Random House Webster's Dictionary

Random House Webster's Dictionary
Author: Random House
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 866
Release: 2001-06-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0345447255

The Timeless Resource No Word User Can Be Without–Now Completely Revised and Updated in a New Edition! • More than 75,000 entries • More than 150 new illustrations • Helpful supplements on writing, usage, and metric measurements • Updated geographical and biographical entries integrated throughout the easy A to Z listing • Common abbreviations • Hundreds of word histories and etymologies • Clear and easy-to-understand usage notes and labels • Features the latest business and computer terms Random House Webster’s Dictionary is your one-stop reference book. Based on the latest edition of the bestselling and authoritative Random House Webster’s College Dictionary and prepared by a staff of lexicographic experts, this handy, modern, and affordable dictionary is the resource for all your word questions! With Newer Words Faster, you’ll also find the latest slang, business, and computer terms defined with clarity and precision. No other paperback dictionary gives you more!

Oxford Dictionary of Current English

Oxford Dictionary of Current English
Author: Oxford University Press
Publisher: OXFORD University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780198614371

Provides definitions of words in contemporary use in English-speaking countries throughout the world, with examples of idiomatic uses, guides to irregular forms, notes on grammar and preferred usage, and lists of related terms.

Webster's New Explorer Large Print Dictionary

Webster's New Explorer Large Print Dictionary
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781596951464

A large print English language dictionary which includes definitions and pronunciations of over 40,000 words.

The American Heritage Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Americanisms
ISBN: 9780385335768

Contains over seventy thousand entries including 1,000 new words and their meanings.

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Author: Robert B. Costello
Publisher: Random House Reference
Total Pages: 1568
Release: 1995
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780679438861

This completely revised and updated edition of America's dictionary of choice brings you Newer Words Faster. Acquire the very latest vocabulary, like motor voter, ecotourism, fusion cuisine, false memory syndrome, and more. Also includes a handy section of maps reflecting political and geographical changes worldwide.

Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary

Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary
Author: Tony Geiss
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
Total Pages: 2230
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780679449980

Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Version 2.0 for Windows 3.1/95, is the only American unabridged dictionary on CD-ROM! It includes all three of these essential features: * fully searchable text * illustrations * spoken pronunciations And using it is as simple as Click, Look, and Listen. Click! Choose among four ways to search the dictionary. Whichever search type you choose, a single click brings up the word you want with the full text of the dictionary entry--definitions, written pronunciations, parts of speech, etymologies, synonyms and antonyms, usage notes, and more. Look! This dictionary is not just words--more than 2,400 spot maps and illustrations await you. Just click on the camera icon wherever it appears. Listen! Hear the written language come to life. Over 120,000 professionally recorded pronunciations--more than in any other electronic dictionary--capture the authentic sounds of American English. Just click on the loudspeaker icon. In the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, completeness and ease of use are matched by versatility. This is a flexible tool with advanced features designed to meet the needs of scholars, students, business people, word-game players, and anyone else who ever has a question about the words that make up the English language. * Find exactly the word you want--when you want it * Make the dictionary your writing partner by linking it to your word processor * Choose the language of your interface! This is the first electronic dictionary of English to offer you the choice of English, French, or Spanish menus, dialogue boxes, etc. The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary--no electronic dictionary has ever done so much, so easily, so flexibly, and so authoritatively. This dictionary does it all. System Requirements: * IBM or compatible PC (80486 or higher) * 8 Mb of RAM or more * 3 Mb of free disk space on a hard drive (or for custom installation of data files on a hard drive, 30 Mb) * Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher * Windows-compatible Mouse * CD-ROM drive (double-speed or faster) To access the recorded pronunciations: * Windows-compatible sound card

The Random House College Dictionary

The Random House College Dictionary
Author: Jess Stein
Publisher: Random House Reference
Total Pages: 1638
Release: 1975
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Based on The Random House Dictionary of the English language, the unabridged ed. Entries are in one alphabetical listing and include biographical and geographical names, synonyms and antonyms, and abbreviations.