Webster's New World College Dictionary (Webster's New World Series) » (Fourth Edition, Updated)

The most up-to-date and clearly written dictionary for the new millennium!

The dictionary of choice for the Associated Press and America's leading newspapers, this updated 50th anniversary edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary continues to be outstanding for its page design and easy readability. With comprehensive, consistent, and helpful A-Z organization of all entries-including abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and biographical and geographical entries-it features the clearest, most informative definitions of any college dictionary available today. Highlights include:

• Over 850 illustrations, with more than 200 photographs added at biographical entries
• The best coverage of American usage and idioms, including over 11,000 Americanisms
• Over 100 new entries for this updated edition
• Extensive back matter with scientific and geographical data and U.S. historical documents
• Four-color world atlas Useful information on weights and measures, grammatical usage, and geological data

Consultants and Contributing Editors.

Foreword.

Guide to the Dictionary.

Guide to Pronunciation.

Dictionaries of English (Sidney I. Landau).

Webster's New World College Dictionary.

World Atlas.

Reference Supplement.

Rules of Punctuation.

Nations of the World.

World City Populations.

U.S. States.

U.S. Cities by Population.

U.S. Metropolitan Core Areas by Population.

Canada.

Cities of Canada by Population.

Mexico.

Geographical Data:

Monetary Units:

Roman Numerals.

Books of the Bible.

Calendars.

American Sign Language (ASL).

Commonly Used Weights and Measures.

Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.

Alphabetical List of the Chemical Elements.

Geologic Time Chart.

Astronomical Data:

Meteorology:

Presidents of the United States.

The Declaration of Independence.

Constitution of the United States.

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Index.