Crossword clues for oed
oed
- Subj. of "The Professor and the Madman"
- Source with 600,000 words
- Shelf-filling ref. work
- Reference wk. that added "YOLO" in 2016
- Reference where you might find out that a philobat is used in psychoanalysis for a person who enjoys the challenge of coping alone with dangerous situations
- Reference volume from the UK
- Reference book: Abbr
- Ref. work with over 45,000 obsolete words
- Ref. work whose 2018 Word of the Year is "toxic"
- Ref. work that spans 21,730 pages
- Ref. work that added "YOLO" in 2016
- Ref. work in which the verb "set" has a 60,000-word entry
- Ref. work chronicled in "The Professor and the Madman"
- Ref. work begun by the London Philological Society
- Ref. with thousands of definitions
- Ref. with quarterly online updates
- Ref. with no substitute
- Ref. with no proper nouns in its earliest edition
- Ref. with about 600,000 word-forms
- Ref. with 20 volumes
- Ref. whose recent updates include "chillax" and "whatev"
- Ref. whose last entry is "zyxt"
- Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete
- Ref. whose 2015 Word of the Year is the "Face With Tears of Joy" emoji
- Ref. which added "starter marriage" and "starchitect" in 2016
- Ref. updated quarterly
- Ref. tome
- Ref. that's gone through two editions in 125 years
- Ref. that's been online since 2000
- Ref. that uses British headword spellings
- Ref. that took 70 years to complete
- Ref. that recently added the word "hoverboard"
- Ref. that recently added "locavore" and "phablet"
- Ref. that includes ROFL as of 2016
- Ref. that has a zed section
- Ref. that added the word "anally" in 2010
- Ref. that added "xoxo" in 2019
- Ref. that added "safe space" in 2020
- Ref. that added "cruciverbalist" (a person who does crosswords) in 2006
- Ref. that added "binge-watch" in 2018
- Ref. shelf filler
- Ref. section staple
- Ref. of note
- Ref. last published in 1989
- Ref. for Anglophones
- Ref. conceived of in 1857 by London's Philological Society
- Ref. book whose first edition took 68 years to complete
- Ref. book that will probably never be printed again
- Ref. book that comes with a magnifying glass
- Publication whose first ed. took more than 70 years to complete
- Pub. with over 300,000 entries
- Philologist's ref
- Orthographer's ref
- Often-cited ref
- Oft-cited ref. book
- Noted ref. work
- Multivolume lex
- Multi-volume word ref
- Multi-vol. reference set
- Multi-vol. Brit. ref
- Masterwork in philology, for short
- Massive-sized Brit. lexicon
- Massive resource: Abbr
- Massive ref. bk
- Massive lang. reference
- Massive Brit. reference
- Many-vol. lexicon
- Lit. giant?
- Lexicon with 600,000+ wds
- Lexicon from a British uni
- Lexicographical authority
- Lexicographic behemoth, for short
- Lexicographer's ref
- Lexical ref
- Large Brit. reference
- J.R.R. Tolkien did some research for it
- Its Vol. XVI is "Soot-Styx"
- Its third edition is scheduled to be finished in 2037: Abbr
- Its second ed. contains about 59 million words
- Its Jun. 2019 additions include "bae" and "yeesh"
- Its Jan. 2018 additions include "hangry" and "mansplain"
- Its first vol., A-Ant, was published in 1884
- Its first vol. covered A to Ant
- Its 2019 Word of the Year was "climate emergency" (Abbr.)
- Its 1989 edition weighed about 138 lbs
- Its 1971 ed. came with a magnifying glass
- Its "concise" version has almost 1,700 pages: Abbr
- It's had OMG since 2011
- It has included a heart symbol since 2011, in brief
- It has around 600,000 defs
- It ends with "zyzzyva," in brief
- It added "YouTuber" in 2016
- It added "e-waste" in 2020
- It added "brr-brr" in 2016
- Humongous ref
- Huge reference: Abbr
- Huge reference from the U.K
- Huge ref. set
- Hefty reference: Abbr
- Hefty ref
- Hefty lexical ref
- Heavy Brit. reference set
- Gigantic ref. work
- Gargantuan Brit. lexicon
- Famed multivolume ref. wk
- Famed English dictionary, abbr
- Famed British ref
- Expensive ref
- Exhaustive word ref
- Exhaustive ref
- Enormous ref. work
- Distinguished dict
- Dict. with over 600,000 words
- Definitive source for linguists: Abbr
- Definitive def. source
- Compendious ref
- Clickbait site, as of Sep. 2016
- Classic work whose "shorter" version comes in two vols
- Classic work originally in 10 vols
- Champs' prize on the UK game show "Countdown"
- Certain ref. work
- British word bk
- British reference that added the entry "super PAC" in 2012: Abbr
- British ref
- British multivolume set (Abbr.)
- British lexicon (Abbr.)
- British / lexicon, / in brief
- Brit. word ref
- Brit. word book
- Brit. word authority
- Brit. resource for writers
- Brit. reference tome
- Brit. reference that recently added the word "phablet"
- Brit. reference book
- Brit. library ref
- Brit word bk
- Book whose second edition was 21,728 pages, briefly
- Book that tells you the meaning of "life": Abbr
- Bks. with millions of quotations
- Big word ref
- Big U.K. lexicon
- Big ref. work
- Big ref. for word lovers
- Big Brit. reference
- A-to-zed ref
- A heart symbol, meaning "love," was its first graphical entry, for short
- 21,728-pg. work that is constantly updated
- 20-volume ref. set
- 130-lb.-plus ref
- "Zyxt" is its final entry: Abbr
- "Webspace" was added to it in Jun. 2017
- "Un-PC" was added to it in 2014
- "The Meaning of Everything" subject: Abbr
- "Reading the ___" (2008 book subtitled "One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages")
- "Reading the ___: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" (2008 book)
- "Mansplain" was added to it in Jan. 2018
- "Latin@" was added to it in Mar. 2019
- Brit. ref. work
- Multivolume ref. work
- Expensive ref. work
- Brit. lexicon
- James Murray work: Abbr.
