The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary: Fourth EditionThe Essential Dictionary for Every School, College, Office, and Home—With More Than 16 Million Copies In Print! Inside The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary you’ll find more features than any other pocket dictionary, including: • Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage • Pronunciation key on each page • Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms • Special notes on word origins • World gazetteer PLUS • Tables of weights and measurements • Languages and language families • Tables of signs and symbols • Forms of address • Comprehensive listing of abbreviations ...AND MORE! With highly readable type, clear, precise definitions, and easy-to-follow advice on correct usage and grammar, this handy dictionary is the world’s most authoritative tool for mastering the English language. |
Contents
STAFF AND CONSULTANTS | 5 |
7 | 27 |
899 | 86 |
DICTIONARY | 123 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 799 |
GAZETTEER | 811 |
FORMS OF ADDRESS | 831 |
Metric System | 837 |
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Common terms and phrases
abbr act or result action Amer ancient Rome animal ball bird body Brit cause chemical chemical element cloth coin color confuse covering dance derived device disease dress drug electric fabric favor fish flowers force formal fruit glish Gram Greek Greek alphabet hair hence horse Informal instrument interj Latin letter light liquid mark means ment metal mən Middle English Middle French mollusk motion move Music n.pl n.sing ness noun Old English Old French Old Norse one's oneself organ origin person or thing pert piece plant play pref prep pret printed produced pron radio sense shape ship shrub sion skin sound stringed musical substance surface symbol ta'tion tain tion tive tree unit v.t. put verb woman word worn