| accoladed | That has received the accolade of knighthood; knighted, dubbed. Also: honoured with an… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| alcopop | A ready-mixed drink that resembles a soft drink (typically in being sweet… | 1996 | Go To Quotation |
| amortizable | Capable of being cleared off as a liability; extinguishable. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| anaesthetist | One who administers anæsthetic agents. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| annualized | Of rates of interest, inflation, etc.: calculated on an annual basis, as a projection from figures obtained for a shorter period. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropometrics | With sing. concord. Anthropometry, esp. as used in designing furniture and machinery; the… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| anticipatively | By way of anticipation. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| appraisable | Capable of having the value fixed. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| archaicism | Ancient style or quality. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Argie | Abbreviation of Argentinian (Argentinian adj. n. at Argentine adj. n. Derivatives). | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| Astroturf | A proprietary name for: a form of artificial grass turf used chiefly as a playing surface in sports stadiums. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| autarch | An absolute ruler; = autocrat n. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| autofacture | The process of becoming self-made. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| aviculture | Rearing of birds; bird-fancying. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| baccarat | A game at cards played for money between a banker and several punters. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| bafflegab | Official or professional jargon which confuses more than it clarifies; gobbledegook. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| balloonacy | Mania for ballooning; balloon madness. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| bangled | Wearing or adorned with bangles. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| banjoist | One who plays a banjo. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| basher | One who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; spec. a pugilist. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| battalion | To form into a battalion. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| be-in | A public gathering of hippies. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| bikini | A large explosion. (? Obs.) | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| blanketed | Covered with, or wrapped in or as in, a blanket. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| blithefully | Joyously, cheerfully. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| borley | A boat used by trawlers about the estuary of the Thames. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Bosman | In full Bosman ruling. A European Court ruling which obliges professional sports clubs… | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| bossing | The practice of acting as a ‘boss’. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| boviculture | Cattle-rearing. (Affected.) | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| brakeage | The action of a brake in stopping a train, etc. Also attrib. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| brakeless | Not provided with a brake. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| break-front | Used esp. attrib.: a piece of furniture having a front of which the line is broken by a curve or angle. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| busser | A medium-sized horse used to pull a bus. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| callously | In a callous manner, unfeelingly. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| candidacy | The position or status of a candidate; candidateship n., candidature n. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| carton | In rifle practice: A white disc or circle within the bull's-eye of a target; also a… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| cessionaire | = cessionary n. 2. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| chop-chop | An imitation of a natural sound. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| clarinettist | A player on the clarinet. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Cluny | The name of a town in the Saône-et-Loire department of France, used to designate a kind of net or bobbin lace. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| colour snap | In form Coloursnap. attrib. Designating a process for producing colour photographs. Now hist. and rare. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| condimental | Of or belonging to a condiment or relish; spicy. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Connect | A proprietary name for a debit card issued in the U.K. by Barclays Bank. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| contortionism | The practice of contorted postures; the acts of a contortionist. Also fig. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| co-optee | One who is or has been co-opted. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| correspondentship | The office of a (newspaper) correspondent. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| crustless | Made without a crust; with the crust removed. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| cue | Colloq. abbrev. of cucumber n. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| daylighting | (See daylighter n. at daylight n. Derivatives.) | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| dead-leg | trans. To administer a numbing kick or blow to (a person's) leg, esp. with one's knee; to… | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| decontaminate | trans. To remove contamination or the risk of contamination from (a person, area… | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| defreeze | The act or process of unfreezing. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| degauss | trans. To protect (a ship) against magnetic mines by encircling it with an… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| de-index | trans. To remove indexation to inflation or cost-of-living rates from (pensions or other benefits); to cease to index. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| Denver | a kind of wheel clamp used to immobilize an illegally parked vehicle (app. first used in Denver); cf. boot n. 6g. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| depopulatory | Characterized by or tending to depopulation. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| derate | trans. and intr. To diminish or remove the burden of rates (upon). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| detox | trans. To treat (a motor vehicle or its engine) in order to remove or limit the… | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| diapasonal | Of or pertaining to the diapason or melody. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| disablist | Discriminating or prejudiced against disabled people; displaying discrimination on the basis of disability. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| dishome | trans. To deprive of, or eject from, a home. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| disincentive | A source of discouragement, esp. to economic progress or development. Also as adj. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| disinsulation | Doing away with insulation; the rendering no longer an island. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| diversionist | In Communist usage: a saboteur; also, one who conspires against the government. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| dolphinarium | A large aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained, usu. for public entertainment. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| doughnutting | The clustering of politicians round a speaker during a televised parliamentary debate… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| drifter | Mining. (a) A miner who excavates drifts (see drift n. 15); (b) a heavy, mounted… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| drink-driving | The action of driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle with an excessive… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| driveability | Capacity (of a motor vehicle, etc.) for being driven, ease of driving. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| ebonize | trans. To make (furniture, etc.) look like ebony. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| eco-friendly | = environmentally friendly adj. at environmentally adv. Compounds. | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| E-fit | A computer program for creating an electronic picture based on composite photographs of facial features; a picture so produced. | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| electro | Electroplate, electroplated silver. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| electrocoat | A coating applied to an object by immersing it in a colloidal suspension of particles and… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| elevational | Of or pertaining to elevation. Cf. elevation n. 11. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| -er | Introduced from Rugby School into Oxford University slang, orig. at University… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| exponence | The function of an exponent of something. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| extradite | To surrender to another country, state, or power a person accused or convicted of a crime committed there. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| extremism | Tendency to be extreme; disposition to go to extremes. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| fast-track | trans. To put on a fast development track; spec. (a) to advance or promote (a person)… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| financialist | = financier n. 2. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| flavourist | A person who creates (esp. new) artificial flavourings for drinks, perfumes, etc. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| formican | Of or pertaining to ants. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| freak-out | An intense emotional experience, a ‘rave-up’, esp. one resulting from the use… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| freepost | trans. To send by freepost. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| frugalist | One who lives frugally. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| frumpishly | In a frumpish manner; like a frump or dowdy. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Gandhian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Gandhi. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| goffer | A goffering-tool. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| gramophile | An enthusiast of the gramophone and gramophone records. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| greenwash | trans. (a) To mislead (the public, public concern, etc.) by falsely representing a… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| grey-back | U.S. colloq. A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| habeas | Short for habeas corpus n., q.v. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| half-timer | One who works half-time in a factory. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Haussmannize | trans. To open out, widen, and straighten streets, and generally rebuild, after the fashion in which Haussmann rebuilt Paris. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| helidrome | A landing-site for helicopters. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| hoolivan | A popular name for a type of police van carrying photographic and video equipment… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| horsiculture | The commercial development of farmland for the pasturing of horses or for equestrian activities. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| horsiness | The quality of being horsy, esp. in sense 2. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| hover- | | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| illogicity | Illogicalness, illogicality. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| impersonify | trans. To represent in personal form; to personify. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| incisiveness | The quality of being incisive: usually in sense 4 of the adj. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| inspectoral | Of or belonging to inspectors, inspectorial. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| interlining | The provision of interline connections by airlines or other commercial carriers, or their use by passengers or freight. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| internationality | International quality, condition, or character. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| interplant | trans. To plant (land) so that it is occupied by a mixture of plant species; to plant (a specified crop) with another crop. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| irrefutability | The quality of being irrefutable. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| jady | Of a horse: Like a jade; tricky, jadish. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| jarful | As much as a jar will contain. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| jeepable | Negotiable by jeep. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| jetted | Conveyed by jet aircraft. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Jon | Abbrev. Jonathan n. 3. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| leccer | Slang or colloquial alteration of lecture n. (See also quot. 1900.) | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| lethalize | trans. To destroy in a lethal chamber. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| limacology | The branch of zoology which deals with slugs. | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| lobeless | Without lobes. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Locarno | Used to designate the conference held in Locarno and the treaties signed as a result… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| log-roller | One who engages in political or literary ‘log-rolling’. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| loined | Having loins (of a specified kind). | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| long-termism | The policy, practice, or characteristic of acting or making decisions with a view to long-term aims or consequences. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| lunik | Any of a series of Russian spacecraft sent to or close by the moon. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| lupanar | A brothel. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| lutrine | Pertaining to the Lutrinæ or otter family. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| machinima | The practice or technique of producing animated films using the graphics engine from a… | 2000 | Go To Quotation |
