Dictionaries

The petroleum industry is unique: it is an industry without which modern civilization would collapse.

Methodism, originally founded in the eighteenth century, has grown into a large and influential Protestant denomination.

The first comprehensive and continuous account of all five thousand years of the history of lexicography.

In this reference, Buffery and Marcer cover all of the areas historically inhabited by the Catalan people.

Ghana, the former British colony of the Gold Coast, is historically known for being the first country to the south of the Sahara to attain political independence from colonial rule.

This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to cliches, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang.

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown.

When a large number of the people in Scotland rejected King Charles I's religious policy, they set in motion a train of events that resonated throughout England, Wales, and Ireland and challenged the rule of the king.

While our physical surroundings fashion our identities, we, in turn, fashion the natural elements in which or with which we live.

The book is designed to provide you with dictionaries of terms in chemistry to make science simpler for you.

The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionaryWhen Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language.

From 1990-1994 the Danish Research Council for the Humanities granted a research project entitled "e;translation of LSP texts"e;, which was initially split up into five part-projects, one of which has been concerned with LSP lexicography.

This work provides biographies of more than 500 men and women who have served as admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral.

Professional baseball is full of arcane team names.

This volume is the first comprehensive comparative dictionary to cover the whole of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family.

This biographical dictionary provides information on 322 men and women who have made or are making significant contributions in the field of anthropology.

"Duden - Die Grammatik" ist eine wissenschaftlich exakte und umfassende Beschreibung des Aufbaus der deutschen Sprache vom Laut über das Wort und den Satz bis hin zum Text.

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language.

Find the Spanish words and phrases you need when communication is criticalVOX Super-Mini Medical Spanish and English Dictionary gives you easy access to essential Spanish words, perfect for many medical situations.

A behind-the-scenes account of the Fender Electric Instrument Company by its former general manager.

This dictionary gives an enormous amount of basic information on the Third Reich era by listing, and often depicting, German terms connected to Nazism and the Germany of World War II.

In spite of Singapore's small size, it has long had a major impact on the world because of its geographical location and its wealth.

Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 covers a wide swath of literary analysis and achievement, from Old High German lays and ecclesiastical encomia to Middle High German epics, sagas, and love lyrics.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date visual Bible dictionary available.

This is a dictionary of Bole, a little documented language of the Chadic family, spoken in northeastern Nigeria.

The period from 1913 to 1933 is not often seen as a coherent entity in the history of the United States.

Originally published in 1974, Parent Power was a comprehensive handbook for parents on education and schooling at the time.

A learner''s dictionary that includes school curriculum vocabulary.

Medieval Christian Nubia is often a neglected period of medieval African history.

Now in its second edition, this expanded work catalogs every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in the 21 books of Patrick O'Brian's series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.

Ghana, the former British West African colony of the Gold Coast, is known for its rich agricultural, mineral, and petroleum resources.

Originally published in Great Britain in 1972 and distilled from the collective wisdom of the great interpreters of dreams - Freud, Jung, Adler, Stekel and Gutheil, among others - this comprehensive key to the baffling language of dream symbolism is a thought-provoking and invaluable guide to the uncharted country of the mind.

Das Muss für erfolgreiches Vokabellernen- 9000 Wörter, Wendungen und Beispielsätze nach Themen gegliedert- Wörter nach Häufigkeit und Aktualität ausgewählt – mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des digitalen Wortschatzes- Farbig hervorgehobene Einteilung in Grund und Aufbauwortschatz- Mit Lautschrift, grammatikalischen Angaben und wertvollen TippsFür Anfänger (Niveau A1) bis Fortgeschrittene (Niveau B2)

World War II was the largest and most costly conflict in history, the first true global war.

Costa Rica has been largely recognized as a democratic and politically stable country in a region (Central America) characterized by instability, dictatorships, and social inequality.

The new edition of Historical Dictionary of Mozambique covers the Bantu expansion; the arrival of the Portuguese navigators and their str competition with local African power centers and coastal Arab-Swahili trading towns; the trade cycles of gold, ivory, and slaves; the establishment of the semi-Africanized prazos along the Zambezi Valley; "e;pacification"e; campaigns; and the period of Portuguese weakness in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when vast tracts of land were rented to concessionary companies.

For foodies, wordsmiths, and anyone who loves to eat, an illustrated guide to authentic American fare, from the beloved Roadfood teamIn linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions.