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On 11 June 2009 the alphabetical range rean-recyclist was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet. The OED's chief editor, John Simpson, provides some observations on the revision of this section of the alphabet, and Graeme Diamond comments on some of the most interesting new words in the batch.

reappropriation, n.
reapprove, v.
rearfoot, n.
reasonally, adv.
reassay, n.
reassociated, adj.
reassortant, adj. and n.
reassorted, adj.
reauthorization, n.
rebalance, n.
rebalance, v.
rebalancing, n.
rebartering, n.
rebirthing, n.
reboot, v.
rebrand, n.
rebreather, n.
rebuffing, n.¹
rebuffing, n.²
recanvas, v.
recanvass, n.
recap, n.³
recaptive, n. and adj.
recarbonize, v.
recarburizing, adj.
recatholization, n.
receptaculum, n.
receptoral, adj.
recessivity, n.
rechallenge, n.
rechallenge, v.
rechannel, v.
rechannelling | rechanneling, n.
re-chip, v.
Recioto, n.
reclass, v.
recock, v.¹
recognitional, adj.
recollapse, v.
recollecting, adj.
recomember, v.
recommencing, n.
recommendary, adj.
recompensate, v.
recompilation, n.
recompile, n.
reconditioner, n.
reconfess, v.
reconfigurable, adj.
reconnection, n.
reconquista, n.
Reconstructionism, n.
recontent, v.
recontextualize, v.
recontour, v.
recordant, n.
recordari, n.
recordress, n.
reco-reco, n.
recouper, n.¹
recreatory, adj.
recrew, v.²
recruitee, n.
recruitship, n.
recrystallizing, n.
rectangulated, adj.
rectus abdominis, n.
rectus femoris, n.
recursivity, n.

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

(Under Réaumur, n. and adj.)
- Réaumur's thermometer
(Under reap, n.²)
- reap day
(Under rear admiral, n.)
- Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(Under rear, adj.² and n.²)
- rear commodore
- rearsight
- rear-wheel drive
- rear yard
(Under rearfoot, n.)
- rearfoot striker
(Under rearing, n.)
- rearing vat
(Under reasonable, adj., n., and adv.)
- reasonable cause
- reasonable doubt
- beyond reasonable doubt
- reasonable force
- reasonable suspicion
(Under re-book, v.)
- rebooking
(Under rebore, v.)
- reboring
(Under rebound, n. (and adj.))
- rebound tenderness
(Under rebreed, v.)
- rebreeding
(Under recanalize, v.)
- recanalized
(Under recapitulate, v.)
- recapitulated
(Under recarbonize, v.)
- recarbonization
(Under receipt, n.)
- receipt box
- receipt man
(Under receiving, adj.)
- receiving water
(Under receiving, n.)
- receiving place
(Under receptive, adj.)
- receptive field
- receptive language
(Under receptor, n.)
- receptor-destroying enzyme
(Under recession, n.¹)
- recession buster
- recession-proof
(Under rechargeable, adj. and n.)
- rechargeability
(Under recharge, v.)
- recharged
(Under re-chip, v.)
- re-chipping
(Under reciprocal, adj. and n.)
- reciprocal altruism
- reciprocal hybrid
(Under recite, v.)
- recitable
(Under reclose, v.²)
- reclosable
(Under recluse, adj., n., and adv.)
- recluse spider
- brown recluse spider
(Under recognizance, n.)
- Recognizance Rolls
(Under recoil, n.)
- recoil-operated
(Under recoin, v.)
- recoined
(Under recollecting, adj.)
- recollectingly
(Under recombinant, adj. and n.)
- recombinant DNA
(Under recombination, n.)
- recombination line
(Under recompact, v.)
- recompacted
(Under reconfigure, v.)
- reconfigured
- reconfiguring
(Under recontextualize, v.)
- recontextualization
- recontextualizing
- recontextualized
(Under recontour, v.)
- recontoured
- recontouring
(Under recordable, adj.)
- recordability
(Under record, n.¹ and adj.)
- record contract
- record deal
- record locking
- record producer
- record-buying
- record promoter
- record-sized
(Under recorder, n.¹)
- recorder's nose
(Under recording, n.)
- recording artist
- recording artiste
- recording contract
- recording deal
- recording secretary
(Under recovery, n.)
- recovery movement
- recovery party
- recovery programme
- recovery stock
(Under recreance, n.²)
- letter of recreance
(Under recreational, adj.)
- recreational vehicle
(Under recreation, n.¹)
- recreation day
(Under recriminate, v.)
- recriminating
(Under recruiting, n.)
- recruiting book
- recruiting drum
- recruiting order
- recruiting duty
- recruiting expenses
- recruiting post
(Under recruitment, n.)
- recruitment agency
- recruitment campaign
- recruitment consultant
- recruitment drive
- recruitment office
(Under rectal, adj.)
- rectal pad
(Under rectangular, adj.)
- rectangularwise
(Under rectory, n.)
- rectory book
(Under rectovesical, adj.)
- rectovesical pouch
(Under recurrence, n.)
- recurrence rate
(Under recurrent, adj. and n.¹)
- recurrent fever
- recurrent nova
- recurrent polyserositis
(Under recycle, adj. and n.)
- recycle bin

