Webster's New World Dictionary Author:Webster's Staff Over 60,000 entries -- covering business, computer, and scientific terms; colloquial, idiomatic, and current slang expressions; and more. — Updated and revised biographical and geographical database -- with 1,600 additional entries. — Simple alphabetical listing for all entries -- including prefixes and suffixes, abbreviations, foreign words and p... more »hrases, and biographical and geographical names.
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