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New edition: A to Z March 2009

On 12 March 2009 the New Edition was updated with revised entries in a series of discrete alphabetical ranges, as well as the addition of new entries from across the alphabet. In some ranges, not every entry was revised, as editorial effort was concentrated on the most significant groups of related words. The table below shows the ranges which were covered, together with some of the more notable entries within them. For further details see the Chief Editor's commentary on the latest revision. Below this are listed all the new words in the ranges.

Revised ranges	Major entries
abib to ably	abide ability abject abjure able -able ably
abmigrate to aboundingly	abnegate abnormal aboard abode abolish abolition abominable abomination abortion abound
about to abox	about above
abracadabra to absolvitor	abrade abrasion abrasive abridge abroad abrogate abrupt abscond absent absentee absolute absolutely absolution absolve
Acehnese to aschape	acerbic acetic aceto- -ache achieve achevement
acicle to acopon	acid acidic acidity -acious -acity acknowledge acknowledgement
alkahest to alkyne	alkali
allergen to allergy	allergic allergy
animal phyla (non-alphabetical set)	annelid brachiopod cephalocordate chordate crustacean echinoderm trilobite vertebrate
communa to communy (and Commie)	communal commune communicate communication communion communism communist communitarian community
consumable to consumptuous	consumable consume consumer consummate consumption
human to humantin	human humane humanism humanist humanitarian humanity humanize
life to lifey	life life-and-death lifeblood lifeboat life cycle life form lifeless lifelike lifeline lifelong life-or-death lifestyle life support lifetime
livability to livyer	livability live v. live adj. lived-in livelihood livelong lively liver livery live wire
sociability to socius criminis	sociability sociable social socialist socialite socialize socially society socio- sociology sociopath
tetrapod to tetrapodology	tetrapod
walk to walkyrie	walk walkabout walker walking walkout walkover walkway

In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:

abience, n.
ab inconvenienti, adv.
abintestate, adv.
ab intestato, adv.
abiogenesist, n.
abiologic, adj.
abiologically, adv.
abiology, n.
abiu, n.
abjad, n.
abjuring, n.
abjuring, adj.
ablatively, adv.
abled, adj. and n.
ablow, adv. and prep.
abmigrate, v.
abob, adj.
abobbed, n.
aborad, adj. and adv.
aborter, n.
aboundingly, adv.
aboutness, n.
above-noted, adj.
Abrahamical, adj.
Abrahamically, adv.
abrasable, adj.
abrasure, n.
abraum, n.
abripe, v.
Abruzzese, n. and adj.
Abruzzian, n. and adj.
Absaroka, n.
abscessation, n.
absconce, v.²
abscondent, n.
absenty, n.
absinthiate, adj.
absinthites, n.
absolvement, n.
acanthocephalid, adj. and n.
Acehnese, n. and adj.
acepromazine, n.
acerbation, n.
acerbitous, adj.
acerbly, adv.
acerola, n.
acesulfame, n.
acetifying, n.
acetifying, adj.
acetocarmine, n.
acetogen, n.
acetohexamide, n.
acetozone, n.
acetum, n.
acetylacetonate, n.
acetylacetone, n.
acetylcysteine, n.
acetyltransferase, n.
acharya, n.
Achates, n.
achenium, n.
achete, n.
achrist, n.
Achumawi, n. and adj.
achy-breaky, adj.
acicule, n.
acid house, n.
acidified, adj.
acidimetric, adj.
acidization, n.
acidized, adj.
acidogenic, adj.
acidolysis, n.
acidophilia, n.
acid tongue, n.
acidulant, n.
acidulate, adj.
acidy, adj.
acinetan, adj. and n.
Acinetobacter, n.
acne vulgaris, n.
acoel, n. and adj.
acoelous | acelous, adj.
aconitase, n.
aconitum, n.
actinopod, n. and adj.
Actinopoda, n.
aeronef, n.
alkali, v.
alkalied, adj.¹
alkalied, adj.²
alkaliferous, adj.
alkalimetrically, adv.
alkalinized, adj.
alkalinizing, n.
alkalotic, adj.
alkamine, n.
alkanethiol, n.
alkanol, n.
Alka-Seltzer, n.
alkathene, n.
alkenone, n.
alkoxide, n.
alkoxy, adj.
alkoxy-, comb. form
alkoxyl, n.
alkylamine, n.
alkylammonium, n.
alkylidene, n.
allegoristic, adj.
allergenicity, n.
Apicomplexa, n.
apicomplexan, adj. and n.
aschelminth, adj. and n.
Aschelminthes, n.
blastemic, adj.
Brachiopoda, n.
bryozoologist, n.
bryozoology, n.
Chaetognatha, n.
chelicera, n.
Chelicerata, n.
Ciliophora, n.
Coelentera, n.
comms, n.
communar, n.
communautaire, adj.
communibus annis, adv.
communitas, n.
communitive, adj.¹
consumerization, n.
consumer unit, n.
ctene, n.
Echinoderma, n.
Echiura, n.
echiuran, adj. and n.
Ectoprocta, n.
entoproct, adj. and n.
Entoprocta, n.
gastrotrich, n. and adj.
Gastrotricha, n.
gnathostomulid, n. and adj.
Gnathostomulida, n.
Hemichordata, n.
humanitarianizing, adj.
humanly, adj.
hypoglycin, n.
kinorhynch, n. and adj.
Kinorhyncha, n.
lifeguarded, adj.
lifeguarding, n.
life sentence, n.
lifestyler, n.
liminality, n.
Livarot, n.
liveaboard, adj. and n.
livery and bait, n.
Loricifera, n.
napelline, n.
napelline, adj.
rhizopodial, adj.
Rhombozoa, n.
Sipuncula, n.
Sipunculida, n.
social construct, n.
social constructionism, n.
social constructionist, n. and adj.
social constructivism, n.
social constructivist, adj. and n.
socio-economical, adj.
socio-economics, n.
socio-economist, n.
socio-economy, n.
socius criminis, n.
Sporozoa, n.
Tardigrada, n.
Tetrapoda, n.
Trilobita, n.
Uniramia, n.
uniramian, adj. and n.
Urochordata, n.
walker's soap, n.
walkie-talkie, v.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:

(Under ability, n.)
- ability group
- ability grouping
(Under ablation, n.)
- ablation area
(Under able-bodied, adj. and n.)
- able-bodied seaman
(Under ablute, v.)
- abluting
(Under abneural, adj.)
- abneurally
(Under abortion, n.)
- abortion on demand
- abortion pill
- abortion storm
(Under Abraham, n.)
- Abraham cove
(Under abrasion, n.)
- abrasion resistance
- abrasion-resistant
(Under abscise, v.)
- abscised
(Under abscission, n.)
- abscission zone
(Under absolute, adj., (adv.), and n.)
- absolute addressing
- absolute auction
- absolute brightness
- absolute convergence
- absolute monarch
- absolute pardon
(Under acetic, adj.)
- acetic fermentation
(Under acetify, v.)
- acetified
(Under acetoacetic, adj.)
- acetoacetic ether
(Under achievement, n.)
- achievement gap
- achievement orientation
- achievement-oriented
(Under acicular, adj.)
- acicularity
(Under acid, adj. and n.)
- acid anhydride
- acid bath
- acid bomb
- acid drainage
- acid mine drainage
- acid hydrolase
- acid hydrolysis
- acid indigestion
- acid mantle
- acid phosphate
- acid reflux
- acid-resistant
- acid-resisting
- acid-soluble
- acid stomach
- acid suppressant
- acid-suppressing
- acid-sweet
- acid-tolerant
- acid-washed
- acid-fried
- acid-catalysed
- acid-etched
- acid etching
- acid-neutralizing
- acid-producing
(Under acidimetric, adj.)
- acidimetrically
(Under acidize, v.)
- acidizable
- acidizing
(Under acid tongue, n.)
- acid-tongued
(Under acknowledgement | acknowledgment, n.)
- acknowledgement card
- acknowledgement form
(Under Actinopoda, n.)
- actinopodan
(Under alkali, n. and adj.)
- alkali basalt
- alkali blue
- alkali desert
- alkali feldspar
- alkali flat
- alkali salt
- alkali soil
(Under alkaline, adj. and n.)
- alkaline battery
- alkaline cell
- alkaline earth metal
- alkaline phosphatase
(Under alkylating, adj.)
- alkylating agent
(Under alkyl, n.)
- alkyl halide
(Under allergenic, adj.)
- allergenically
(Under allergic, adj.)
- allergically
(Under Chaetognatha, n.)
- chaetognathous
(Under Ciliophora, n.)
- ciliophoran
(Under communication, n.)
- communication gap
- communication receiver
- communications director
- communications manager
- communications receiver
- communications skills
- communication centre
- communication device
- communication link
- communication medium
- communication network
- communication room
- communication service
- communication system
- communication technology
- communications centre
- communications device
- communications link
- communications medium
- communications network
- communications room
- communications service
- communications software
- communications system
- communications technology
(Under communion, n.)
- communion aisle
- communion book
- communion plate
- communion wafer
(Under communist, adj. and n.)
- communist bloc
- communist block
- Communist Party
(Under community, n.)
- community-acquired
- community action
- community antenna
- community antenna television
- community church
- community development
- community education
- community group
- community radio
- community relations
- community service
- community council
- community councillor
- community dining room
- community health
- community kitchen
- community politics
(Under consumer, n.)
- consumer advocate
- consumer confidence
- consumer economy
- consumer society
- consumer terrorism
(Under consumption, n.)
- consumption rate
- consumption weed
- consumptionism
- consumption level
- consumption pattern
(Under human, adj. and n.)
- human biology
- human bomb
- human capital
- human error
- human face
- —— with a human face
- the human face of ——
- human immunodeficiency virus
- human pyramid
- human-readable
- human scale
- human service
(Under humanistic, adj.)
- humanistic psychologist
- humanistic psychology
(Under life, n.)
- life assemblage
- life companion
- life cover
- life energy
- life event
- life expectation
- life imprisonment
- life mask
- life savings
- life skills
- life stage
- life system
- life term
- life zone
- life-changing
- life-extending
- life-loving
- life-prolonging
- life-shortening
- life model
- life room
(Under lifeboat, n.)
- lifeboatsman
(Under live, adj.¹, n., and adv.)
- live ash
- livebearing
- live one
(Under live, v.¹)
- to live through ——
- to live out
(Under liver, n.¹ and adj.²)
- liver of sulphur
- liver chestnut
- liver-lipped
- liver lips
- liverman
- liver mush
- liver cancer
(Under livery, n.)
- livery cab
- livery car
(Under Loricifera, n.)
- loriciferan
(Under Rhizopoda, n.)
- rhizopodist
(Under Rhombozoa, n.)
- rhombozoan
(Under social, adj. and n.)
- social assistance
- social audit
- social commentary
- social commentator
- social dumping
- social entrepreneur
- social entrepreneurship
- social fund
- social housing
- social ladder
- social library
- social network
- social networking
- social partner
- social skills
- social weaver
(Under socio-, comb. form)
- socio-legal
(Under sociopathic, adj.)
- sociopathically
(Under Trilobita, n.)
- trilobitan
(Under walk, n.¹)
- walk of shame
- walk test
(Under walk, v.)
- to walk around
- to walk into ——
- to walk into (a person's) affections
- to walk on
- to walk through ——
- walk-along-Joe
(Under walking, adj.)
- walking boss
- walking bus
- walking epidural
- walking whale
(Under walking, n.)
- walking cast
- walking chair
- walking disease
- walking pneumonia
- walking-around money
- walking companion
- walking holiday