| Mahdist | A believer in or adherent of the Mahdi or a Mahdi. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| main | trans. To convert (a road) into a main road. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Majorite | A supporter of John Major or his policies. Cf. Majorism n. 1. | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| mandy | A tablet of the drug Mandrax. Usu. in pl. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| menological | Of the nature of or resembling a menology. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| metrically | In or with the metric system. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| micropaedia | A section of the 15th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica (published in 1974) in… | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-engined | Of a car or boat, esp. a racing car: having the engine in the middle, between the front and rear axles. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| migratorial | Of or relating to migration; given to migration, migratory. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| mine-hunt | intr. To sweep or search for explosive mines, esp. ones laid underwater. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| mini | Very small, tiny; (also) reduced in scale, range of operation, etc. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| Mini-Moke | A small, open-sided car used off-road and for leisure purposes. Cf. Moke n. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| mis-selling | The action or practice of selling a product (esp. a financial service) on the basis of misleading advice. | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| mob-olatry | Worship of the mob; excessive deference or pandering to the mob. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| moonwalk | intr. To walk on the moon. rare. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| mosker | A person who pawns articles for more than their real value. Cf. moskeneer v. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Motorail | A rail service whereby cars are transported together with their drivers and passengers. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| multitask | intr. To perform multitasking; to execute a number of tasks concurrently. Also in extended use. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| multi-user | Designed for use by more than one user, esp. simultaneously; (of a computer) able to be… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| networkable | That can be used in, on, or with a network; (Computing) that is compatible with an existing network. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| Nicky | The National Incomes Commission. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| night-fly | trans. and intr. To fly (an aircraft) at night. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| nominature | = nomination n. 3b. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| non-cooperate | intr. To refuse or fail to cooperate. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| notaphilist | A person who studies notaphily; a collector of banknotes. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| oceanaut | = aquanaut n. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| OFEX | A trading facility dealing in shares of certain companies not quoted on the London… | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| offsider | A player who is offside. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| omnidirectional | Of equal sensitivity or power in all directions (usually, all horizontal directions). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| orchestrated | Composed or arranged for an orchestra or group of musicians. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| ostreophage | An eater or lover of oysters; = ostreophagist n. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| ostricultural | Of or relating to the breeding of oysters. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| parafango | A medicinal bath made with volcanic mud and paraffin wax. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| parascender | A person who engages in the sport of parascending. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| pensioneer | intr. To seek votes in an election by promising higher pensions. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| penultimatum | A demand which is almost an ultimatum; a demand sent immediately before an ultimatum. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| PEP | Personal equity plan, an investment scheme intended to extend share-ownership in… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| pessimize | trans. To take a negative view of; to utter pessimistically, make the worst of. Also intr.… | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| phallicly | = phallically adv. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| phoenixism | The process or practice, widely regarded as unethical, whereby an insolvent company is… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| piffing | Esp. in the navy: the action of firing sub-calibre projectiles. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| pilled | Covered in pills (pill n.). | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| pinging | That makes a short, resonant, high-pitched sound; that pings. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| pintoresque | Forming a suitable subject for a painting; picturesque. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| poetasting | That writes in the manner of a poetaster. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| pointfulness | The quality of being pointful; the fact of having point, purpose, force, or emphasis. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| polyversity | An educational institution which combines features of a university and a polytechnic. Sometimes mildly derogatory. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| pourparleying | = pourparlering n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| prestidigitatorial | Done by prestidigitation; resembling a conjuring trick. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| prion | An abnormally folded, protease-resistant protein which forms aggregates in the brain… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| propaedia | An introductory volume first published as part of the 15th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica… | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| pulsar | Astron. A celestial object which emits regular and rapid pulses of radiation, typically… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| pye-dog | Esp. in South Asia: a stray dog that lives by scavenging; = pariah dog n. at pariah n. adj. Compounds. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Rachman | A person likened in some way to Rachman, esp. as an unscrupulous landlord. