Taber's 19th defines approximately 56,000 terms in all, including 2200 new to this edition. It offers detailed illustrations, from anatomical drawings to radiologic images, all cross-referenced from their entries. The expanded appendices include a computer glossary and complementary medicine.
The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
This encyclopedia brings together all the good things about some of the worst things on Earth. It is an ants to zits encyclopaedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants and food. It explains why vomit smells, where dandruff comes from and why maggots adore rotting meat.
This dictionary includes over 30,000 definitions and 1,000 illustrations. The reference section includes such things as the Braille alphabet, an American Sign Language chart, and information about the 50 states.
A bilingual dictionary that focuses on all Spanish, including Latin-American Spanish. It contains more than 80,000 entries designed to be clear and easy to understand for users of all facets of the language.
The brand-new fourth edition of this widely praised reference guide has been updated with new information for everyone, including lovers of ethnic foods and health food aficionados. The authors have added many all-new entries on exotic produce and other unusual ingredients. An earlier edition of "The New Food Lover's Companion" was hailed by Bon ...
Packed full of new information, this book has become one of the bestselling Bible reference tools since its publication in 1991. This revised, updated, and expanded edition offers greater value to Bible students and teachers with 250 new articles, maps, charts, and 90 new contributors.
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Compiled in collaboration with a team of expert linguists, the Webster's New World concise bilingual dictionaries are the perfect choice for beginning students and advanced speakers as well. Comprehensive and authoritative, yet clear and concise, the dictionaries offer a full array of features, as well as wide-ranging coverage of current ...
Puzzle clues and solution words include abbreviations; slang words; literary, scientific, and foreign references; along with computer terminology, variant spellings, and idioms.
A reference for health care clinicians and students, that takes account of the integration of alternative and complementary approaches into standard western medical care, defining terms relating to herbal remedies and traditional cures from other cultures.
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In this irresistible compendium of unusual facts, Charles Panati, the foremost specialist on everything, tells how hundreds of our everyday items, expressions and customs actually came to be. Sure to delight the curious fact and trivia lover in all of us. Illustrated.
Master the medical terminology you'll need for success in the health care with this unique, objective-based approach! Focused entirely on medical terminology and vocabulary, this trusted text helps you understand complex medical terms with a proven step-by-step strategy, building each word from its foundation. With a logical, body-systems ...
With a reputation for quality and authority that is without peer, "Black's Law Dictionary" is a must-have reference for attorneys, paralegals, judges, and law students. This ninth edition offers more than 45,000 expertly crafted legal definitions containing an additional 2,000 new terms, nearly 3,000 quotations from legal authorities, and selected ...
Based on the authority of the Oxford English Corpus and the ongoing research of Oxford Dictionaries, this revised edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th edition contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, and provides the most authoritative description of the English language. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with ...
Based on the extraordinary hardcover bestseller The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, this new edition is the result of four years of intense research by a panel of experts. Among the innovations and special features are 16,000 new words reflecting modern usage and more than 2,500 illustrations and charts.
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Since its first appearance in 1854 and through many revisions this dictionary has remained constant in its appeal to scholars. "This new and revised Latin Dictionary is among the best of its kind, being reliable, compact and adequate for the needs of all save the specialist. He has produced what is in effect a new book, typographically easy to ...
This book is completely revised from the previous edition with increased page count. The title includes: more dictionary entries 61,000, total 13,000 thesaurus entries, 3,000 new dictionary terms, such as biscotti, dot.com, gene therapy, home page, no brainer, portobello mushroom, skybox, surgicenter, veggie. Revised design affords greater ...
Preface; Pronunciation of Latin; Outline of Latin Pronunciations; Transcription System; Guide to Pronunciation Symbols; Text of Definitions; Appendices: Table of Abbreviations, Constitution of the United States; Time Chart of the United States Supreme Court; Organizational Chart of United States Government; Table of British Regnal Years.
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