controlled circulation
- controlled circulation magazine
- controlled environment
- controlled vocabulary
- controlled-release
- controlling interest
- descaled
- descrambled
- descant recorder
- descendant node
- Descent from the Cross
- descriptive statistic
- district commissioner
- bankerish
- exitless
- grandchildless
- grandfathered
- grandfathering
- grandparenthood
- improvisated
- strengthfully
- waylayment
- existence proof
- existence wage
- exit charge
- exit door
- exit exam
- exit examination
- exit fee
- exit interview
- exit line
- exit polling
- exit pupil
- exit road
- fiery thorn
- fire balloon
- fire barrier
- fire blanket
- fire burning
- fire cherry
- fire commissioner
- fire coral
- fire crew
- fire damage
- fire dance
- fire detection
- fire ecologist
- fire ecology
- fire exit
- fire front
- fire ground
- fire hydrant
- fire lane
- fire lily
- fire mark
- fire measure
- fire officer
- fire painting
- fire poker
- fire polish
- fire protection
- fire regulation
- fire road
- fire safety
- fire salamander
- fire sale
- fire service
- fire shooting
- fire sign
- fire spout
- fire sprinkler
- fire sprinkler system
- fire support
- fire team
- fire tornado
- fire trail
- fire watch
- fire whirl
- firearm officer
- firearms licence
- firearms offence
- firearms officer
- firebed
- fire-breather
- fire-damaged
- fired-up
- fire-engine red
- fire-hollowed
- fire-lighting
- fireman’s carry
- fireman’s helmet
- fireman’s lift
- fire-painted
- fireplate
- fireplug
- fire-polish
- fire-polished
- fire-range
- fire-rated
- fire-roasted
- firestarter
- firework display
- fireworks display
- Fireworks Night
- firing barrel
- firing mechanism
- firing party
- firing position
- government agency
- government bond
- government cheese
- government department
- government handout
- government minister
- government official
- government policy
- government spending
- government stock
- government–binding
- government-funded
- government-issue
- government-owned
- government-sanctioned
- government-subsidized
- government-wide
- governor plum
- governor-in-chief
- grand apartheid
- grand tourist
- grand finale
- grand larceny
- Grand Medicine Society
- grand round
- grand tactics
- grand unification
- Grand Union flag
- granddaughter cell
- granddaughter-in-law
- grandfather paradox
- grandfather-in-law
- grandmother-in-law
- grand-sounding
- grandstand player
- grandstand quarterback
- granny bonnet
- granny chic
- granny gear
- granny square
- granny tax
- granny’s bonnet
- gubernaculum testis
- harem pants
- harem trousers
- improvised explosive device
- improvisoing
- industrial age
- industrial alcohol
- industrial average
- industrial chic
- industrial crop
- industrial democracy
- industrial diamond
- industrial engineer
- industrial engineering
- industrial fishing
- industrial home
- industrial language
- industrial league
- industrial mall
- industrial melanism
- industrial mineral
- industrial starch
- industrial unrest
- industrial waste
- industrial-grade
- industrial-scale
- industrial-size
- industrial-sized
- industrial-style
- industrial-type
- industry leader
- industry standard
- industry-leading
- launch way
- letter of commission
- line of descent
- local bubble
- local content
- local council
- local councillor
- local exchange carrier
- local hero
- local historian
- local history
- local maximum
- local minimum
- local rag
- local rule
- local variable
- locater beacon
- location scout
- location-based
- loch bed
- loch head
- lock screen
- lock-bar
- locked-down
- locked-out
- lockset
- locust bush
- locust-killer
- locust-killer wasp
- speed pill
- strength training
- strong AI
- strong lines
- strong-looking
- strongly fortified
- strongly opinionated
- struggle royalty
- to fire away
- to fire off
- to fire up
- to lock away
- to lock in
- to lock up
- trade barrier
- trade bloc
- trade credit
- trade debt
- trade deficit
- Trade Descriptions Act
- trade dispute
- trade dress
- trade embargo
- trade jargon
- trade minister
- trade negotiation
- trade officer
- trade paperback
- trade plate
- trade practice submittal
- trade restriction
- trade sale
- trade way
- trademark dilution
- trademark infringement
- trade-related
- trades hall
- trades hospital
- trades house
- trades waste
- trading bloc
- trading card
- trading company
- trading partner
- trading pit
- trading room
- traditional medicine
- traditional owner
- traditional-minded
- traditional-style
- tradition-direction
- traductionist
- true airspeed
- true believer
- true crime
- true discount
- true negative
- true north
- true positive
- true-believing
- true-breeding
- true-shaped
- truffle fly
- truffle ground
- truffle oil
- truffle-gatherer
- truffle-scented
- truffling-house
- trust land
- trust-fund baby
- trust-rigger
- Truth Commission
- truth machine
- way-cast
- wayreif
- waywisdom
- way-witty
New senses
- blank, n.
- compressed, adj.
- fuel, n.
- slam, n.1
- smooth, adj.
- struggle, n.
- weigh, v.1
- yes, adv. and n.2
New phrases
- the bank of mom and dad
- chocks away
- under control
- to take control
- in control
- to breathe fire
- to fight fire with fire
- to light a fire under
- to be firing on all cylinders
- lock and load
- the course of true love never did run smooth
- many a true word spoken in jest
- (not) to trust a person as far as one can throw him or her
- the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth