English Language Print Reference Sources

The Oxford companion to the English language / editor, Tom McArthur ; managing editor, Feri McArthur PE31 .O94 1992

Encyclopedia of English studies and language arts / a project of the National Council of Teachers of English ; general editor, Alan C. Purves ; with Linda Papa, Sarah Jordan PE65 .E47 1994

An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth ... Edited and enlarged by T. Northcote Toller PE279 .B74

An Anglo-Saxon dictionary. Supplement, by T. Northcote Toller PE279.B74 S9

Pronouncing dictionary of proper names : pronunciations for more than 23, 000 proper names, selected for currency, frequency, or difficulty of pronunciation / editor, John K. Bollard ; associate editors, Frank R. Abate and Katherine M. Isaacs PE1137 .P82 1993

The New York Times everyday reader's dictionary of misunderstood, misused, mispronounced words / edited by Laurence Urdang PE1137 .U74

The Oxford-Duden pictorial English dictionary / [edited by John Pheby] PE1449 .O88 1984

The Random House dictionary for writers and readers / [edited by] David Grambs PE1460|.bR28 1990

A Dictionary of American idioms / [edited by] Maxine Tull Boatner, John Edward Gates PE1460 .D55

The dictionary of bias-free usage : a guide to nondiscriminatory language / by Rosalie Maggio PE1460 .M26 1991

Dictionary of confusable words / Laurence Urdang PE1460 .U74 1988

The rhyming dictionary of the English language ; in which the whole language is arranged according to its terminations, with an index of allowable rhymes / by J. Walker PE1519 .W18

Wood's Unabridged rhyming dictionary, by Clement Wood. Introduction by Ted Robinson PE1519 .W87

Everyday phrases : their origins and meanings / Neil Ewart PE1571 .E94

Origins : a short etymological dictionary of modern English / by Eric Partridge PE1574 .P35

A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language. Dealing with the origin of words and their sense development thus illustrating the history of civilization and culture PE1580 .K64

Morris dictionary of word and phrase origins / William and Mary Morris ; foreword by Isaac Asimov PE1580 .M6 1988

The Oxford dictionary of English etymology / edited by C.T. Onions, with the assistance of G.W.S. Friedrichsen and R.W. Burchfield PE1580 .O58

Origins; a short etymological dictionary of modern English PE1580 .P27

NTC's dictionary of word origins / Adrian Room PE1580 .R62 1991

Word mysteries & histories : from quiche to humble pie PE1580 .W67 1986

A dictionary of epithets and terms of address / Leslie Dunkling PE1582.A3 D8 1990

Dictionary of foreign words and phrases : compiled from English sources and containing foreign words ... together with English equivalents and definitions and a supplement in Greek orthography / by Maxim Newmark PE1582.A3 N4 1986

Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea / Peter D. Jeans ; illustrated by Ross H. Shardlow PE1583 .J43 1993

Bernstein's reverse dictionary / Theodore M. Bernstein, with the collaboration of Jane Wagner PE1591 .B53

Word for word : a dictionary of synonyms / John O.E. Clark PE1591 .C55 1990

The describer's dictionary : a treasury of terms and literary quotations for readers and writers / David Grambs PE1591 .G67 1993

Thesaurus of English words & phrases, by Peter Roget PE1591.R73 E9

Webster's treasury of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms PE1591.W38 T7

Webster's new dictionary of synonyms : a dictionary of discriminated synonyms with antonyms and analogous and contrasted words PE1591 .W4 1978

A dictionary of homonyms ; new word patterns / by Louise Ellyson PE1595 .E47

The dictionary of eponyms : names that became words / Robert Hendrickson PE1596 .H46 1988

The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. William Morris, editor PE1625 .A1 1969

The American heritage dictionary of the English language / William Morris, editor PE1625 .A51 1981

The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles prepared by William Little... H. W. Fowler...J. Coulson...rev. and edited by C. T. Onions PE1625 .M98 1944

