Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words written by George Stone Saussy and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of curious and interesting words written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words written by George Stone Saussy III and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers written by David Wells and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1997-09-04 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why does Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host more are answered in this fascinating book, which has now been newly revised, with nearly 200 extra entries and some 250 additions to the original entries. From minus one and its square root, via cyclic, weird, amicable, perfect, untouchable and lucky numbers, aliquot sequences, the Cattle problem, Pascal's triangle and the Syracuse algorithm, music, magic and maps, pancakes, polyhedra and palindromes, to numbers so large that they boggle the imagination, all you ever wanted to know about numbers is here. There is even a comprehensive index for those annoying occasions when you remember the name but can't recall the number.

Download or read book Curious George s Dictionary written by The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious George gets curious about words in this illustrated dictionary designed for children from preschool through kindergarten. In an illustrated introduction to this unique dictionary, Curious George learns how to look up words before embarking on an educational adventure through a vocabulary list chosen specifically for children ages four to six. The dictionary itself presents approximately 600 words, with six words to a page. Each entry is illustrated with a full-color drawing, and more than half of the illustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in context. At the end of the book, eight full-page features present groups of thematically related words such as colors, shapes, and numbers.

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Exotic Words written by Janet Whitcut and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating and enjoyable anthology of words with curious and interesting origins.

Download or read book Dictionary of the Strange Curious and Lovely written by Robin Devoe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Many are obscure words -- this book is not useful for foreigners learning English, but best enjoyed by fluent or native speakers. A book for word-lovers who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies.

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers written by David Wells and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-09-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on numbers and what makes particular ones noteworthy

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Saints written by Donald Attwater and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling dictionary brilliantly reveals the lives and works of a host of fascinating individuals, from Biblical saints to those most recently canonised. It is a worthy companion to any study of Biblical or Church history, and includes details of feast days and special patronage to aid personal devotion.

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Science written by Eugene Boris Uvarov and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1993 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reliable and clear explanation of the basic vocabulary of physics and chemistry, with a fair coverage of the words used in mathematics, astronomy and biology.

Download or read book Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Logodaedalian s Dictionary of Interesting and Unusual Words written by George Stone Saussy and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the 1984 Oxter English Dictionary, with a substantial appendix of newer words. Literary words are defined and used in context from the fiction of best-selling and less-selling writers published from 1945 to the present. Over 1300 words are defined using examples from 200 novels by 90 authors. No pronunciation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Words facts and phrases a dictionary of curious quaint and out of the way matters written by Eliezer Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1984 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Penguin Dictionary Game Dictionary written by James Cochrane and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This uniquely rich and entertaining treasury of esoteric and intriguing words will prove invaluable to all fans of word games. No need to waste time searching in a full-length dictionary: just select a word, write down the definition, get other players to make up definitions--and guess which it right!

Download or read book Interesting Stories about Curious Words written by Susie Dent and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG? Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS? And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth