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New NWL2018 Eights with Definitions

This file created 11-Jan-19 is at: http://wolfberg.net/scrabble/wordlists/NWL2018/new_NWL2018_defns_eights There are 88 new NWL2018 words of length eight, and these are listed in decreasing order by likelihood (or probability). This was produced with the help of WHAT (see http://what.wolfberg.net). There is another listing that provides all of the new NWL2018 eights which have anagrams here.
RELISTEN - RELISTEN v -ED, -ING, -S
OTHERING - OTHER v -ED, -ING, -S to treat a person as being very different from oneself
THEANINE - THEANINE n pl. -S an amino acid that has health benefits
TELOGENS - TELOGEN n pl. -S a period of hair growth
INTERNET - INTERNET n pl. -S a system that connects computers around the world
BITRATES - BITRATE n pl. -S the speed of data processing
AUTOSAVE - AUTOSAVE v -SAVED, -SAVING, -SAVES to save on a computer at regular intervals
FIBRATES - FIBRATE n pl. -S a drug that regulates lipids
HANGRIER - HANGRY adj -RIER, -RIEST angry because of hunger
BEATDOWN - BEATDOWN n pl. -S an overwhelming defeat
COINVEST - COINVEST v -ED, -ING, -S to invest jointly
FROIDEUR - FROIDEUR n pl. -S an aloof manor
CATAGENS - CATAGEN n pl. -S a period of hair growth
BARCODES - BARCODE n pl. -S a group of thick and thin marks placed on a product
CAVEOLAR - CAVEOLA n pl. -LAE a tiny pit in a cell membrane CAVEOLAR adj
FROWNIER - FROWNY FROWNIER, FROWNIEST showing a frown
CAVEOLAE - CAVEOLA n pl. -LAE a tiny pit in a cell membrane CAVEOLAR adj
ONBOARDS - ONBOARD v -ES, -ING, -S to train a new person to do a job
GRAPHENE - GRAPHENE n pl. -S a carbon capable of transmitting electricity
ARANCINI - ARANCINI n/pl balls of cooked rice
MALTIPOO - MALTIPOO n pl. -S a dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a poodle
AROWANAS - AROWANA n pl. -S a large, tropical fish
GAMIFIED - GAMIFY v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES to add games to
GAMIFIES - GAMIFY v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES to add games to
UNCLONED - UNCLONED adj not produced by cloning
PREGAMED - PREGAME v -GAMES, -GAMING, -GAMES to drink alcohol before an event
BITCOINS - BITCOIN n pl. -S a digital currency
FLATBROD - FLATBROD n pl. -S a wafer made of rye
MACARONS - MACARON n pl. -S a cookie with filling in the middle
RETWEETS - RETWEET v -ED, -ING, -S
EXONEREE - EXONEREE n pl. -S a person who is proven not guilty of a crime
TWERKING - TWERK v -ED, -ING, -S to dance by shaking the buttocks while squatting
BLOGGIER - BLOGGY adj -GIER, -GIEST characteristic of blogging
COCURATE - COCURATE v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES to curate jointly
JUDGIEST - JUDGY adj JUDGIER, JUDGIEST tending to judge others
LISTICLE - LISTICLE n pl. -S a list of items
RAGDOLLS - RAGDOLL n pl. -S a domestic cat
CONLANGS - CONLANG n pl. -S an invented language
NONAVIAN - NONAVIAN adj not of or relating to birds
AIRBALLS - AIRBALL v -ED, -ING, -S to miss the goal in basketball
ANSATZES - ANSATZ n pl. -ES a possible solution to a problem
MISGAGED - MISGAGE v -GAGED, -GAGING, -GAGES to misgauge
ROOTKITS - ROOTKIT n pl. -S software that allows a person to secretly access a computer
TRUTHERS - TRUTHER n pl. -S one who believes that the truth is being hidden
BABESIAE - BABESIA n pl. -SIAS or -SIAE a parasitic protozoan
BUILDOUT - BUILDOUT n pl. -S work done to expand a system
HIVEMIND - HIVEMIND n pl. -S the shared ideas of a group
UNSEXILY - UNSEXILY adv
SRIRACHA - SRIRACHA n pl. -S a spicy pepper sauce
TALLITOT - TALLIT n pl. -LITOT or -LITS or -LITIM tallith
SUBTWEET - SUBTWEET v -ED, -ING, -S a usually mocking or critical tweet that alludes to another Twitter user without including a link to the user's account and often without directly mentioning the user's name
SANTOKUS - SANTOKU n pl. -S a Japanese knife
SCHNEIDS - SCHNEID n pl. -S a series of losses
PLATANNA - PLATANNA n pl. -S an African frog
PREMAKES - PREMAKE v -MADE, -MAKING, -MAKES to make in advance
DISODIUM - DISODIUM adj containing two atoms of sodium
LONGFORM - LONGFORM adj unusually long in form
EMBIGGEN - EMBIGGEN v -ED, -ING, -S to make bigger or more expansive
BITURBOS - BITURBO n pl. -S an engine with two turbos
LEUCISMS - LEUCISM n pl. -S abnormal pale coloring of skin, feathers, or hair
VISIBLES - VISIBLE n pl. -S a person or thing that can be seen
EUSTRESS - EUSTRESS n pl. -ES a form of stress htat is beneficial to one's health or well-being
ARAHUANA - ARAHUANA n pl. -S arowana
ARAWANAS - ARAWANA n pl. -S arowana
MISGAGES - MISGAGE v -GAGED, -GAGING, -GAGES to misgauge
AMPACITY - AMPACITY n pl. -TIES the largest amount of current that a wire can carry
UNGLITZY - UNGLITZY adj
UNFONDLY - UNFONDLY adv
IMIPENEM - IMIPENEM n pl. -S a drug that is used to kill bacteria
FACEPALM - FACEPALM v -ED, -ING, -S to cover the face with the hand
MISFOLDS - MISFOLD v -ED, -ING, -S to fold wrongly
SUBSTORM - SUBSTORM n pl. -S activity that disturbs the magnetic field of a planet
DROPDOWN - DROPDOWN n pl. -S a menu that appears on a computer screen below a selected item
SHEEPLES - SHEEPLE n pl. -S people likened to sheep
UNFUSSED - UNFUSSED adj
UNUSABLY - UNUSABLY adv
UNFOLLOW - UNFOLLOW v -ED, -ING, -S to stop subscribing to the feed of (someone or something) on social media : to stop following
BLACKTIP - BLACKTIP n pl. -S a small shark
MULLOWAY - MULLOWAY n pl. -S a large fish
CHHERTUM - CHETRUM n pl. CHETRUMS or CHHERTUM a monetary unit of Bhutan
CAPTCHAS - CAPTCHA n pl. -S a test that must be done to access a website
UPCYCLED - UPCYCLE v -CLED, -CLING, -CLES to make a product of greater value from recycled material
UPCYCLES - UPCYCLE v -CLED, -CLING, -CLES to make a product of greater value from recycled material
PAPASANS - PAPASAN n pl. -S a chair shaped like a bowl
WAYBACKS - WAYBACK n pl. -S the area in the back of a vehicle
AQUAFABA - AQUAFABA n the liquid that results when beans are cooked in water
NUNCHUCK - NUNCHUCK n pl. -S nunchaku
BIBIMBAP - BIBIMBAP n pl. -S a dish of cooked rice and vegetables

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