• Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

    Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This essential guide for writers provides real-life example sentences and a careful selection of the most relevant synonyms, as well as new usage notes, hints for choosing between similar words, a Word Finder section organized by subject, and a comprehensive language guide. The text is also peppered with thought-provoking reflections on favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by noted contemporary writers, including Joshua Fer... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0199829926
    • ASIN: 0199829926
    • ISBN: 0199829926
    • Brand: Brand: Oxford University Press
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Scholastic Pocket Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms

    The popular portable dictionary has brand-new cover and two-color interior design!The Scholastic Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms--a widely successful reference title--is getting a makeover! This book is a portable, inexpensive dictionary perfect for middle school students. It can be slipped into their book bags and taken anywhere. With more than 12,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms at their fingertips, this book is a great reference for young writers. And for kids who don't know whether to use "principle" or "principal," this handy guide also contains 2,000 homonyms.

    • ASIN: 0545426677
    • ASIN: 0545426677
    • ISBN: 0545426677
    • Brand: Brand: Scholastic Reference
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Reference

  • Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors

    From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers.What is the difference between €œimmanent€ and €œimminent€? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between €œacute€ and €œchronic€? What is the former name of €œMoldova€? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language's most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward preci... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0767922697
    • ASIN: 0767922697
    • ISBN: 0767922697
    • Brand: Brand: Broadway
    • Manufacturer: Broadway

  • Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary (Writers Library)

    At last, here's a reference book that works the way the mind works, allowing students to locate that elusive word to the specific thing, e.g., What do you call that belt for a tuxedo? Answer: Cummerbund. "This book is one of those small wonders...Highly recommended." -- THE BOOK REPORT.

    • ASIN: 0816079471
    • ASIN: 0816079471
    • ISBN: 0816079471
    • Manufacturer: Checkmark Books

  • Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus, Newest Edition (c) 2014

    Two essential language references integrated into one handy mass-market size paperback volume. This national best seller offers 60,000 alphabetical dictionary entries and 13,500 thesaurus entries including extensive synonym lists and antonym lists. 500 new thesaurus entries have been added to cover new vocabulary. Clear and concise word guidance includes abundant example phrases. Based on the best-selling Merriam-Websterâ TMs Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition

    • ASIN: 087779863X
    • ASIN: 087779863X
    • ISBN: 087779863X
    • Brand: Merriam-Webster
    • Manufacturer: Merriam-Webster Mass Market

  • Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, New Edition (c) 2019

    This newly revised & updated hardcover edition (Copyright 2019) is the essential dictionary for children grades 3-5, ages 8-11. It is a perfect resource for school or home and contains more than 36,000 entries. Definitions are enriched with 1,300 quotes from classic & contemporary children's literature, providing examples of how words are used in sentences. Updated to include new vocabulary from a variety of fields, such as alternative energy, social media, and STEM. Includes 250 word history paragraphs & 120 synonym paragraphs and 900 vibrant, colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0877797455
    • ASIN: 0877797455
    • ISBN: 0877797455
    • Brand: MERRIAM - WEBSTER INC.
    • Manufacturer: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

  • Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers: Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know

    The ultimate tool for writers!Whether you're crafting the next great American novel or pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, there will come a time in the process when you struggle to find just the perfect word or phrase. Under the time-tested banner of Roget's Thesaurus, this collection will quickly become the most essential tool on your desk when you're working on your next piece. Far from an ordinary word list, each entry in this book is organized by meaning and offers a list of compelling word choices that relate to the ideas you'd like to use. It also provides a pronunciation guide, ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1440573115
    • UPC: 045079573116
    • ASIN: 1440573115
    • ISBN: 9781440573118
    • Brand: Adams Media
    • Manufacturer: Adams Media

  • Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right

    One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not movi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0767910435
    • ASIN: 0767910435
    • ISBN: 0767910435
    • Brand: Bryson, Bill
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

  • Dictionary of the Strange, Curious & Lovely

    A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Learn unusual but useful and lovely English words such as chiliad, chirm, circumcrescent, delphian, petrichor, psithurisim, squillion and tourbillion. Words that sound cool and have interesting definitions. A perfect gift for word lovers, writers, college students, and all who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies. Weird words, unusual words, interesting words, obscure vocabulary - that lovely fringe of English whose words you most w... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1545109273
    • ASIN: 1545109273
    • ISBN: 1545109273
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • Webster's New Essential Writer's Companion: A Concise Guide to Writing Effectively for Home, School, or Office

    Webster's New Essential Writer's Companion is a helpful guide to the mechanics of good writing and effective research. With sections on grammar, punctuation, style, usage, and proofreading, this easy-to-use reference offers invaluable guidance to writers looking to give every piece of writing that polished finish. Additional advice on constructing logical sentences and paragraphs shows how to build a convincing overall argument. Key sections on research explain how to take full advantage of the powerful search tools available over computer networks, both inside and outside a traditional librar... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0618837051
    • ASIN: 0618837051
    • ISBN: 0618837051
    • Brand: Not Available (NA)
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin

  • Essential Songwriter's Rhyming Dictionary: Pocket Size Book

    Acclaimed by the New York Times as "part muse, part quick reference," this pocket-sized dictionary is an easy-to-use tool geared specifically toward the contemporary songwriter. A concise collection of the most-often used words in popular music, the simple format allows for fast reference, while the 15,000 entries provide more than ample rhyming options.

