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Publisher
Merriam-Webster
Pub. Date
©1993, c1986
Language
English
Formats
Description
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, is the largest, most comprehensive American dictionary available, containing over 472,000 entries, 14,000 new words in a special Addenda Section, 3,000 illustrations, and 140,000 etymologies describing word origins. Boxed hardcover, buckram binding, thumb-notched.
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed. for the United States, its territories and possessions, Canada, and the Philippine Republic.
Language
English
Description
Kids take a giant step toward learning to use adult-style dictionaries with this illustrated word book. A step-by-step introduction shows kids what the dictionary can teach them about words and how they can get the most out of the book's features.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
Ã2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of adjectives, from "hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary" to "tan and tall," "funny, frisky, smooth, and small."
Publisher
Britannica Online
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database; articles not yet in the print Britannica; Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (eleventh edition); and: the Britannica book of the year.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"This wise and entertaining guide by one of the great editors of our time offers timeless tools for making meaning clear. Refresh your writing. Unravel convoluted sales talk written to deceive. See through political campaigns erected on a tower of falsehoods. Fake news is but one of the pimples of a literate civilization under siege. Slovenly English! Billions of words come at us every day with unimaginable velocity and shriveled meaning, in social...