Dictionaries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434103017Author Noah WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 828Imprint EditoriumPublisher EditoriumWeight(grams) 1996gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 211mm * 43mm

This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is...

The Devil's Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortgages, freakish risks, and banks too big to fail. And it distills the complexities, absurdities, and pomposities of Wall Street into plain truths and...

This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary of Scottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in this work have been modelled on examples culled from modern literature, and encompass many registers...

Speak and write perfect English! BBI teaches you how to combine words with words to form phrases (so you can say "mortgaged to the hilt; I want something badly"). BBI also teaches you how to combine words into structures to form clauses and sentences...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language...

A Frequency Dictionary of British English provides information about the frequency and distribution of words in British English.The dictionary presents rich information about word frequencies and distributions in an accessible manner. In addition to...

A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese is the long-desired Chinese - English reference work for all those reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty, and beyond. Comprising 8,000+ characters, arranged...

English is the language most frequently used in international military and peacekeeping operations. This dictionary contains over 6,000 entries providing up-to-date coverage of British, American and international military vocabulary, including training,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578594337Author Elyse SommerFormat HardbackPage Count 628Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink PressWeight(grams) 1045g

This bestselling English Dictionary contains 15,000 headwords and 35,000 definitions, with pronunciation and numbered senses within definitions. With this dictionary you can increase your word power and increase your confidence when using the English...

This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an...

The English/Spanish dictionary is the core component of the Oxford Picture Dictionary Third Edition program, building students' vocabulary, reading, and critical thinking skills for success in their daily lives. It features all of the new content from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780713014Author Andrey TaranovFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint T&p BooksPublisher T&p BooksWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307886347Author John HardonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

The Oxford Learner's Pocket Dictionary has over 38,000 words, phrases, and meanings giving students a handy quick-reference guide to basic English vocabulary. It includes essential information on meanings, grammar patterns, spelling, idioms, and phrasal...

More than 6000 idioms from spoken and written English, like go postal, it's all gone pear-shaped, and be on the same page Wide coverage of both American and British English Clear, accurate definitions, written using the Longman 2000-word Defining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788467041897Author Real Academia de la Lengua EspanolaFormat HardbackPage Count 2432Imprint Planeta PublishingPublisher Planeta PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385512299Author Scott HahnFormat HardbackPage Count 1008Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1712g

Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus' discovery of America introduced to Europe new foodstuffs such as chilli and chocolate and the words that described them. The Normans gave us the feudal system...

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word...

Have an interest in words? From the meaning of prefixes and suffixes to word origins and trivia, this book can help you build your vocabulary Someone just called you captious. Should you be flattered? Considering your extreme lactose intolerance, is it a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882703930Author Kathryn KulhmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Bridge Publishing Inc.,U.S.Publisher Bridge Publishing Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 113g

This reference contains over 1,000,000 synonyms arranged alphabetically, including clearly labelled slang and other informal words and expressions, as well as rare, archaic, scientific and other specialized terms.Book InformationISBN 9780446370295Author...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Brother Aelred has remarkably smelly feet. To spare the other monks' noses, he is given the job of tending to the pigs. However, when Viking raiders arrive to attack,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616404611Author Ernest a Wallis BudgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 738Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 1066gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616404598Author Ernest a Wallis BudgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 740Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767908405Author Max DecharneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

A singular and indispensable reference tool, The Describer's Dictionary-now expanded and updated-has served for over twenty years as the go-to resource for writers who are determined to capture the world in just the right words. The dictionary uses a...

Many indigenous American languages face imminent extinction, and the dictionary, often the only written documentation of these languages, stands as a powerful tool in preserving them. These essays, written by leading scholars in Native American language...

This is a dictionary of Bole, a little documented language of the Chadic family, spoken in northeastern Nigeria. This is one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of any Chadic language other than Hausa. All entries for Bole are fully marked for tone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771085144Author Russell A BraggFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Nimbus Publishing LtdPublisher Nimbus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789521094927Author Simo ParpolaPage Count 944Imprint Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus ProjectPublisher Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus ProjectWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782401044531Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Editions HatierPublisher Editions HatierWeight(grams) 475g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877794066Author Merriam-WebsterFormat HardbackPage Count 1856Imprint Merriam Webster,U.S.Publisher Merriam Webster,U.S.

The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award-winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788426110084Author Julian AmichFormat PaperbackImprint Editorial JuventudPublisher Editorial Juventud

This is the book to use when looking for a descriptive or technical term or when you know the subject or meaning but not the specific word. ""Descriptionary, Fourth Edition"" is a clever combination of a reverse dictionary and a thesaurus, with thousands...

The first comprehensive, historical, scholarly dictionary of the English and English Creole languages of Trinidad & Tobago.The first comprehensive, historical, scholarly dictionary of the English and English Creole languages of Trinidad & Tobago.About...

Choosing a focus word has long been a tradition when a new year begins. But why limit it to just one word when there are so many lovely expressions with beautiful meanings to explore? The Word Nerd's Dictionary of Obscure and Enchanting Words creates a...