Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary

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Merriam-Webster, 1983 - English language - 1563 pages
"Thumb indexed." Includes almost 160,000 entries, foreign words and phrases, dated entries, biographical and geographical names, and a handbook of style.

Contents

Preface
6
The English Language in the Dictionary
23
Guide to Pronunciation
32
Abbreviations in This Work
40
Abbreviations and Symbols for Chemical Elements
1374
Foreign Words and Phrases
1385
Colleges and Universities
1519
A Handbook of Style
1538
Copyright

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