abbot 87–8
abbreviation 179–8
abdest 62–3
abelmosk 88
Abigail 200
abracadabra 206–7
abraxas 207–8
accolade 174–5
accordion 57–8
acnestis 218–19
ad-lib 123–4
advertising 40–1
aglet 219
alakazam 208
alarm 228–9
albedo 104
allure 148–9
altricial 82
amanuensis 63
amazing 41
ampersand 229
amphigory 108–9
anacard 58
Andrew 201
angel 239–40
anorak 35
antelucan 72
antipelargy 160
aphengescope 73
aphrodisiac 138–9
apology 92–3
apopudobalia 245–6
archipelago 169–70
arctic 160
argosy 17–18
artesian 6–7
assassination 41–2
attic 12
attraction 180
auspices 77–8
aviation 78
background 128–9
badminton 2
bahuvrihi 113–14
baisemain 63
Balkanization 18
balloonatic 224
baragouin 114
barbican 170
barefaced 42
barnstorming 129
batik 35–6
bauxite 7
bayonet 7
bazooka 124
bedlam 2–3
beldam 83
belfry 189–90
berserk 118–19
bidet 154
bilbo 18–19
blackout 129–30
blanket 104
blockbuster 190
bloke 257
Boeotian 12
boffin 29
boggle 154
bogus 257–8
bombard 190–1
bombinate 234
boobook 235
boondock 36
borborygm 219
borstal 3
bosky 42–3
bourbon 23–4
brainiac 133–4
brandish 191
breakthrough 191
brekekekex 235
brummagem 3
bunkum 24
buttercup 224
cabal 251–2
cabbage 52–3
cadre 109
cajole 224–5
calculus 164–5
callet 160–1
calliope 139
camouflage 53
canopy 161
canter 3–4
capitulate 53
cappuccino 119
catastrophe 130
catharsis 180–1
cavalcade 154–5
celadon 134
cephalopod 54
chaperon 119
charleston 24–5
chautauqua 25
chauvinism 194–5
chestnut 12–13
chiropodist 63
chivalry 155
chlorine 104–5
chocolate 36
chortle 45–6
chouette 161
choy sum 58
chrysalis 105
circus 109–10
clishmaclaver 235–6
cloud 165
coach 19
cocktail 258
codger 149
codswallop 258–9
commando 64
companion 114
compatriot 88
compère 88–9
contrecoeur 58
cordiloquy 59
corporal 54
cotillion 119–20
countervail 230
courage 59
cromlech 165
crotchet 29–30
croupier 155–6
cruciverbalist 93
culprit 229–30
cummer 83
curfew 263
currant 13
cyberspace 47
cyborg 225
cynicism 13
daedal 139
date 175
dauntless 43
deadline 263–4
debacle 170
decimation 184–5
defenestration 185
delphinium 161–2
delta 110
denigrate 105
denim 7–8
derive 171
dilapidated 166
dismantle 120
dogsbody 264
dollar 19–20
donnybrook 20
dord 246
downbeat 124–5
drastic 181
dreamscape 47
dunce 195
duodenum 97–8
echo 140
éclair 73
educator 89
elbow 43
emancipation 64
endgame 143–4
envelope 240
epicure 195–6
esquivalience 246–7
eureka 230–1
expedite 67–8
explode 130
fairway 171
fanfare 236
fantabulous 225
fantasy 73–4
father-lasher 213
fiat 231
finale 125
flaky 144
fluke 144–5
follow-through 145
fortnight 30
foupe 247
freelance 48
frenzy 59–60
galaxy 114–15
gamut 125
gargoyle 175–6
genetrix 83
genuine 176
George 201–2
gimmick 259
glossary 176
goatsucker 213
golf 252
goodbye 231
gormless 30–1
grenade 115
grizzly 106
guillemet 196
gyromancy 110
hackle 120
haggard 149
hand 240–1
handicap 64–5
handsome 65–6
harlequin 134
Helena 202
hellbender 213–14
henchman 156
Henry 202–3
hermaphrodite 140
hippocampus 156–7
hiybbprqag 247–8
hocus-pocus 208
hokum 131
hooch 25–6
hotchpotch 115–16
hundred-pacer 214
hydraulic 125–6
hypochondria 177
hypocrisy 131
hysteria 176–7
illustration 74
infrastructure 192
interfenestration 219–20
jamboree 259–60
jaunt 157
jazz 145
jeu-de-mots 93
jiggery-pokery 31
Jimmy 203
jinx 145–6
John 203
jungftak 248
Jupiter 89–90
Jurassic 8
kahuna 37
kangaroo 252
karakia 209
keelhaul 185–6
keynote 126–7
khamsin 98
kibosh 264–5
knickerbocker 48
Koh-I-noor 74–5
kop 54–5
kowtow 55
lacklustre 43–4
laconic 14
lacuna 171–2
ladybird 78–9
lalochezia 220
laodicean 14
lap 121
lecture 94
legerdemain 66
lemur 265
lexicography 94
limousine 8–9
line-up 146
lithium 166
logo 94–5
lothario 134–5
lucubrate 75
lyddite 4
lynx 75
machinery 131–2
machree 60
maelstrom 172
magazine 192
mammal 84
mammothrept 84
manifesto 66
manta 121–2
marmalade 253
marraine 84–5
martingale 9
matador 241
matilda 204
matrix 85
matter 85–6
matutu 98
mausoleum 14–15
melancholy 106
melodrama 126
method 181
metropolis 86
mews 150
misericord 60–1
monadnock 26
mondegreen 231–2
monopsony 116
mortifying 181–2
mule 241–2
musket 150
myriad 98–9
nasty 253
nayword 95
neossology 79
nerd 48–9
netizen 225–6
nightmare 266
nilgai 106–7
noon 99
nudiusterian 220–1
ocarina 79
octopus 68
ohnosecond 232
OK 260–1
Oliver 204–5
ombudsman 37
oompah 236
oppidum 68–9
orderly 192–3
ornomancy 79–80
ostracism 186
pace 242
pachinko 236–7
palaver 95–6
pandemonium 266
pantaloons 135
pappus 91
paraphernalia 266–7
pariah 37–8
park 193
parsley 167
passe-passe 209
paternoster 90
patootie 116
patronize 91
Paul 205
pedigree 69
peen 221
penguin 55–6
perqueer 61
pessimism 69
petrichor 221
phaeton 140–1
phantomnation 248–9
phosphene 221–2
phosphorus 75–6
picardie 9–10
pick-a-tree 214–15
pie-hole 49
piedmont 70
pillory 186
pinchbeck 196–7
pinhooker 26–7
planxty 237
plethora 182
plychon 162
pocosin 27
podium 70
poindexter 135
poleax 56
poltroon 150–1
polyp 70–1
pommy 253–4
pounce 151
praline 197
presto 209–10
pride 151
primogenitor 90–1
protagonist 132
pumpernickel 254
punch 267
python 141
quaaltagh 222
quadratic 110–1
quarantine 99–100
quarry 111
quinquereme 100
rabbit 242–3
radappertization 197
radius 76
raincheck 146
ramillies 20–1
ratamacue 237–8
recalcitrant 177
recipe 182–3
refrigerate 183
restaurant 116–17
rheum 172–3
rival 173
robot 49–50
rococo 167
rodomontade 136
rokelay 10
rosemary 173
roué 186–7
rouse 152
rubric 107
ruckus 226
run 243
salary 117
samarium 198
sauna 38
saxifrage 167–8
saxophone 198–9
schimpfwort 96
screwball 147
scrupulous 168
secateurs 31
segue 127
semtex 21
send-up 187
septuagint 100
sesame 210
sesquipedalian 71
shazam 210
shovelnose 215
showboat 132
simurgh 80
sincere 255
siren 141
sirloin 255
sitcom 226–7
skeletonizer 215–16
ski 243–4
smog 227
smokescreen 193
snakelocks 216
snooker 261
solecism 15
spa 21
sporadic 183
squadron 111
stein 168
steinlaus 249
strontium 4
struwwelpeter 136
sturdy 162
stymie 147
sunangel 216
supercilious 177–8
supplant 71
Surrey 4–5
svengali 136–7
sweatbox 187–8
swelter 188
sword 256
sybarite 15–16
taboo 38–9
tacky 157–8
tantalize 141–2
tawdry 122
teddy 199
telephone 127
tergiversate 178
terp 142
tessellate 111–12
testy 56
tetragrammaton 211
Texas 27
tintinnabulation 50
titchy 31–2
torii 80–1
tragedy 162–3
trappings 157
treadmill 188
triacontarchy 101
triskaidekaphobia 101–2
troy 10
tulip 122
tundra 39
turn-tail 152
tuxedo 27
twee 32
ultracrepidarian 232–3
ululate 238
unsex 44
urchin 163
vampire 244
verb 96
verdigris 107
wallsend 5
wandervogel 81
wart-biter 216–17
watchdog 44–5
Waterloo 21–2
wazoo 81
wellerism 137
whinge 32
worsted 5
yahoo 50–1
yits 249–50
yonks 261–2
yuan 112
zed 32–3
zedonk 227
zigzag 262
zombie 267–8
zzxjoanw 250