- Noted publication of 1933, for short
- Library ref.
- Ref. set
- Often-cited ref.
- Ref. staple that used to come with a magnifying glass
- Some library vols.
- Of which A-Ant was pub. in Jan. 1884
- Philologist's ref.
- Set of Brit. tomes
- Lib. reference
- Ref. room offering
- It may fill a lib. shelf
- Voluminous ref. set
- Brit. word reference
- Monument of lexicography, for short
- "The Professor and the Madman" topic, for short
- Lexicon with many citations: Abbr.
- Brit. reference work
- Voluminous ref. work
- "The Professor and the Madman" subj.
- Citation-filled ref.
- It comes in many vols.
- Ref. work with online subscriptions
- Multivolume Brit. reference
- Ref. work with more than 300,000 entries
- Work started by London's Philological Soc.
- Orthographer's ref.
- Competitor of Chambers, for short
- Wordsmith's ref.
- Etymologist's ref.
- 20-vol. work
- Brit. resource for wordsmiths
- Shak. is its most-quoted writer
- Philologists' work, for short
- Work containing about 2.5 million quotations: Abbr.
- It has hundreds of thousands of meanings: Abbr.
- U.K. reference book
- U.K. lexicon
- 20-vol. reference work
- U.K. wordsmith's ref.
- British ref. for wordsmiths
- Massive ref. work
- It took 70 years to complete, in brief
- Its last word is "zyxt": Abbr.
- Ref. with more than 2 1/2 million quotations
- Ref. work that took 70 years to complete
- Its first complete ed. was published in 1928
- British ref. work
- Multivolume set, for short
- Ref. with about 22,000 pages
- 20-volume ref. work
- Work that's been punningly called a "lex icon": Abbr.
- Lexical ref.
- Word ref. started in 1857
- Time magazine's "scholarly Everest," for short
- An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
- Its first two vols. covered 43-Across
- Ref. book whose last print edition came out in 1989
- Ref. work whose Compact Edition is sold with a magnifying glass
- Large ref. book
- Respected ref. work
- Its Word of the Year in 2005 was "sudoku"; in 2013, "selfie": Abbr.
- British ref. book
- Eng. lexicon
- Noted ref. book
- Dict. published in England
- Well-known dict.
- Distinguished dict.
- A ref. book
- Work started by London's Philological Soc
- Work containing about 2.5 million quotations: Abbr
- Lexicon with many citations: Abbr
- It has hundreds of thousands of meanings: Abbr
- Multivolume ref
- Massive Brit. lexicon
- Wordsmith's ref
- UK lexicon
- Heavy ref. work
- UK reference set
- Subject of the book "The Meaning of Everything," briefly
- Noted Brit lexicon
- Big reference bk
- U.K. reference bk
- Respected ref. book
- Major ref. work
- Library ref
- Large British ref. book
- Its first vol. was published in 1884
- Etymologist's ref
- Brit. reference set
- Brit. reference that added "uplink" in 2013
- Brit. ref. book
- 20-vol. lexicon
- Where a Brit may find a def
- Venerable ref. work
- Venerable reference wk
- UK reference book
- UK reference
- UK multi-volume ref. work
- U.K. reference work
- Twenty-volume ref. work
- Shelf-filling bks
- Ref. work featured in "The Professor and the Madman"
- Ref. for wordsmiths
- Online ref. since 2000
- Multi-volume ref. work
- Multi-vol. lexicon
- Massive reference, for short
- Major ref. set
- Its "Concise" version has more than 1,700 pgs
- Huge ref. work
- Classic ref. work
- British ref. set
- Brit. reference bk
- Authoritative ref
- Acronym for a world class dictionary
- "Half-caf" was added to it in 2012
- "Clickbait" was added to it in Sep. 2016
- Work whose second edition contains 59 million wds
- Work requiring oversized shelves, briefly
- Work containing more than 3.5 million citations, for short
- Wordy tome, for short
- Word-lover's ref. book
- Wk. that begins with "A-Bazouki"
- Where age always goes before beauty, briefly
- Well-known dict
- Weighty ref. work
- Webster's Third competitor, for short
- Webster's relative, for short
- Voluminous lexicological work: Abbr
- Voluminous lexicological work (abbr.)
- Voluminous British lexicological work (abbr.)
- Venerable reference book from the UK
- Venerable ref. set
- Venerable ref. book
- Venerable lexicon: Abbr
- Venerable British ref. set
- UK word authority
- U.K.-published reference work (Abbr.)
- U.K. ref. bk
- U.K. lexicological work
- Twenty-volume ref. for writers
- Twenty-vol. reference
- The Professor and the Madman subj
- The "definitive record of the English language"
- Tell-all bk.: Brit
- Subj. of the book "Treasure-House of the Language"
- Subj. of the book "The Meaning of Everything"
- Subj. of the 2003 book "The Meaning of Everything"
- Subj. of Simon Winchester's "The Meaning of Everything"
- Subj. of Charlotte Brewer's "Treasure-House of the Language"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
OED
initialism (acronym) of Oxford English Dictionary, attested from 1898, according to the "Oxford English Dictionary."