Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1736
Book Description
The 'Reader's Digest' Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary
Author: Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary
Author: Merriam-Webster IncPublisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 9781884822254
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most accurate and authoritative dictionary with 30 subject-specific reference guides, more than 200,000 entries, definitions, facts, and figures, and 32 up-to-date full-color maps of the world. Available in hardcover and paperback! Over 400,000 sold!
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology
Author: Barbara Ann KipferPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475751338
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
A modern, comprehensive compilation of more than 7,000 entries covering themes, concepts, and discoveries in archaeology written in nontechnical language and tailored to meet the needs of professionals, students and general readers. The main subject areas include artifacts; branches of archaeology, chronology; culture; features; flora and fauna; geography; geology; language; people; related fields; sites; structures; techniques and methods; terms and theories; and tools.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning
Author: Klaus-Jürgen EvertPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540764550
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1548
Book Description
This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The encyclopedia also provides various interpretations of the terms at the planning, legal or technical level, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer.
The Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1930
Book Description
"The Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus combines a full dictionary and a full thesaurus, offering users access to the power of words as never before. This is the most wide-ranging resource available: a first-of-its-kind reference book that's much more than a dictionary and thesaurus under one cover. Everything you'd find in a dictionary is here, along with everything you'd find in a thesaurus, all thoroughly integrated for ease of use." "Plus, each synonym is precisely matched to the correct meaning of the word you're looking up so that you'll find the right word every time. In addition to parts of speech, the Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus includes a wealth of valuable appendices. The handy Language Guide in the back of the dictionary helps build power and confidence in vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and style." --Book Jacket.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers
Author: Jan W. GoochPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441962468
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
This reference, in its second edition, contains more than 7,500 polymeric material terms, including the names of chemicals, processes, formulae, and analytical methods that are used frequently in the polymer and engineering fields. In view of the evolving partnership between physical and life sciences, this title includes an appendix of biochemical and microbiological terms (thus offering previously unpublished material, distinct from all competitors.) Each succinct entry offers a broadly accessible definition as well as cross-references to related terms. Where appropriate to enhance clarity further, the volume's definitions may also offer equations, chemical structures, and other figures. The new interactive software facilitates easy access to a large database of chemical structures (2D/3D-view), audio files for pronunciation, polymer science equations and many more.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage
Author: Nathan H. MagerPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A dictionary arrangement of selected words, including grammatical terms.
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages
Author: David CrystalPublisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140512342
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this guide to linguistic concepts and names, linguistic does not mean the technical terminology of linguistic sciences, but language in a more everyday sense. Terms are drawn from the various applied areas of language study, such as language teaching, speech pathology, stylistics, typography, and lexicography, as well as from core topics such as grammar, figures of speech, and basic phonetics. Some 2,750 cross-referenced entries are concisely defined in non- technical language. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: 
Author: Virginia S. Thatcher