Specialized Dictionaries

1. Astronomy
   • MacMillan Dictionary of Astronomy
   
   
2. Biography
   • Webster's New Biographical Dictionary
   
   
3. Biology
   • Collins Reference Dictionary - Biology
   
   
4. Business
   • Instant Business Dictionary
   • Dictionary of Advertising and Direct Mail Terms
   
   
5. Collocation
   • The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English
   • The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations
   • The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations
   
   
6. Computing
   • The Random House Personal Computer Dicitonary
   • Oxford Refernce - Dictionary of Computing
   • Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms
   • The Penguin Dictionary of Computers
   • Dictionary of Computer Terms
   • MacMillan Dictionary of Personal Computing and Communications
   • The Illustrated Dictionary of Microcomputers, 3rd Edition
   • Dictionary of Computers, Data Processing and Telecommunications
   
   
7. DTP
   • Dictionary of Typesetting Terms
   
   
8. Electronics
   • Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Sixth Edition
   
   
9. Encyclopedias
   • Encyclopaedia Britannica
   • The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells
   • The New American Desk Encyclopedia
   • The Encyclopedia of Mind, Magic & Mysteries
   • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
   • The New Columbia Encyclopedia
   • Golden Book Encyclopedia
   
   
10. Espionage
    • The Dictionary of Espionage
    
    
11. Etymology & Word Histories
    • Webster's Word Histories
    • Guide to the Roots - A Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins
    • Dictionary of Word Roots
    • Origins
    • Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories
    • A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
    
    
12. Foreign Words
    • The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms
    • Dictionary of Foreign Terms
    
    
13. Geography
    • Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
    • Merraim Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd Edition
    • A Dictionary of Foreign Words & Phrases in Current English
    
    
14. Idioms
    • The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms
    • Longman Idioms Dictionary
    • Longman Dictionary of English Idioms
    • Dictionary of English Colloquial Idioms
    • Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English, Two Volumes
    • NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
    • Handbook of Commonly Used American Idioms
    • Dictionary of Idioms
    
    
15. Law
    • Barron's Law Dictionary
    
    
16. Linguistics
    • Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Sciences of Language
    • Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics
    • A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
    
    
17. Literature
    • The Oxford Companion to English Literature
    • The Random House Ditionary for Writers and Readers
    • Dictionary of Literary Terms
    • The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
    
    
18. Mythology
    • Dictionary of Classical Mythology
    
    
19. Names
    • New Dictionary of American Family Names
    • Names & Nicknames of Places & Names
    • The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames
    • The New American Dictionary of First Names
    • Dictionary of Plant Names
    
    
20. New Words
    • The Morrow Book of New Words
    • The Oxford Dictionary of New Words, 1991
    • The Oxford Dictionary of New Words, 1997
    • 13,000 Words - A Supplement to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
    • trash cash, fizzbos, and flatliners - A Dictionary of Today's Words
    • The Longman Dictionary of New Words, 1989 Edition
    • The Longman Dictionary of New Words, 1990
    • Times Neologisms - New Words Since 1960
    • New Words Dictionary
    • The New New Words Dictionary
    • The Barnhart Dictionary of New English Since 1963
    
    
21. Phrasal Verbs
    • NTC's Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and other Idiomatic Verbal Phrases
    • Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
    • Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
    
    
22. Phrases
    • NTC's Super-Mini Common American Phrases
    • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, Centennial Edition Revised
    • Straight From the Horse's Mouth
    • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, 15th Edition
    
    
23. Politics
    • Safire's Political Dictionary
    
    
24. Pronunciation
    • Longman Pronunciation Dictionary
    • A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English
    • English Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
    
    
25. Proverbs, Sayings
    • The MacMillan Dictionary of English Proverbs Explained
    • The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs
    • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
    • Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries and Other Delicious Sayings
    
    
26. Quotations
    • Dictionary of Quotations
27. Science
    • The Compact Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences
    • Longman Dictionary of Scientific Usage
    • McGraw-Hill Dictonary of Scientific Terms
    
    
28. Slang
    • Dictionary of American Slang, 2nd Supplemented Edition
    • Dictionary of American Slang, 3rd Edition
    • Dictionary of American Slang, 3rd Edition, 1995
    • The Slang of Sin
    • The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
    • Times Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
    • Slang and Euphemism, Abridged Edition
    • Slang and Euphemism, Second Revised Edition
    • The Big Book of Filth
    • Bad Words Dictionary
    • The Dictionary of Contempory Slang, by Jonathan Green
    • Sexual Slang
    • NTC's Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial Expressions
    • New Dictionary of American Slang
    • Slang Down the Ages
    • Slang! - The Topic-by-Topic Dictionary of Contemporary American Lingoes
    • The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
    • A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
    • Slang American Style
    • Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang - I A to G
    • Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang - II H to O
    • The Thesaurus of Slang
    • The Thesaurus of Slang, Revised and Expanded Edition
    • The Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang
    • The Pocket Dictionary of American Slang
    • A Dictionary of American Slang
    
    
29. Special Words
    • Words in Action
    • The Endangered English Dictionary
    • The Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary
    • The Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, 2nd Edition
    • Illustrated Reverse Dictionary
    • 20th Century Words
    • Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
    • Pears Advanced Crossword Puzzler's Dictionary
    • Times Dictionary of Difficult Words
    • The F Word
    • The Word Book
    • Rhyming Dictionary - A Random House Dictionary
    • The Quintessential Dictionary
    
    
30. Sports
    • Webster's Dictionary of Sports
    • Dictionary of Sports Idioms
    • How to Talk Bowling
    
    
31. Superstition
    • A Dictionary of Superstition
    
    
32. Symbols
    • Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery
    
    
33. Thesaurus
    • Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
    • Random House Word Menu
    • Random House Word Menu, Newly Revised and Updated
    • Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms
    • Thesaurus of American Slang
    • Roget's International Theasurus, 4th Edition
    • Roget's Intrernational Thesaurus, 5th Edition
    • The Random House Thesaurus of Slang
    • The Oxford Thesaurus
    • Descriptionary
    • Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English
    • Bartlett's Roget's Thesaurus
    • Longman Synonym Dictionary
    • Bloomsbury Thesaurus
    • Longman Top Pocket Roget's Thesaurus
    • The Word Finder
    • NTC's Thesaurus of Everyday American English
    • Reader's Digest Family Word Finder
    • A Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
    • Times First Learner's Thesaurus
    
    
34. Usage
    • Webster's NewWorld Guide to Current American Usage
    • Success with Words
    • Reader's Digest Use the Right Word - A Modern Guide to Synonyms
    • Longman Guide to English Usage
    • Collins COBUILD English Usage
    • Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
    • Dictionary of Contempory Usage, 2nd Edition
    • Longman Dictionary of Common Errors
    • A Dictionary of Contemporary Amercian Usage
    • Fowler's Modern English Usage
    
    
35. Varieties of English
    • Australian Words and Their Origins
    • English as a Second F*cking Language
    • Aw, Shucks! The Dictionary of Country Jawing
    • The Book of Jargon
    • The Dictionary of Cliches
    • British English A to Zed
    • British/American Language Dictionary
    
    
36. Visual Dictionary
    • Dorling Kindersley Ultimate Visual Dictionary
    • The MacMillan Visual Dictionary
    • Longman Photo Dictionary
    • Oxford-Duden Pictorial English Dictionary