The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.
"To be told in my own country I can't use a word in the English dictionary - it's nonsense, " said Mr McColghan.
To corroborate the result he also tried p-benzoylphenylalanine, a second large and unnatural addition to the amino-acid dictionary.
He frets about the guides who say the statue of Daniel Webster in Central Park represents the guy behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Each includes 100, 000 main entries--half the number in the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, but quite enough to get around in Australia.
Of the 65, 000 words in the English dictionary, most English-speakers will only use 5-6, 000, Sheedy said.
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In September the Oxford University Press brought out the first isiZulu-English dictionary in more than 40 years.
If you type in its old URL, Word.com, it will now take you to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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When the reference library is presented, the user is given the option to download a dictionary-that download may not begin.
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Given my close working relationship with risk, I decided to check out its official meaning in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.
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Kathy Rooney, the UK editor-in-chief of Encarta World Dictionary, was surprised by the callers that could tell there was a difference between US and British English.
The best a single-volume dictionary can hope to do is offer up a tantalizing smorgasbord of lexical tidbits.
But what, again, I think we should be focused on--the only place--when people keep saying self-esteem, self-esteem and self-esteem, self-image, self-image, self-esteem, the only place that self-esteem and self-image comes before work is in the dictionary.
Mr. Trichet swallowed the altogether wrong dictionary over lunch and spewed out lots of mumbo-jumbo about being in agreement with the American authorities over a stronger dollar.
The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has no record of such a word.
Professor Nichols will continue to gather information on the language in an ongoing effort to preserve as much as possible - and is planning to publish an interim small Chechen-English dictionary in the summer.
In addition, the new Reader line offers users on-screen functionality to look up words and phrases with the built-in New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition and Oxford Dictionary of English eDictionaries, as well as 10 translation dictionaries in languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
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Other goodies here include a three megapixel camera (a nice bump over the two megapixel shooters found on the IM-R100 and IM U-MU110), PictBridge support for PC-less printing, MP3 playback enhanced by four-channel stereo speakers and an FM transmitter, plus that popular Korean add-on, the electronic dictionary.
Alan Simpson is a flinty Wyoming truth-teller -- (laughter) -- if you look in the dictionary it says "flinty, " and then it's got Simpson's picture. (Laughter.) Through nearly two decades in the United States Senate, he earned a reputation for putting common sense and the people's welfare ahead of petty politics.
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That button also lets you buy the book (in the case of a sample), skip to a specific page, bookmark, look up a word in the including Collins dictionary, view the book's table of contents, and adjust the font size -- there are eight font sizes in all.
It recently announced a multiproject deal with Microsoft that will include publishing the Encarta World English Dictionary as a book and CD-ROM in August.
This 2, 662-page revised edition of the standard unabridged dictionary of American English was emphatically descriptivist.
Avoid using actual words, because password-cracking software can run through the entire dictionary in less than a minute.
The most recent edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary of First Names included a clutch of neo-names such as Bijou, Gobnat, Beige, Raven, Karma and Zenith.
Dark-skinned Romany-speaking nomads of Hindu origin, says the dictionary.
The new dictionary contains such phrases as "gym rat" - somebody who spends a lot of time exercising - and "daddy track" - a man who gives up his career to look after his children.
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You know, Casio ain't the only game in town when it comes to these e-dictionary units that seem to be so popular in Asia.
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The folks at Digital Cube might not be willing to do something so silly as attach a keyboard to one of their PMPs, but they've apparently done just about everything else to prep this i-Station T43DIC for the exciting life of an electronic dictionary.
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Now in his third term as IPC president, Sir Philip - a former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player - also wants to see the word disability banished from the dictionary.
The AHA also publishes a magazine called Zymurgy -- the first word in brewing and, ironically, the last word in the dictionary.
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