Reference : Dictionaries

With its unrivalled coverage of scientific and technical terms, Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology has long been an essential reference tool for students, professionals and general readers. his thoroughly up to date edition contains more than 50,000 clear and accessible entries on an impressively wide range of topics including astronomy, civil engineering, mineral extraction, textiles and zoology. More than 500 diagrams illustrate the text, over 100 in-text panels give in-depth treatment to key subjects, and appendices group together information on topics such as amino acids, chemical elements and geological timescales. more...

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This volume will help you decipher menus whether they are in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. It has over 10,000 food and drink terms translated to and from English, covering dishes, ingredients, methods of cooking and useful phrases for ordering and asking for service. more...

Price: $16.00

This 10th edition of The Chambers Dictionary offers you for the first time unrivalled coverage of the English language in MobiPocket format for your PDA, desktop PC and smartphone. Over 270,000 definitions of 160,000 different words The Chambers Dictionary remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers, puzzle and wordgame enthusiasts and everyone with a love of words. Now in its tenth edition, it differs from other available dictionaries in providing information on unfamiliar words as well familiar ones: words from our literary heritage, words from the different dialects of English, and words from hundreds of subject areas. In all, there are over 270,000 definitions of 160,000 different words. While the traditional Chambers virtues of being informative, witty and authoritative have been retained, the dictionary has been updated to provide a clear and modern text for today's users. "It's the most human of dictionaries, the most quirky and eccentric, the hardest to put down once picked up." Philip Pullman. Dictionary Features: More words and definitions than any other English dictionary in this format; Revised and updated to reflect modern usage; The richest range of English from Shakespeare to the present day; Clear, accurate and, on occasion, characteristically witty definitions; Unequalled inclusion of literary and obscure words from the past; Help with pronunciation symbols. Mobipocket Features: headword and wildcard search; full-text search; hyperlinking of cross-references; simple and easy to navigate; tooltips explain all dictionary abbreviations more...

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From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases. English is not only the most widely spoken language in the world, it is also the most dynamic. And one of the chief sources of its enormous vitality is the many foreign words and phrases with which it is continually enriched. The ultimate guide for writers, editors, and word-lovers of every ilk, The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases is an A-to-Z compendium of 2,000 loan-words currently used in English speech and writing. more...

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Containing thousands of entries on architects, terms, periods, and styles, this is a highly comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary covering all periods of Western architectural history. It includes biographies of architects and others who have made a contribution to architecture, from Brunelleschi and Gropius to Le Corbusier and Brunel. A number of longer entries explain the different schools, from Bauhaus to the Federal Style, and set each movement in its historical context. more...

Price: $20.00