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synonyms for dictionary

  • glossary
  • language
  • vocabulary
  • concordance
  • cyclopedia
  • encyclopedia
  • lexicon
  • palaver
  • reference
  • terminology
  • promptory
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The latest edition of the unfinished dictionary was published in nine volumes in the 1930s.
‘LIAR’S DICTIONARY’ A FAB, QUEER TALE FOR LOVERS OF LANGUAGEKATHI WOLFEJANUARY 29, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
Actually, the word does show up in dictionaries, even if it is considered “nonstandard.”
IS ‘IRREGARDLESS’ — WHICH SEN. JOSH HAWLEY UTTERED ON THE SENATE FLOOR — A REAL WORD? HERE’S MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S ANSWER.VALERIE STRAUSSJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST
If you can manage to not fall off that big, wide, beginner-friendly wedge of foam that is the soft-top board, you are—at least according to the dictionary—surfing.
HOW I LEARNED TO SURF IN MIDDLE AGETOM VANDERBILTJANUARY 5, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
In certain moments, airports certainly conjure up that other definition of romance, inspiring “a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life,” as a dictionary puts it.
PETE BUTTIGIEG IS RIGHT. AIRPORTS ARE ROMANTIC.LISA BONOSDECEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST
For a straight-up dictionary with the correct American English spellings, it’s hard to beat Merriam-Webster.
BECOME A BETTER WRITER WITH THESE ONLINE TOOLSHARRY GUINNESSOCTOBER 20, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
The secret word was randomly chosen from a dictionary with exactly 267,751 entries.
CAN YOU SAVE SOME COLD PIZZA?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 25, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Each secret word is randomly chosen from a dictionary with exactly 267,751 entries.
CAN YOU BREAK A VERY EXPENSIVE CENTRIFUGE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 18, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
And when they came to the next story the Boy took pleasure in doing his own hunting in the dictionary.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLING
The Dictionary we have compiled will tell the amateur what names will most probably supply the qualities he desires.
VIOLINS AND VIOLIN MAKERSJOSEPH PEARCE
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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