New entries across the alphabet

12 March 2009 also saw the publication of the the following additional new entries and subordinate entries:

avoidant, adj.
bird-dogging, n.

(Under amino-, comb. form)

amino-alcohol

(Under antisocial, adj.)

antisocial personality disorder

(Under avoidance, n.)

avoidance behaviour
avoidance response

(Under blood, n.)

blood peach

(Under bronze, n.)

bronze liver

(Under cartridge, n.)

cartridge fuse

(Under Christian, adj. and n.)

Christian humanism

(Under circuit, n.)

circuit board

(Under climbing, n.)

climbing skin

(Under closed, adj.)

closed communion

(Under credit, n.)

credit crunch

(Under dead, adj., n.¹, and adv.)

dead ball

(Under dermal, adj.)

dermal bone

(Under differently, adv.)

differently abled

(Under dry, adj. and adv.)

dry vermouth

(Under first, adj., (n.²), and adv.)

first communion

(Under Florence, n.¹)

Florence fennel

(Under golden, adj.)

golden groundsel
golden ragwort

(Under hereditary, adj. and n.)

hereditary peer
hereditary peerage

(Under Indo-, comb. form¹)

Indo-Aryan

(Under secular, adj. and n.)

secular humanism
secular humanist

(Under surface, n.)

surface-harden
surface-hardened
surface hardening

(Under sweet, adj. and adv.)

sweet vermouth

(Under theoretical, adj. and n.)

theoretical linguistics

(Under vegetable, adj.)

vegetable alkaloid

(Under volatile, n. and adj.)

volatile acidity

(Under wave, n.)

wave-cut platform

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

assistant, adj. and n.
concrete, adj. and n.
liminal, adj.
local, adj. and n.
locally, adv.
shirt, n.
suck, v.

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