    • ASIN: 0882847295
    • UPC: 038081147512
    • ASIN: 0882847295
    • ISBN: 9780882847290
    • Brand: Alfred
    • Manufacturer: Alfred Music

  • The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists

    The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists is a new kind of dictionary-one that reflects the use of “rhythm rhymes” by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. This is an eminently practical reference work for all wordsmiths looking to add musicality to their writing. Users of this dictionary can alphabetically look up words in the General Index to find collections of words that have the same rhythm as the original word and are readily useable in ways that are familiar to us in everything from vers libre poetry to the lyrics and music of Bob Dylan an... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1442273275
    • ASIN: 1442273275
    • ISBN: 1442273275
    • Brand: Rowman Littlefield Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Rl

  • Webster's New World Dictionary and Thesaurus, 2nd Edition (Paper Edition)

    Completely revised from the previous edition. Increased page count More dictionary entries - 61,000 total 13,000 thesaurus entries 3,000 new dictionary terms, such as biscotti, dot.com, gene therapy, home page, no-brainer, portobello mushroom, skybox, surgicenter, veggie Revised design affords greater readability, with use of custom fonts Based on the authoritative Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition

    • ASIN: 0764565451
    • UPC: 785555087613
    • ASIN: 0764565451
    • ISBN: 9780764565458
    • Brand: Webster's New World
    • Manufacturer: Webster's New World

  • A Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers Book 1: A Resource for Independent Writing

    Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 6/30/2000Pages: 61

    • ASIN: 0838820565
    • ASIN: 0838820565
    • ISBN: 9780838820568
    • Brand: Brand: Educators Publishing Service, Inc
    • Manufacturer: Educators Pub Svc Inc

  • The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition)

    The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries! One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up smiling, nodding, and frowning too much. If you need inspiration for creating characters’ emotional responses that are personalized and evocative, this ultimate show-don’t-tell guide fo... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0999296345
    • ASIN: 0999296345
    • ISBN: 0999296345
    • Manufacturer: JADD Publishing

  • A Military Dictionary, Explaining and Describing, the Technical Terms, Works and Machines, Used in the Science of War. with an Introduction to Fortification. Compiled from the Best Writers on Military Affairs, ...

    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated

    • UPC: 554691954

  • The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Third Edition.

    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated

    • UPC: 420921791

  • The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary : Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon These Subjects. by Thomas Wallis, ... the Third Edition.

    The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary: Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon

    • UPC: 113067943

  • The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary : Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon These Subjects. by Thomas Wallis, ...

    The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary: Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon

    • UPC: 724999465

  • The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Second Edition, with Additions.

    The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Second Edition, with

    • UPC: 451852510

  • The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary : Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by ... the Best Writers Upon These Subjects. by Thomas Wallis, ... the Third Edition.

    The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete

    • UPC: 110266618

  • The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary : Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon These Subjects. by Thomas Wallis, ... the Second Edition.

    The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary: Containing the Art of Farriery in All Its Branches; ... as Delivered by the Best Writers Upon

    • UPC: 737875279

  • A New English Dictionary. Containing I. an Explanation of All English Words Used by the Best Writers; ... IV. a Supplement of Upwards of 4000 Proper Names.

    New English Dictionary. Containing I. an Explanation of

    • UPC: 791425937

  • The Philosophical Dictionary, Comprising the Opinions of All the Best Writers on Moral, Political and Theological Subjects ..

    The Philosophical Dictionary, Comprising the Opinions of All the Best Writers on Moral, Political and Theological Subjects .. Height : 1.07 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44 In Weight : 2.06

    • UPC: 739573569

  • The New Pocket Dictionary of the Dutch and English Languages. in Two Parts. I. English and Dutch. II. Dutch and English. Containing All Words of General Use, and Authorized by the Best Modern Writers. Volume 1 of 2

    New

    • UPC: 772047622

  • Oxford Dictionaries: helping children with their reading and writing

    How to Speak and Write Correctly - Audio Book

    New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors The Essential A Z Guide to the Written Word