next-to-last

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

next-to-last
    adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
           murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the
           next-to-last column" [syn: {penultimate}, {next-to-last}]
    2: used of the third or next to final year in United States high
       school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student"
       [syn: {junior(a)}, {third-year}, {next-to-last}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

next-to-last \next-to-last\ adj.
   next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last
   column. [Narrower terms: {junior(prenominal), third-year}]

   Syn: penultimate.
        [WordNet 1.5]