Incoming Resources
- The synonym finder, J. I. Rodale, editor-in-chief; Edward J. Fluck, associate editor. Collaborators: Gordon Marshall Pitts, Marguerite Wheator Pitts [and] E. D. Gross
- Webster's guide to abbreviations
- Abbreviations dictionary, abbreviations; acronyms; anonyms; contractions; initials and nicknames; short forms and slang shortcuts; signs and symbols
- Bernstein's reverse dictionary, Theodore M. Bernstein, with the collaboration of Jane Wagner
- Catch phrases, clichés and idioms, a dictionary of familiar expressions, compiled by Doris Craig
- Modern American usage, a guide, Wilson Follett ; revised by Erik Wensberg
- McGraw-Hill's conversational American English, the illustrated guide to the everyday expressions of American English, Richard A. Spears, Betty Birner, Steven Kleinedler ; illustrated by Luc Nisset
- The Facts on File English/French visual dictionary, look up the word from the picture, find the picture from the word, Jean-Claude Corbeil, Ariane Archambault
- Words to rhyme with, for poets and songwriters : including a primer of prosody, a list of more than 80,000 words that rhyme, a glossary defining 9,000 of the more eccentric rhyming words, and a variety of exemplary verses, one of which does not rhyme at all, Willard R. Espy ; foreword and further thoughts on rhyme by Louis Phillips
- Better than great, a plenitudinous compendium of wallopingly fresh superlatives, by Arthur Plotnik
- Cliches, over 1500 phrases explored and explained, Betty Kirkpatrick
- A dictionary of homonyms, by Louise Ellyson
- Webster's new dictionary of synonyms, a dictionary of discriminated synonyms with antonyms and analogous and contrasted words
- Bryson's dictionary for writers and editors, Bill Bryson
- Barron's junior rhyming dictionary, John Foster ; illustrated by Melanie Williamson and Rupert Van Wyk
- The American Heritage dictionary of idioms, Christine Ammer
- The American heritage student thesaurus, by Paul Hellweg, Joyce LeBaron, and Susannah LeBaron
- A pocket guide to correct spelling, by Francis Griffith
- My big dictionary, by the editors of the American heritage dictionaries ; illustrated by Pamela Cote
- I didn't know that, from "ants in the pants" to "wet behind the ears"--the unusual origins of the things we say, compiled and edited by Karlen Evins
- The American Heritage essential student thesaurus
- Illustrated reverse dictionary, find the words on the tip of your tongue, [editor, John Ellison Kahn]
- 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
- Abbreviations dictionary, Ralph De Sola
- Webster's new dictionary of synonyms, a dictionary of discriminated synonyms with antonyms and analogous and contrasted words
- Homophones and homographs, an American dictionary, compiled by James B. Hobbs
- Dictionary of confusable words, Laurence Urdang
- NTC's dictionary of euphemisms, Anne Bertram
- Common American phrases in everyday contexts, a detailed guide to real-life conversation and small talk, Richard A. Spears
- The Penguin rhyming dictionary, [compiled by] Rosalind Fergusson
- Rawson's dictionary of euphemisms and other doubletalk, being a compilation of linguistic fig leaves and verbal flourishes for artful users of the English language /, Hugh Rawson
- Fanboys and overdogs, the language report, Susie Dent
- A basic dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, Laurence Urdang
- The highly selective dictionary for the extraordinarily literate, introduction by Richard Lederer ; Eugene Ehrlich
- ¡Inglés para todos!, English for everyone!
- The Merriam-Webster thesaurus for large print users
- The modern rhyming dictionary, how to write lyrics : including a practical guide to lyric writing for songwriters and poets, Gene Lees
- The Oxford American thesaurus of current English, edited by Christine A. Lindberg
- American English compendium, a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English, Marv Rubinstein
- The dictionary of initials, by Betsy M. Parks
- What is a seal?, By June Behrens ; photos. by Michele and Tom Grimm
- Kind words, a thesaurus of euphemisms, Judith S. Neaman and Carole G. Silver
- Fifty years among the new words, a dictionary of neologisms, 1941-1991, edited by John Algeo, with the assistance of Adele S. Algeo
- Have a nice day--no problem!, a dictionary of clichés, Christine Ammer
- Scholastic dictionary of idioms, Marvin Terban
- Roget's 21st century thesaurus in dictionary form, the essential reference for home, school, or office, Barbara Ann Kipfer
- The nonsexist word finder, a dictionary of gender-free usage, by Rosalie Maggio
- The synonym finder, [edited] by J. I. Rodale ; completely rev. by Laurence Urdang, editor in chief, and Nancy LaRoche, managing editor ; editors, Fay C. Allen [and others]
- Euphemania, our love affair with euphemisms, Ralph Keyes
- The Oxford reverse dictionary, compiled by David Edmonds