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Free Download Bob Burton, "Top Secret: The Dictionary of Espionage and Intelligence"
English | ISBN: 0806526505 | 2005 | 189 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Compiled by a man who knows covert action and clandestine warfare from the inside out, Top Secret is a perfect compendium of the secret language spoken by those who fight the silent war.

Free Download Cynthia A Barnhart, "The Facts on File Student’s Dictionary of American English"
English | 2008 | pages: 737 | ISBN: 0816063796, 081606380X | PDF | 11,9 mb
The first purpose of any student’s dictionary is to provide the basic information necessary to be able to understand a meaning, decipher a pronunciation, make a correct syllable break, and employ vocabulary appropriate to a particular situation. The Facts On File Student’s Dictionary of American English is designed to provide such information as accurately, concisely, and clearly as possible. Its modest entry list of about 90,000 words includes the vocabulary most of us use every day in ordinary writing and encounter in reading a newspaper, novel, magazine, or online article. The dictionary also includes a selection of widely used new terms in English, from science and technology to contemporary American culture. The design is exceptionally user-friendly. Each entry of the standard vocabulary has been evaluated and revised according to current usage.

Free Download Carolyn Barraclough, "Macmillan Children’s Dictionary"
English | 2001 | pages: 99 | ISBN: 0333953037 | PDF | 15,9 mb
The Macmillan Children’s dictionary is a beautifully illustrated and photographic dictionary which can be used alongside any children’s course. The dictionary will help primary-aged children consolidate and enlarge their vocabulary through a topic-based approach which provides meaningful context to reinforce memorisation.

Free Download Yuliya Baldwin, "English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367581558, 0415691443 | PDF | pages: 737 | 3.9 mb
The Routledge English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook is the first full-size English-Russian bilingual Medical Dictionary that covers a broad range of up-to-date medical terminology.

Free Download Edward J. Preston, "CAD/CAM Dictionary (Mechanical Engineering)"
English | 1985 | pages: 221 | ISBN: 0824775244 | PDF | 6,3 mb
This book presents general computer definitions and abbreviations as well as application-specification terminology related to the world of CAD/CAM in alphabetical order.

Free Download John Gloag, "A Short Dictionary of Furniture: Containing Over 2,600 Entries That Include Terms and Names Used in Britain and the USA"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032367733, 1032367628 | PDF | pages: 814 | 176.1 mb
Originally published in 1952 but enlarged and revised in 1969, this dictionary became a standard authoritative work of reference. It contains 2,612 entries and over 1,000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. The work is divided into 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950.

Free Download Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
English | June 9, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0871RV8VL | 199 pages | EPUB | 1.46 Mb
Published in 1764, Voltaire’s "Philosophical Dictionary" is a series of short essays, hortatory and propagandist, over an enormously wide range of subjects.

Free Download David H. Nathan, "The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary, 3d ed. Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 0786447907 | 2011 | 350 pages | PDF | 3 MB
"I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn’t know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink."-Joe DiMaggio, Hall of Fame outfielder.

Free Download Harold V. Cordry, "The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs: Over 20,000 Adages from More Than 120 Languages, Nationalities and Ethnic Grou"
English | ISBN: 0786422629 | 2005 | 416 pages | PDF | 15 MB
All cultures have proverbs that capsulize subjects simply and effectively. Many of these are cross-cultural. For example, according to a Danish proverb, "The greater the fear, the nearer the danger," while a Latin proverb says, "The less there is of fear, the less there is danger."

Free Download Anthony Lo Bello, "Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary"
English | ISBN: 0813232309 | 2020 | 576 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The study of the vocabulary of the Catholic religion may be taken as a definition of the liberal arts. Origins of Catholic Words is a work of reference organized like a lexicon or encyclopedia. There is an entry for each word of importance having to do with the Catholic Church. Anthony Lo Bello gives the etymology of the word, describes what it means, and then adds whatever further discussion he feels is needed; in some cases this amounts to several pages.