The World Book Dictionary, Volume 1World Book .com, 2003 - 2430 pages An English language dictionary, in two volumes, that provides definitions, spellings, and pronunciations to more than 225,000 terms. |
Contents
Using your language 1363 | 1513 |
Capitalization 26 | 1529 |
How to write effectively 6579 | 1555 |
Using different languages 81111 | 1615 |
Codes and ciphers 97 | 1691 |
Words for size 99 | 1815 |
Using this dictionary 113124 | 1824 |
Guide to the dictionary | 1896 |
Origin of words 120 | 2164 |
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Abbr acid American English animal Archaic bəl body borrowing from Latin cause cells cially circus color Daniel Defoe Dialect English ous Especially British etym ǝ represents fär Figurative fish flowers Formula German Greek Informal Italian kəl land language Late Latin learned borrowing lemon light liquid literally living machine magnetic Manchester Guardian mark means measure Medieval Latin ment metal micro Middle English Middle French milk mon'a mon'ə moon mother mountain mul'ti n.pl native or inhabitant Newsweek Obsolete Old English Old French one's ôrder origin uncertain participle periods person or thing plant plural Pronunciation Key rüle Shakespeare ship Spanish thin tion tive tree U.S. Slang United usually Vulgar Latin Wall Street Journal Washington Irving York Yorker