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Book Synopsis One-Letter Words, a Dictionary by : Craig Conley
Download or read book One-Letter Words, a Dictionary written by Craig Conley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam-Webster, move over! Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,000 surprising definitions associated with each letter in the English alphabet. For instance, Conley uncovers seventy-six distinct uses of the letter X, the most versatile, most printed letter in the English language. Using facts, figures, quotations, and etymologies, the author provides a complete and enjoyable understanding of the one-letter word. Conley teaches us that each letter's many different meanings span multiple subjects, including science—B denotes a blood type and also is a symbol for boron on the periodic table of elements—and history—in the Middle Ages, B was branded on a blasphemer's forehead. With the letter A, he reminds us that A is not only a bra size, but also a musical note. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary is a rich, thought-provoking, and curious compendium of the myriad definitions attributed to each letter of the English alphabet. This book is the essential desk companion, gift, or reference volume for a vast array of readers: wordsmiths, puzzle lovers, teachers, students, librarians, and armchair linguists will all find One-Letter Words, a Dictionary a must-have.
Book Synopsis Oxford English Dictionary by : John A. Simpson
Download or read book Oxford English Dictionary written by John A. Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Download or read book Magic Words written by Craig Conley and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic Words: A Dictionary is a oneofakind resource for armchair linguists, popculture enthusiasts, Pagans, Wiccans, magicians, and trivia nuts alike. Brimming with the most intriguing magic words and phrases from around the world and illustrated throughout with magical symbols and icons, Magic Words is a dictionary like no other. More than sevenhundred essay style entries describe the origins of magical words as well as historical and popular variations and fascinating trivia. With sources ranging from ancient Medieval alchemists to modern stage magicians, necromancers, and wizards of legend to miracle workers throughout time, Magic Words is a must have for any scholar of magic, language, history, and culture.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of the British English Spelling System by : Greg Brooks
Download or read book Dictionary of the British English Spelling System written by Greg Brooks and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Difficult Words by : Jane Solomon
Download or read book The Dictionary of Difficult Words written by Jane Solomon and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words - The Scrabble Player's Secret Weapon! by : Rick Carlile
Download or read book The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words - The Scrabble Player's Secret Weapon! written by Rick Carlile and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the full list of two-letter Scrabble words with explanatory definitions, mnemonic phrases, and more: supercharge your game and dominate the board!
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Ugly Words by : Craig Conley
Download or read book The Dictionary of Ugly Words written by Craig Conley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lexicon is popularly attributed to Craig Conley (author of HarperCollins' One-Letter Words: A Dictionary, Weiser Books' Magic Words: A Dictionary, and Webster's Dictionary of Improbabe Words, to name but three of hundreds). Conley himself neither disclaimed the work nor officially confirmed it as his own. It was discovered with no byline and possibly unfinished (though who can say? No lexicon is ever complete, given how language grows). Because this work features only literary examples of usage, Conley's idiosyncratic voice betrays itself, if at all, solely through the precise curation of terms. Note that certain entries feature asterisks, the significance of which is still being studied, with no contemporary theories having proved conclusive. They have been retained in this edition, exactly as they appeared in the original typescript.
Book Synopsis My Little Picture Dictionary by : Roger Priddy
Download or read book My Little Picture Dictionary written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents alphabetically arranged words depicted by colorful illustrations, and along with the definition of the word includes an example of it being used in a sentence.
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Lost Words by : Pip Williams
Download or read book The Dictionary of Lost Words written by Pip Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review “A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”—Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. Set during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world. WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD
Download or read book Once Upon a Word written by Jess Zafarris and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do words come from?—Teaching kids ages 9 to 12 vocabulary through word origins The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. Once Upon a Word is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word origin stories. With this dictionary for kids, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. Explore how weird words like gnome, fun words like zombie, and common words like caterpillar came to exist. Discover why some words sound funnier than others (like cackle, sizzle, and twang) and why some groups of words start with the same few letters (like hydrate, hydrogen, and fire hydrant). In this dictionary for kids, there's a whole world of English words to uncover! This unique dictionary for kids includes: Roots & branches—Learn about the building blocks that make up words, called roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Kid-friendly definitions—Look up definitions designed for your reading level in this dictionary for kids. Word tidbits—Find out where your favorite food words got their start, from bacon to marshmallow, spaghetti, yogurt, and beyond. See how the English language evolved with this colorful dictionary for kids.