The Oxford English dictionary PE1625 .O87 1989

The Random House dictionary of the English language. Jess Stein, editor in chief. Laurence Urdang, managing editor PE1625 .R2 1966 (Dict.stand)

The Random House dictionary of the English language / Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief ; Leonore Crary Hauck, managing editor PE1625 .R3 1987

Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language, unabridged / editor in chief, Philip Babcock Gove and the Merriam-Webster editorial staff PE1625 .W36 1963

Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged / editor in chief, Philip Babcock Gove and the Merriam-Webster editorial staff PE1625 .W36 1986

A dictionary of modern English usage / by H.W. Fowler PE1628 .F78 1965b

Johnson's dictionary; a modern selection by E. L. McAdam, Jr. & George Milne PE1628 .J69

The Firefly visual dictionary / Jean-Claude Corbeil, Ariane Archambault PE1629 .C68 2002

The Barnhart dictionary of new English since 1963. [Edited by] Clarence L. Barnhart, Sol Steinmetz [and] Robert K. Barnhart PE1630 .B26

6,000 words : a supplement to Webster's third new international dictionary PE1630 .S62

Webster's dictionary of proper names. Compiled by Geoffrey Payton PE1660 .P34

Dictionary of early English. With a pref. by Mark Van Doren PE1667 .S55

Dictionary of borrowed words : a Wynwood lexicon / Laurence Urdang and Frank R. Abate, editors PE1670 .L58 1991

The Harper dictionary of foreign terms : based on the original edition by C.O. Sylvester Mawson PE1670 .M3 1990

Harper dictionary of contemporary usage / William and Mary Morris ; with the assistance of a panel of 166 distinguished consultants on usage PE1680 .M59 1985

Dictionary of confusing words and meanings / Adrian Room PE1680 .R66 1988

Words about words / David Grambs PE1683 .G73 1984

Have a nice day--no problem! : a dictionary of cliches / by Christine Ammer PE1689 .A48 1993

The BBI dictionary of English word combinations / compiled by Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert Ilson PE1689 .B46 1997

The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins / Robert Hendrickson PE1689 .H47 1987

Cliches : over 1500 phrases explored and explained / Betty Kirkpatrick PE1689 .K48 1997

The nonsexist word finder : a dictionary of gender-free usage / by Rosalie Maggio PE1689 .M23 1987

Metaphorically speaking : a dictionary of 3,800 picturesque idiomatic expressions / N.E. Renton PE1689 .R46 1992

Sisson's word and expression locater [by] A. F. Sisson PE1689 .S62

Sisson's word and expression locater / by A.F. Sisson PE1689 .S62 1994

The dictionary of initials / by Betsy M. Parks PE1693 .P28

The complete dictionary of abbreviations PE1693 .S39

Americanisms; a dictionary of selected Americanisms on historical principles, by Mitford M. Mathews PE2835 .A51

A dictionary of American English on historical principles, compiled at the University of Chicago under the editorship of Sir William Craigie ... and James R. Hulbert . PE2835 .C88

21st century American English compendium : a guidebook for translators, interpreters, writers, editors, and advanced language students / by Marv Rubinstein PE2835 .R83 1997

American dialect dictionary, by Harold Wentworth PE2835.W47 A5

Good words to you : an all-new dictionary and native's guide to the unknown American language / John Ciardi PE2837 .C54 1987

Essential American idioms : makes idioms, cliches, and phrases easy to understand and to use / Richard A. Spears PE2839 .S63 1999

Dictionary of American regional English / Frederic G. Cassidy, chief editor PE2843 .D52 1985

Idiom savant : slang as it is slung / Jerry Dunn PE2846 .D86 1997

A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from A dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge / edited by Paul Beale PE3721 .P3 1989

A dictionary of the underworld, British & American PE3726 .P27

Dictionary of Afro-American slang PE3727.N3 M23

The American thesaurus of slang, with supplement; a complete reference book of colloquial speech, by Lester V. Berrey and Melvin Van den Bark PE3729.A5 B53

Dictionary of American slang. Compiled and edited by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner PE3729.U5 W47