| ace | In tennis: to score an ace (ace n. 1b) against (an opponent); to play (the ball) so as to score an ace. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| African violet | Any of several stemless perennial herbs of the genus Saintpaulia (family Gesneriaceae)… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| aridify | trans. To make arid. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| ASBO | An anti-social behaviour order, a court order obtainable by local authorities… | 1997 | Go To Quotation |
| automobilism | The use of automobiles or motor vehicles; automobile travel. Cf. automobiling n. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| autonomize | trans. (chiefly in pass.). To make autonomous; to confer autonomy or the right of self-government upon. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| averageness | The fact or condition of being average; ordinariness, mediocrity. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| banjulele | A stringed musical instrument of a type between a banjo and a ukulele. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| boycott | trans. Of tenants in Ireland: to isolate and ostracize (a landlord or land agent, or… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| broadcasting | The action of broadcast v. 3. Also attrib. or as pple. adj. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| catering | That caters; concerned with catering. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| celebratory | Serving to celebrate; used in or designed for the celebration of an event, etc. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| chalone | An internal secretion that reduces or inhibits the action of certain organs and tissues, opp. hormone n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Cheka | An organization set up in 1917 under the Soviet régime in Russia for the… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Churchillian | Of or relating to Lord Randolph Churchill. Now hist. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| civilianize | trans. To make civilian in character; to give civilian status; to convert (a military post) into a civilian post. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| clerkess | A female clerk. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Clydesider | A dweller on a bank of the river Clyde in Scotland; spec. applied to that group of… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| coastally | Along the coast, coastwise. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| cokery | A coke-furnace. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Comintern | The Communist International, the international organization of the Communist Party, founded in 1919 and dissolved in 1943. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| contre-jour | Chiefly in Photogr. = back-lighting n. at back- comb._form 2. Used esp. attrib. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| co-pilot | A second pilot of an aeroplane. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Crimea shirt | = Crimean shirt n. at Crimean adj. n. Special uses. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| crookdom | The realm of crooks. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Czechoslovakian | = Czechoslovak n. adj. Also, the language of this people. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| Dadrock | Rock music that appeals to an older generation, or is heavily influenced by that of… | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| decentralist | One who believes in a policy of decentralization. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| deflationary | Of, pertaining to, or tending to deflation. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| deflationist | One who advocates a policy of deflation. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| demob | Colloq. abbrev. of demobilization n. and of demobilize v. Also attrib., as in demob suit… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| denationalism | The loss or deprivation of national character. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| depressingness | The quality of being depressing. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| deration | trans. To free (a rationed commodity) from rationing. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| deregister | trans. To remove from a register. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| devalorize | trans. To lower the value of; to devalue. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| diarchal | Of or pertaining to a diarchy; spec. (see diarchy n.). | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| dilutee | An unskilled or semi-skilled worker who takes a place hitherto occupied by a skilled worker. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| disamenity | A disadvantage or drawback (of a locality, etc.). Freq. in pl. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| disquieten | = disquiet v. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| dunam | A measure of land, used esp. in Israel, equal to 1,000 sq. metres or about a quarter of an acre. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| ententophil | (One who is) friendly to a particular entente. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| escapologist | A performer skilled in extricating himself from knots, handcuffs, confinement in a box… | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| fank | trans. To put (sheep) in a fank; to pen up (Jamieson). | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| fantasist | One who ‘weaves’ fantasies. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Filipinize | trans. To convert to operation by Filipinos. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| flatlet | A small flat, usu. of one or two rooms. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Flaubertian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Flaubert. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| fullerphone | A telegraphic instrument used in war-signalling. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| futilitarianism | Futilitarian policy. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| goonda | (See quots.) | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| Holyrood | By metonymy: the Scottish parliament. Cf. Westminster n. 7. | 1998 | Go To Quotation |
| hominoid | A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, a taxon that includes the family Hominidae (cf. hominid n.). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| hourage | The aggregate number of hours spent in working or travelling; extent or distance in hours. Also, rate of travel in hours. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| huddledom | A state or condition of confusion and disorder. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| hymnarium | = hymnary n. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| illusioned | Full of illusions. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| Incaic | = Incan adj. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| inconsciently | Unknowningly. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| inflationary | Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving (monetary) inflation. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| ionamine | Any of a group of related diazo compounds formerly used as specific dyes for rayon. Freq. attrib. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| jatha | An armed or organized band, spec. of Sikhs. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| kantele | A form of zither used in Finland and Karelia. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| khaddar | Indian home-spun cotton cloth. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Klondike | trans. To export (fresh herring) (as opp. to pickled herring). | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| lat | A unit of gold currency established by the state of Latvia in August 1922, with a par… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Lebanese | A native or inhabitant of Lebanon; also collect. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| levyist | One who imposes, or advocates imposing, a levy. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Lewisman | A native or inhabitant of Lewis, the northern section of the island of Lewis with Harris in the Outer Hebrides. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| machinability | The property of being machinable. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| macrostructure | Large-scale or overall structure, esp. of a text. Also: spec. the structure of a metal… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| mamba | Any of several large, venomous, semi-arboreal snakes of the tropical… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| mantric | Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a mantra. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| marocain | A ribbed crêpe fabric of silk or wool or both; a garment made from this fabric. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Marranoism | = Marranism n. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| masurium | The element of atomic number 43 (later named technetium), which was first claimed to… | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Mayologist | = Mayanist n. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| Menshevism | The doctrine or practices of the Mensheviks. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| merchanting | Involved with the sale of a product or products; engaged in trade. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| mesosaprobe | = mesosaprobic adj. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| metricalization | The process of converting to a metric standard; = decimalization n. at decimal adj. n. Derivatives. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| missable | Sport. Of an opportunity: that is likely to be missed. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| mixed blessing | A situation or thing that has disadvantages as well as advantages. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| monomark | trans. To provide a monomark for (a person). | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| multilateralism | The quality of being multilateral; the principle or practice of forming agreements or treaties on a multilateral basis. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| multivalver | A multivalve thing, esp. a multivalve engine. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Mussolinism | The political principles or policies of Mussolini, or of the Fascist Party in Italy under his leadership. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| night-blinded | = night-blind adj. Also as n. (with the): night-blind people as a class (with pl. concord). | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| nigrine | Black. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| noctovisor | An electrical device which uses infrared illumination to view or record the images of objects in darkness or poor light. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| nursemaid | trans. To look after (a person) in the manner of a nursemaid; to watch over or take special care of (a person of thing). | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| oarer | A person who uses oars; a rower. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| obsessionist | A person who is subject to an obsession, an obsessive. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| off-shoulder | trans. To set down (a load) carried on one's shoulders. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| opting | The action of opt v.; the making of a choice. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| oued | = wadi n. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| outcropper | A person who extracts coal from an outcropping seam or vein. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| Panatrope | A device for playing records, esp. one that plays them loud enough for fairground or similar use. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| pandeiro | Any of various tambourines, usually with jingles, of Galicia, Portugal, or Brazil. Cf. pandero n. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| pestology | The branch of science that deals with pests and methods of controlling and eradicating them. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| pogo | A recreational device on which a person can jump about for exercise or amusement, consisting… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| pogo | To jump up and down on or as on a pogo stick. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Poplarism | The policy of paying wages and giving benefits on a generous or extravagant scale, as… | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Poplarist | A person who practises or advocates Poplarism. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| raciology | The characteristics of a race or races of humankind; the racial constitution of a place.… | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| reforestment | = reforestation n., reafforestation n. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| remunerativeness | The quality of providing remuneration or reward, esp. profitability. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| repmobile | A car of a type supposedly favoured by travelling sales representatives, typically a mid-range saloon. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| repped | Of silk, wool, or cotton fabric: having a fine horizontal rib, produced by weaving with… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| re-route | trans. To send by or along a different route; to divert, redirect. Also in extended use. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| re-routing | The action or an instance of re-routing a person or thing. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| rhenium | A very rare, dense, metallic chemical element of the transition series, atomic number… | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Ribbonism | The principles or policy of the Ribbon Society (see Ribbon Society n. at ribbon n. 3); (also) this as a movement. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| road-hog | trans. to road hog it: to make one's way like a road hog. Also intr.: to act like a road hog. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| rollback | Of a chair, sofa, etc.: that has a curved back. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| routing | The action or an act of route v.; the manner in which something is (to be) routed.… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| sardana | A popular Catalan dance performed to pipes and drum. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Schupo | In Germany, a policeman; also collect., the police force. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| scooby | not to have a scooby: = not to have a clue at clue n. 2e. | 1993 | Go To Quotation |
| septcentenary | A seven-hundredth anniversary. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| Shinner | Colloq. abbrev. of Sinn Feiner n. /ʃɪn feɪnə(r)/. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| sixteensome | A group of sixteen persons. Usu. attrib. in sixteensome reel, a Scottish dance performed in sets of sixteen persons. Also absol. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| slumless | Containing no slums. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| social democratic | That supports or advocates social democracy; spec. designating any of various political… | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| societified | Provided with or organized into a society (society n. 10a). Obs. rare. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| Sovietize | trans. To convert to a Soviet system of government; to bring into conformity… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| sparkly | Sparkling; that sparkles. Also fig., lively. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| steamie | A public wash-house. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| stunting | That performs stunts. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| symboliste | = symbolist n. 2c (b). Chiefly attrib. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Tardenoisian | Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mesolithic culture remains of which were first… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Tarzan | Used transf. to designate a person distinguished by physical strength or agility. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| tatting | Rag- or scrap-collecting (see also quot. 1926). Cf. totting n. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| televise | trans. To transmit (pictures, programmes, scenes, etc.) by television; formerly also… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| televisor | An apparatus for transmitting or receiving television pictures; orig. the name of that… | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| Thulean | Of, pertaining to, or designating a region of Tertiary volcanic activity including Iceland and parts of Britain and Greenland. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| timetable | trans. To include in a timetable or schedule; to schedule to take place at a particular… | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| toastie | A toasted snack or sandwich. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| towable | That may be towed. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| trimotor | An aeroplane fitted with three engines. Cf. tri-jet n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| troglo- | an animal living entirely in the dark parts of caves. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| tupan | The civil governor of a Chinese province under the Republican regime. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| twig(g)age | Twigs collectively. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| unequivocable | Capable of only one interpretation; unambiguous. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| upsettingness | The quality of being upsetting or disturbing. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| us-ness | The fact of being or feeling united in mind, feeling, or purpose; the fact of forming a unity. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| vanette | A small van. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| vigintennial | Occurring once in twenty years. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Wafdist | Of or pertaining to the Wafd. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| Watteauesque | Suggestive of or in the style of Watteau. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| white-ant | trans. To destroy in the manner of termites or white ants; to undermine, eat away, or sabotage. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| windolite | The name of a transparent material serving as a substitute for glass. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
