Filled with a wealth of stunning illustrations, photographs, and word definitions, an essential reference offers an extensive mixture of knowledge for comprehending technical, scientific, and other specialized words, and presents usage, grammar, slang, and an easy pronunciation system. 75,000 first printing.
Includes 180,000 entries and 4,500 illustrations to explain general, technical, scientific, and other specialized words
This beautifully designed dictionary contains 180,000 definitions and entries that cover general vocabulary, including English words from around the world as well as specialized, technical, and rare words. Color images provide visual definitions, and feature panels highlight a wide range of topics. Contains a guide to grammar, usage and pronunciation, political and physical maps, as well as a quick-reference section on subjects such as countries of the world, U.S. states, plant and animal kingdoms, symbols, measurements, the night sky, and geological time periods. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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