| Alnaschar | A person given to unrealistic dreams, expectations, or plans, esp. of wealth or success. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| apartotel | A type of hotel which offers private suites for self-catering, as well as conventional guest services and facilities. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Betjeman | Applied attrib. to a style of Victorian architecture admired by Betjeman. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Bolshevize | trans. To make Bolshevist in character; to convert (a country) to a Bolshevistic form of government. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| Carnaby Street | Used allusively to refer to fashionable clothing designed for young people. Also ellipt. as Carnaby. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| ceramicist | = ceramist n. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| chancellorate | The office of chancellor, chancellorship. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| choralism | Choral composition; choral rendering and technique. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| cinéma-vérité | A film or films which avoid artificiality and have the appearance of real life; the making… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| cloyingly | In a cloying manner or degree. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| coat-trailing | Provocation; deliberately provocative conduct. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| collaborative | Characterized by, based upon, or produced in collaboration; co-operative. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Commanderia | A sweet wine produced in Cyprus on the former commanderies (see commandery n. 2a). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| constructivist | Of or pertaining to, a practitioner of, theatrical or artistic constructivism (see constructivism n. 1a 1b). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| cricket test | . A test match played at cricket (see test n. 2c). | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| crookery | The state or condition of being a crook; the dealings or behaviour of crooks; the world of crooks (see crook n. 13). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| cybercafe | = Internet café n. at Internet n. 2. | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| dashiki | A West African type of shirt, sometimes worn symbolically by black Americans. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| defeatism | Conduct tending to bring about acceptance of (the certainty of) defeat; a disposition to accept defeat. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| defeatist | One who advocates defeatism or accepts defeat. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| dekink | trans. To remove kinks from. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| delphically | In a manner characteristic of the Delphic oracle; enigmatically, obscurely, prophetically. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| dissonate | trans. To make dissonant. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Elysée | In full Elysée Palace: a building in Paris, on the Champs Elysées, the official residence… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| Fatah | A Palestinian political organization, founded in Cairo in 1957 by Yasir Arafat (1929 –… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| force de frappe | A striking force; spec. the French independent nuclear striking force. Also attrib. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| formularism | Rigid adherence to or dependence on formularies. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| garagist | The owner or proprietor of a commercial garage; an employee of a garage. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Greenacre | An instance of goods spilling or falling from a sling during the loading or unloading of a ship. Also as int. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Guevarist | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Guevara or his political practices and beliefs… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| historiographic | = historiographical adj. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| home cinema | Equipment designed to reproduce at home the experience of being in a cinema… | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| inarticulacy | Inarticulateness. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| intramurally | Within the walls or boundaries; inside a particular community, institution, etc. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| limerence | The state of being romantically infatuated or obsessed with another person… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| limerent | A person experiencing the state of limerence; a person experiencing strong feelings of love or infatuation. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| lo-fi | Sound reproduction less good in quality than ‘hi-fi’. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| madison | A relay race for teams of (usually) two riders, traditionally lasting for six days, but… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| maggotorium | A place where maggots are bred for use as bait by anglers. Cf. maggotry n. 2. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| maiden-auntishly | In a manner (supposedly) characteristic of a maiden aunt; primly. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| marination | The action or process of marinating; prolonged steeping of a food to improve the flavour. Also fig. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| metrification | = metrication n. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| miscast | Of an actor, role, etc.: unsuitably cast. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| misinformatory | = misinformative adj. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| monergy | Expenditure on energy, spec. expenditure which can be reduced by means of… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| monger | trans. To deal or traffic in. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| monolinguist | A person who speaks only one language; = monolingual n. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| muzakal | Of the nature of Muzak; having an accompaniment of Muzak. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| mystagoguery | Initiation into mysteries; instruction in arcane knowledge preparatory to such… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Nabokovian | Of or relating to Vladimir Nabokov; resembling or characteristic of his writing, esp. its ironic, witty, or erudite style. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| nacreosity | Iridescence resembling that of nacre. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| -napper | Forming agent nouns (sometimes nonce-formations) corresponding to nouns and verbs formed with -nap… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Nazism | The political doctrines evolved and implemented by Adolf Hitler and his followers… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Fascismo | = neo-fascism n. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| newscaster | A person who reads out the news on radio or television. (The principal meaning.) | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| noddy | In a filmed interview: a brief shot of the interviewer (or interviewee) appearing to… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| ombudswoman | A female ombudsman. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| passéist | Having an excessive regard for the traditions and values of the past; backward-looking. Chiefly in contrast to futurist. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| patchless | Not having or composed of patches; requiring no patches. Also fig. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| pee | A new penny of the decimal currency introduced in Britain in 1971. See penny n. 1a. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| Pentel | A proprietary name for: a type of ballpoint pen typically having a non-metallic tip and… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| perchery | A series of cages containing several perches, in which hens are confined for intensive… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| play-the-ball | A move restarting play after a tackle, in which the tackled player heels the ball from… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| popote | A kitchen, a canteen; a soldiers' mess. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Praedism | The style of Praed's verse. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| psychs | Psychical research. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Rabkrin | In the Soviet Union: an organization with the function of examining the conformity of state organizations to official policy. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| rebroadcast | The action or an act of rebroadcasting a programme; a repeat broadcast. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| robotized | That is or has been made robotic (in various senses). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| robotry | Robotic behaviour or character. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| romanità | Admiration of ancient Roman culture or institutions; = romanitas n. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| ruby | = Ruby Murray n. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| Runyonese | Language or style characteristic or suggestive of that used in the short stories of… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| Saigonese | With pl. concord. The people of Saigon. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| samogon | In Russia, illegally distilled spirit, similar to vodka. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| sanctionist | One who advocates or supports the employment of sanctions. Cf. sanction n. 2d. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| sanpro | = sanitary protection n. at sanitary adj. Additions. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| savings and loan | attrib. Designating a financial institution, esp. a mutual association, which pays… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| shiversome | Causing shivers. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| sika | A rope hanger for suspending baskets, etc. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| situationer | In Journalism, an article or report constituting a general essay on a situation. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| skiffle | intr. To play skiffle music. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| soap | Sodium pentothal, or a mixture of this and an amphetamine, used as a truth drug. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| spec | Of or pertaining to the practice of building houses without prior guarantee of sale, esp.… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| splendeurs et misères | The glories and degradation of life set side by side; hence, applied to other… | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| Stalinist | A follower or supporter of Stalin or his policies. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Stracheyan | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Strachey or his style of writing. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| strappy | Of footwear or clothes: having straps. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Sun Yat-senism | The political principles of Sun Yat-sen, which included Chinese nationalism, democracy… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Sûreté | In full, Sûreté nationale, the French police department of criminal investigation… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| Tachai | The name of a village in the Shansi Province of the People's Republic of China, used attrib.… | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| TAM | Used in Comb., usu. as TAM rating, to denote a measure of the number of people… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| tankette | A small armoured vehicle designed to facilitate the movement of infantry across rough country. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Tchaikovskian | One who favours or imitates the style of Tchaikovsky. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| teenybop | Of, pertaining to, or consisting of teeny-boppers. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| televisionary | A television personality. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Teltag | A label attached to goods manufactured in the U.K. giving information about the size, weight, performance, etc., of the goods. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Thoreauvian | One who admires the writings or shares the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 62), U.S. naturalist and writer. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| trailer | To advertise or publicize in advance, esp. by the use of excerpts. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| trickless | Possessing no tricks (spec. in Cards). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| tronc | In hotels and restaurants, a common fund into which tips and service charges are paid for distribution to the staff. Also attrib. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| undergraduette | A female undergraduate. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| unflappable | Not subject to nervous excitement or anxiety; imperturbable. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| visagiste | A cosmetic artist. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| voguey | = voguish adj. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Websterian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Webster or his plays. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Zairean | A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