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| replace | Designed to replace something that is worn out or is being discarded. Cf. replacement n. 1. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| revent | trans. To provide (a cannon) with a new vent (vent n. 11d). Now hist. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| sackable | For which one may be sacked; justifying the sack. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| schedular | Of or pertaining to a schedule; (esp. of a system of taxation) organized according to a schedule. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Schutzbund | In full Republikanischer Schutzbund, an Austrian Social Democratic paramilitary organization, dissolved in 1933. Also attrib. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| scoopy | Of the neck of a garment: rounded and low-cut. Cf. scoop neck n. at scoop n. Compounds, scooped adj. 1b. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| skeeler | (See quots.) | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Solas | Used attrib. to designate (any of the provisions of) an international… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| soulie | A fan of soul music, esp. Northern Soul (Northern Soul n. 2). | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| spread betting | A form of betting in which the bookmaker predicts a range of likely outcomes for (an aspect… | 1992 | Go To Quotation |
| Squarial | A proprietary name for a type of diamond-shaped dish aerial for receiving satellite television broadcasts. | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| squodgy | Soft and soggy; squelchy. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| Stahlhelm | The Steel Helmet organization. Also attrib. See steel helmet n. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Stalinism | The policies pursued by Stalin, based on but later deviating from Leninism, esp. the… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Stalinite | = Stalinist n. adj. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| steer | trans. To make a steer of, castrate (a calf). | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| stitchless | Without stitches; spec. (formerly) of a tennis ball, put together without stitches or… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Stockholmer | A native or inhabitant of Stockholm. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| subrational | Less than rational; without the faculty of reasoning. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| subventionize | trans. = subvent v. 2. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| switch-around | A switching or turning round; an alternation or exchange; a reversal of position, opinion, etc.; = turn-round n. 2. | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| sybotic | Pertaining to a swineherd or his occupation. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| teterrimous | In phrase teterrimous cause, after Latin teterrima belli causa ‘the most foul cause of… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| time bomb | A bomb set to explode at a particular time. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| ton-up | A speed of 100 m.p.h.; a motor-cyclist who achieves this. Also in the sense of ton n. 5a and fig. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| tosher | A small fishing smack. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| transat | A type of large deck-chair (see quot.). | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| trappy | Of the nature of a trap, ‘catchy’; containing a trap or traps. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Tremcard | A card carried in goods vehicles transporting hazardous loads which provides… | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| triathlon | An athletic or sporting contest composed of three different events. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| trichinosis | A disease caused by the introduction of trichinæ into the alimentary canal, and the… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| tricklet | A small or minute trickle; a minute streamlet. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| triplex | trans. To provide in triplicate, usu. as a means of ensuring reliability. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| Trotskyist | A follower or supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| turfdom | The votaries of the turf; the racing community. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| underdog | The beaten dog in a fight; fig. the party overcome or worsted in a contest; one who is in a state of inferiority or subjection. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| underness | The state or condition of being below a given mark or limit. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| unditch | trans. To get (a vehicle, etc.) out of a ditch (by hauling, levering, or the like). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| undressable | Of a doll: that can be undressed. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| unicum | A unique example, specimen, or thing. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| unilateralist | One who favours or adopts a policy of unilateral disarmament. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| unsackable | Not sackable. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| unsanitated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| unsellable | Lacking a buyer; that no one wants to buy. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| up-and-downer | An up-and-down fight or argument (up and down adj. 5a); a violent quarrel. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| upskill | trans. = reskill v.; also, to increase or enhance the skills required in (a job). | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| vetter | One who vets people or things. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| vibratoless | Without vibrato. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| vivisect | trans. To dissect (an animal) while living; to perform vivisection upon. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| votress | A female voter. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| W.A.A.F. | Acronym < the initial letters of W omen's A uxiliary A ir F orce (1939 –… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| well-deck | An open space on the main deck of a ship, lying at a lower level between the forecastle and poop; also attrib. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| WIMP | A set of software features and hardware devices (such as windows, icons, mice… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| xylophonist | One who plays a xylophone. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| ya bass | repr. Sc. rendering of ‘You bastard’. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| yé-yé | Designating or pertaining to the modern style of music, dress, etc., associated with France… | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| yomp | trans. To cover (a certain distance) in this way. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| zedonk | The offspring of a male zebra and a female donkey. Cf. zonkey n. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| zoomy | Of a motor car, its engine, etc.: that makes or travels with a ‘zooming’… | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
