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  • Cover of: English synonymes: with copious illustrations and explanations, drawn from the best writers

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  • Cover of: Allen's synonyms and antonyms.

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  • Cover of: Synonyms and antonyms: an alphabetical list of words in common use, grouped with others of similar and opposite meaning

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  • Cover of: A thesaurus dictionary of the English language: designed to suggest immediately any desired word needed to express exactly a given idea : a dictionary, synonyms, antonyms, idioms, foreign phrases, pronunciations, a copious correlation of words

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  • Cover of: Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language: being the authentic edition of Webster's unabridged dictionary, comprising the issues of 1864, 1879, and 1884

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  • Cover of: Sinónimos de la lengua castellana
    First published in 1857 1 edition work

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  • Cover of: An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionary

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  • Cover of: Murray's illustrated Bible dictionary

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  • Cover of: An illustrated dictionary of scientific terms

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  • Cover of: A dictionary of poetical illustrations

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  • Cover of: Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, ab la correspondencia castellana: Nova edició enciclopèdica il-lustrada

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  • Cover of: Johnson's new general cyclopaedia and copperplate hand-atlas of the world combined and illustrated: being specially adapted for daily use in the family, school, and office.  Editors-in-chief: Frederick A. Barnard [and] Arnold Guyot

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  • Cover of: The rhyming dictionary of the English language: in which the whole language is arranged according to its terminations, with a copious introd. to the various uses of the work, and an index of allowable rhymes ...

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  • Cover of: An illustrated dictionary of scientific terms.

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  • Cover of: Webster's secondary-school dictionary: abridged from Webster's new international dictionary.

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  • Cover of: The golden book illustrated dictionary: in six volumes

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  • Cover of: An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology.: Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations.

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  • Cover of: Review diagrams of U.S. history, civil government, geography, grammar, reading, arithmetic, physiology, and penmanship.

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  • Cover of: What, when and how: the people's book of ready reference ; a collection of the most practical, useful and valuable recipes, formulas and suggestions for every occasion

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  • Cover of: The Y. M. C. A. every-day educator and complete business manual

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  • Cover of: Thesaurus of English words and phrases: so classified and arranged as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition.

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  • Cover of: An illustrated dictionary to Xenophon's Anabasis: with groups of words etymologically related.

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  • Cover of: An American dictionary of the English language: containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition in two volumes quarto, the entire corrections and improvements of the second edition in two volumes royal octavo ...

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  • Cover of: Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts.

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  • Cover of: The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church

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  • Cover of: The imperial dictionary of the English language: a complete encyclopedic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological.  New ed., carefully rev. and greatly augm.  Edited by Charles Annandale

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  • Cover of: The new student's reference work for teachers, students and families

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  • Cover of: Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les art libéraux, et les arts mécaniques, avec leur explication

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  • Cover of: Webster's international dictionary of the English language: being the authentic ed. of Webster's unabridged dictionary comprising the issues of 1864, 1879, and 1884.  Now thoroughly rev. and enl. under the supervision of Noah Porter.  With a voluminous appendix.

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  • Cover of: The American cyclopaedia
    First published in 1879 1 edition work

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  • Cover of: Hill's album of biography and art: containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to evolution, astronomy, phrenology, household decoration and landscape gardening

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  • Cover of: Peter Parley's kaleidoscope: or, Parlor pleasure book; consisting of gleanings from many fields of the curious, the beautiful, and the wonderful.

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  • Cover of: The corner cupboard of facts for everybody.: Embracing facts about-I. Things not generally known.-II. Things that ought to be known.-III. Things worth knowing. The food we consume, the clothing we wear, the house we live in, and facts from the arts and sciences, as well as from literature, manufacture, commerce, anatomy, physiology, the garden and field. Illustrated with over 1,000 engravings: The whole forming a complete cyclopedia of useful knowledge

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  • Cover of: Ten thousand wonderful things: comprising whatever is marvellous and rare, curious, eccentric, and extraordinary, in all ages and nations ...

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  • Cover of: Parley's panorama; or, Curiosities of nature and art, history and biography: a new edition, with improvements to the latest date

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  • Cover of: Zell's popular encyclopedia: a universal dictionary of English language, science, literature, and art by L. Colange.

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  • Cover of: Zell's popular encyclopedia: a complete dictionary of the English language, with a pronouncing vocabulary and gazaetteer of the world

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  • Cover of: Johnson's new universal cyclopaedia: a scientific and popular treasury of useful knowledge

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  • Cover of: Gately's universal educator: An educational cyclopaedia and business guide

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  • Cover of: The golden key to prosperity and happiness.: A complete educator embracing thorough instruction in every branch of knowledge. An encyclopedia of useful information, comprising every essential to success in all departments of business and social life ...

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  • Cover of: Peale's popular educator and cyclopedia of reference: historical, biographical, scientific and statistical ...

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  • Cover of: The home manual. Everybody's guide in social, domestic, and business life. A treasury of useful information for the million ...

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  • Cover of: The college of life, or Practical self-educator: a manual of self-improvement for the colored race

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  • Cover of: The century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world.

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  • Cover of: The new national dictionary, encyclopedia and atlas rev. to date ...

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  • Cover of: Our wonder world
    First published in 1914 1 edition work

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  • Cover of: The new practical reference library.

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  • Cover of: Harmsworth self-educator: a golden key to success in life

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History

January 18, 2017 Edited by J_M_M updated list seeds.
September 28, 2015 Edited by J_M_M updated list seeds.
May 8, 2015 Edited by J_M_M updated list seeds.
May 8, 2015 Edited by J_M_M updated list seeds.
January 21, 2011 Created by J_M_M Created new list.