dictionary

The dictionary is an alphabetical listing of words, in any given language or cross-language, which provides definitions, proper pronunciation, correct spelling, and derivations as well as any restrictive labels attached to a word. A good dictionary is an invaluable tool for anyone who uses the written word and would like to do so more effectively and correctly.

Robert Cawdrey's "Table Alphabetical," first printed in 1604, is generally regarded to be the first fully developed representative of the monolingual dictionary in English.  One of the earliest known dictionaries was written in Latin and compiled during the reign of Augustus. The Chinese had a dictionary in the third century B.C.  In 1806, Noah Webster compiled his dictionary of the English language, America's first dictionary. The British Philological Society to begin compiling a comprehensive dictionary, which would later become the Oxford English Dictionary.

Dictionaries are found in book form, online for free or paid, and as software programs for computers, and PDAs.

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• Baby Names Made Easy: The Complete Reverse-Dictionary of Baby Names

  
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• Easier English Intermediate Dictionary: Over 28,000 Terms Clearly Defined

  
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  Shared by:jane123Peter Collin (Author)It includes the vocabulary needed to understand and study written and spoken English at this level, and is particularly useful for students working towards intermediate or lower-intermediate level examinations such as the IELTS (International English Language Testing System), FCE ...
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• THE AIRLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA 1909-2000

  
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  The Airline Encyclopedia 1909-2000 Scarecrow Press | ISBN 0810837900 | PDF | 2002 | 3357 pages (3 Volumes in one)| 24.4 MB The Airline Encyclopedia is the first guide written to specifically provide detailed historical and in-depth, year-by-year operational and statistical profiles of all the commercial air transport ...
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• THE AIRLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA 1909-2000

  
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  The Airline Encyclopedia 1909-2000 Scarecrow Press | ISBN 0810837900 | PDF | 2002 | 3357 pages (3 Volumes in one)| 24.4 MB The Airline Encyclopedia is the first guide written to specifically provide detailed historical and in-depth, year-by-year operational and statistical profiles of all the commercial air transport ...
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• Cheating in Facebook Scramble

  
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• How Facebook gives rise to new words

  
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  Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): With the advent of new modes of communication, such as Facebook, language and social interaction have gone through a major change, says an expert.Recently, the New Oxford American Dictionary picked the Facebook term “unfriend” as 2009 Word of the Year. Ananda Mitra, professor and chair of ...
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• congruous

  
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  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for November 28, 2009 is: congruous • \KAHNG-groo-us\  • adjective 1 *a : being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence b : conforming to the circumstances or requirements of a situation : appropriate 2 : marked or enhanced by harmonious agreement among constituent ...
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• How Antivirus Software Really Works

  
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  It is one thing to know the inner workings of an antivirus software before using one to defend your workstation from dangerous threats. Antivirus software secures a big dictionary of viruses that lets itself to scan files and discover which files are at risk with a virus. Whenever a suspicious activity occurred on ...
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• The Cancer Dictionary by M.D. Michael J. Sarg

  
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  The Cancer Dictionary | Facts on File | 2007-03-16 | ISBN: 0816064113 | 432 pages | PDF | Coauthored by a medical writer and the associate chief oncologist of medical oncology at St. Vincents Hospital in New York, this updated A-to-Z resource provides more than 2,500 accessible definitions and terms for cancer ...
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• Top Words of 2009

  
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  We still have a month left before 2009 comes to a close forever, but Merriam-Webster has already published its “ words of the year” (what about the remaining 9% of 2009!?!?!?). The interesting aspect of M-W’s list is that it uses the words that were most looked up on its online dictionary as the basis for ...
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• Beyond Diversity: The Cosmopolitan Dilemma

  
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• Royal rp6s Electronic Dictionary, Thesaurus, Speller& Translator | review

  
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  Royal Electronic Dictionary, Thesaurus, Speller& Translator model rp6s is perfect for the student and even great for the professional, this Royal small wonder provides a comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus, as well a spell checker and multilingual translator.Royal rp6s reference organizer features with American ...
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• Thirty-three: Rock & Roll Dictionary

  
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  Thirty-three : the percent your profits will increase if you get rid of the twenty percent of your customers who cause eighty percent of your headaches.
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• bust

  
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  (verb) to catch someone doing something bad Example Sentences: I think my girlfriend is cheating on me, so I plan to follow her and bust her with another man. Bob was mad because he kept busting . His roommate is stealing his food! The father was furious when he busted his son smoking a cigarette. From ...
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• Getting the Maximum out of Google AdSense: Strategy Classification

  
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  Getting the Maximum out of Google AdSense: Strategy Classification Google AdSense program has given an altogether new purpose to websites. Besides serving content or selling products and services, websites are now being used to generate revenue through serving Google AdSense Ads. The webmasters employ various ...
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• inoculate

  
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  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for November 27, 2009 is: inoculate • \ih-NAHK-yuh-layt\  • verb 1 a : to introduce a microorganism into b : to introduce (as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth* c : to introduce immunologically active material (as an antibody or antigen) into ...
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• Premise; Japan’s Products are popular in the World; Japan is plus 100 billion$ , in their balance of trade,. For the year.

  
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  The world’s population increases by 70,000,000 souls per year;. YET, Japan’s exports were down 25% last month.Imports down 35%. What gives? The World is learning, again, to live and operate, without the” plasto-credit”; ( a new term which should be included in the modern dictionary and would mean:Credit ...
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• Optimist: Rock & Roll Dictionary

  
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  Optimist : a person who starts a diet on Thanksgiving.
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• INK 2009 BRRIP XVID AC3-RX

  
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• BABYLON PRO V8.0.4 BUILD R4 FULL PACKAGE MULTILANG

  
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  Babylon Pro v8.0.4 Build r4 Full Package MultiLang | 8.13 MB Babylon 8 is the worlds leading dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate emails, web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. All you ...
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