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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
by William Morris [Editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good/No Dustjacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395090660
- ISBN 13
- 9780395090664
- Seller
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About This Item
Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good/No Dustjacket. Type: Book 1970/2nd Edition/5th Printing/1550 Pages/Table Of Indo-EuropeanSound Correspondences/Table Of The Indo-European Family Of Languages. The front cover is a bit loose, but is intact. There are a few folds & creases on the first title page. The rest of the pages are quite clean & crisp. The spine is depressed.
Synopsis
This newly updated edition of America’s favorite dictionary features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold’em, text message, and wiki. The renowned American Heritage® Usage Panel, a group of more than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere. This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable Windows® / Mac® CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the updated Fourth Edition, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and can be used in conjunction with any Microsoft® Office application to get definitions at the click of a mouse.
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- Bookseller
- Folded Corner Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024722
- Title
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- Author
- William Morris [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395090660
- ISBN 13
- 9780395090664
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1970
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