English word senses marked with topical category "Reference works"

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Parent categories: Books, Literature, Mass media, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Media, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Communication, Human
Subcategories: Dictionaries

Total 57 word senses

• A to Z (Noun) Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas.
• AHD (Proper name) Initialism of American Heritage Dictionary.
• ChD (Proper name) Abbreviation of Chambers Dictionary.
• DCHP (Proper name) Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
• DOE (Proper name) Initialism of Dictionary of Old English.
• Daijirin (Proper name) A comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by Akira Matsumura and first published in 1988 by Sanseidō.
• Encyclopedia Galactica (Proper name) A compendium of all knowledge, or most of the important knowledge, an encyclopedia for a galaxy-spanning civilization.
• Kangxi (Proper name) The Kangxi Dictionary, a dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day.
• LDE (Proper name) Initialism of Longman Dictionary of the English Language.
• MED (Proper name) Initialism of Middle English Dictionary.
• MW (Proper name) Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries
• MWU (Proper name) Initialism of Midwestern University.
• Nighantu (Noun) A particular type of Sanskrit glossary, containing brief annotations of obscure and difficult words grouped into thematic categories.
• OAL (Proper name) Initialism of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of Current English).
• OED (Proper name) Initialism of Oxford English Dictionary.
• OLD (Proper name) Initialism of Oxford Latin Dictionary.
• Oxford (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; A village in Furnas County and Harlan County, Nebraska.
• RHD (Proper name) Initialism of Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
• RHU (Proper name) Initialism of Random House Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged.
• Richard Snary (Noun) A dictionary.
• TLL (Proper name) Initialism of Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.
• Unidentified Authorizing Dictionary (Proper name) A fictional supremely authoritative dictionary, supposed to be referenced by laypeople in discussions of "the dictionary".
• Wiktionary (Proper name) A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).
• almanac (Noun) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
• almanac (Noun) A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject.
• almanac (Noun) A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in a satellite constellation.
• atlas (Noun) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
• bilingual dictionary (Noun) A translation dictionary in two languages.
• clavis (Noun) A Roman key.
• concordance (Noun) A list of occurrences of a word or phrase from a corpus, with the immediate context.
• cyclopaedia (Noun) An encyclopedia.
• dictionary (Noun) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
• directory (Noun) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
• encyclopedia (Noun) A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
• encyclopedia (Noun) Similarly comprehensive works in other formats.
• ephemeris (Noun) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.
• gazetteer (Verb) Synonym of gazette (“to announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette”)
• glossary (Noun) A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
• handbook (Noun) A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
• holdall (Noun) A large bag for carrying belongings while travelling.
• idioticon (Noun) A dictionary of a specific dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country.
• kosha (Noun) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.
• law dictionary (Noun) A dictionary designed to give information about terms used in the world of law.
• lexicon (Noun) A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
• metadictionary (Noun) An online dictionary portal that allows searches on multiple lexicographical databases at once.
• phrasebook (Noun) A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language.
• pocket dictionary (Noun) A small portable dictionary.
• pronouncing dictionary (Noun) Synonym of pronunciation dictionary.
• pronunciation dictionary (Noun) A dictionary that provides pronunciation of words, usually in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
• rhyme book (Noun) Synonym of rhyme dictionary
• rime dictionary (Noun) Alternative spelling of rhyme dictionary.
• superdictionary (Noun) An exceptionally comprehensive dictionary, which includes all other dictionaries.
• thesaurus (Noun) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
• translation dictionary (Noun) A multilingual dictionary assisting translation between two or more languages.
• vade mecum (Noun) A useful object, constantly carried on one's person.
• wiktionary (Noun) Any online lexicon resembling Wiktionary.
• yearbook (Noun) A reference book, published annually.

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