Out-of-sequence new entries

11 June 2009 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

ad absurdum, adv., (n.), and adj.
afference, n.
A-gay, n.
amateur night, n. and adj.
Baader–Meinhof, n.
Bahian, n. and adj.
bailout, n.²
benzylpiperazine, n.
blizzard, v.
blizzarding, adj.
blue state, n. and adj.
botryogen, n.
bumhole, n.
bupkis, n.
Bushian, adj.
bushism, n.¹
Bushism, n.²
Bushist, adj. and n.
buttload, n.
cami, n.
car-booter, n.
cisterna chyli, n.
Clintonesque, adj.
Clintonian, n.¹ and adj.¹
Clintonian, n.² and adj.²
Clintonista, n.
combuster, n.
combustor, n.
commitment-phobe, n.
commitment-phobia, n.
commitment-phobic, adj. and n.
configurable, adj.
debunching, n.
densification, n.
dick, v.
Durif, n.
dwarf planet, n.
extensivist, n.
footwell, n.
fudgicle, n.
fudgsicle, n.
gallerist, n.
grilled cheese, n.
guayabera, n.
haematoporphyria | hematoporphyria, n.
hardbody, n.
Hiberno-English, n. and adj.
hijra, n.
inartful, adj.
intensivist, n.
i-redly, adv.
Irish English, n. and adj.
jakey, n.
kulfi, n.
Madame Récamier, n.
naser, n.
nixtamal, n.
plasmoditrophoblast, n.
searchability, n.
stache, n.
Sternberg–Reed, n.
swotty, n. and adj.
turducken, n.

In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

(Under A, n.)
- ABO
(Under amateur, n.)
- amateur hour
(Under baggage, n. and adj.)
- baggage claim
- baggage reclaim
(Under bikini, n.)
- bikini waxing
(Under block, n.)
- blockwork
(Under blue, adj.)
- blue balls
- blue line
(Under boot, n.³)
- boot sale
(Under car, n.¹)
- car boot
(Under congressional, adj.)
- congressionally
(Under corridor, n.)
- corridor of uncertainty
(Under disco, n.¹)
- disco ball
(Under eat, v.)
- to eat in
(Under email, n.²)
- email address
(Under fact, n.)
- fact file
(Under fore-foot, n.)
- forefoot striker
(Under front, n. (and adj.))
- front crawl
(Under gender, n.)
- gender dysphoria
- gender dysphoric
(Under giant, n. and adj.)
- giant redwood
(Under hang-, comb. form)
- hang-up
(Under high, adj. and n.²)
- high bush cranberry
(Under I, n.¹)
- IVM
(Under Irish, adj. and n.)
- Irish breakfast
- Irish breakfast tea
(Under irrebuttable, adj.)
- irrebuttable presumption
(Under knock-down, adj. and n.)
- knock down ginger
(Under lard, n.)
- lard-arse
- lard-arsed
(Under leap, n.¹)
- leap of faith
(Under river, n.¹)
- down the river
(Under shit | shite, n.)
- shit-faced
- shit fit
(Under snow, n.¹)
- snow alga
(Under sticky, adj.²)
- sticky catchfly
(Under sunder, adj. and adv.)
- sunder-reeveland
(Under take, v.)
- to take away
- to take out
(Under T, n.)
- TMI
(Under tent, n.¹)
- tent pole
- tent-pole man
(Under tumble, n.)
- tumble turn
(Under W, n.)
- WTF
(Under well, adv.)
- well-received
(Under wolf, n.)
- wolfberry

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

aspirational, adj.
attending, n.
attending, adj.
baby, n.
back country, n.
bail, v.¹
bale, v.³
beer, n.¹
biblical, adj.
breakfast, n.
cat, n.¹
collaborative, adj.
complete, v.
coping, n.¹
crawl, v.¹
cup, n.
drive-through, n. and adj.
enabler, n.
eye-ball | eyeball, v.
fore-foot, n.
front, v.¹
go, v.
hat, n.
hater, n.¹
homer, n.¹
installation, n.
jury, n.
knob, v.
knock, v.
spot, n.¹
sugar, n.
top, n.¹
turn, n.
yo-yo, n.

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