Book Synopsis Alphabetical Africa by : Walter Abish
Download or read book Alphabetical Africa written by Walter Abish and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1974 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walter Abish has dovetailed his novel within a Procrustean scheme that has the terrifying and irrefutable logic of the alphabet. Alphabetical Africa is in the line of writers such as Raymond Roussel, Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec and Harry Mathews, who have used constrictive forms to penetrate the space on the other side of poetry." -- John Ashbery
Book Synopsis A Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers by : Gregory Hurray
Download or read book A Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers written by Gregory Hurray and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary by : Kate Woodford
Download or read book Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary written by Kate Woodford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
Author :C. Leon Wall Publisher :[Phoenix, Ariz.] : United States Department of the Interior, Division of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs ISBN 13 : Total Pages :86 pages Book Rating :4.X/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Navajo-English Dictionary by : C. Leon Wall
Download or read book Navajo-English Dictionary written by C. Leon Wall and published by [Phoenix, Ariz.] : United States Department of the Interior, Division of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs. This book was released on 1958 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a recent surge of interest in Native American history, culture, and lore, Hippocrene brings you a concise and straightforward dictionary of the Navajo tongue. The dictionary is designed to aid Navajos learning English as well as English speakers interested in acquiring knowledge of Navajo. The largest of all the Native American tribes, the Navajo number about 125,000 and live mostly on reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Over 9,000 entries; A detailed section on Navajo pronunciation; A comprehensive, modern vocabulary; Useful, everyday expressions.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the English Language by : Samuel Johnson
Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of 11-Letter Words: Words You Should Know by : Manik Joshi
Download or read book Dictionary of 11-Letter Words: Words You Should Know written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will learn the meanings of 875 useful 11-letter words. You will also find the names of the parts of speech they belong to. I have also given synonyms for most of these words. Sample this: 01 -- abandonment [n.] -- (a). the act of leaving a person, place or thing without intending to return | (b). the act of giving up a practice, a course of action or a way of thinking completely and permanently [synonyms: desertion, forsaking] 02 -- accelerator [n.] -- (a). the pedal in a car, truck or other vehicle used to press with your foot for controlling the speed of the engine | (b). something that makes a process happen quickly | (c). a machine that is used to make elementary particles move at very high speeds 03 -- acceptation [n.] -- a particular sense or the generally accepted meaning of a word, phrase or expression 04 -- acclamation [n.] -- (a). loud, noisy and enthusiastic approval or welcome [synonyms: approbation, commendation] | (b). the act of electing sb using a spoken vote instead of a ballot 05 -- acquisitive [adj.] -- eager to own to acquire and own money or new possessions (material things) in a greedy way [synonyms: covetous, materialistic] 06 -- acrimonious [adj.] -- (a). (of an argument, a speech, discussion, behavior, etc.) angry and full of strong bitter, sharp or harsh feelings and words | (b). having a strong unpleasant taste or smell 07 -- adventuress [n.] -- a woman who enjoys taking risks or is willing to take risks with a view to acquire political power or to get success in a business, sometimes in a dishonest way 08 -- adventurism [n.] -- a willingness to take risks with a view to acquire political power or to get success in a business, sometimes in a dishonest way 09 -- adventurous [adj.] -- (a). (of a person) willing to take risks and try new ideas, methods, things or experiences | (b). including new and interesting ideas, methods, things or experiences | (c). full of new, exciting or dangerous ideas, methods, things or experiences [synonyms: audacious, bold, daring, exploratory] 10 -- affectation [n.] -- insincere, pretentious or unnatural behavior or an action intended to impress other people 11 -- affectingly [adv.] -- in a manner that produces strong feelings of distress, pity, regret, sorrow, or sympathy, etc. 12 -- ambiguously [adv.] -- In a manner that can be understood or interpreted in more than one way [synonyms: dubiously, vaguely, puzzlingly] 13 -- ambitiously [adv.] -- (a). with the intention of becoming extremely successful, rich, powerful, wealthy [synonym: determinedly] | (b). in a way that needs a lot of work, effort, money or time in order to achieve a specific goal because it involves too much of difficulty 14 -- amorphously [adv.] -- (a). in a manner that has no fixed, regular or distinct shape, design, form or structure [synonyms: formlessly, shapelessly,] | (b). in a way that has no definite character or nature | (c). in a manner that lacks organization [synonyms: unstructured, vaguely] 15 -- androgynous [adj.] -- partly male and partly female in appearance; having both male and female characteristics; of indeterminate gender [synonyms: asexual, genderless] 16 -- anecdotally [adv.] -- according to or by means of personal description or observations rather than proven facts 17 -- appallingly [adj.] -- In an extremely bad way [synonyms: awfully, terribly] | (b). extremely bad or poor 18 -- aristocracy [n.] -- (in some countries) the people of the highest social class or position who often have special titles such as that of duke or duchess [synonym: nobility] 19 – atmospheric [adj.] -- (a). [only before noun] related to the mixture of gases that surrounds a place, earth, planet, star, etc. | (b). creating an emotional or thrilling mood 20 -- audaciously [adv.] -- In an extremely courageous, confident and often reckless or rude manner [synonyms: adventurously, daringly, boldly]
Book Synopsis The Chambers Dictionary by : Editors of Chambers
Download or read book The Chambers Dictionary written by Editors of Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines authoritative definitions with the occasional humorous one.
