Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
In addition to standard and specialized vocabulary, this extensive volume contains a wide variety of features, encompassing up-to-date, authoritative factual and encyclopedic information. It is truly a unique general reference volume for the office, the school, and the entire family.

Important Features Include:
A brand-new eight page New-Words Section in the front of the book, with over 1,000 important new words and meanings added at press time, not found in the A-Z section--words like intranet, body piercing, soccer mom, and sport-utility vehicle.

• Over 315,000 entries
• 1,500 updated definitions and entries
• 2,400 spot maps and illustrations
• Scholarly, up-to-date etymologies, including dates to show when terms entered the language, and showing clearly labeled Americanisms
• Entries for important and famous people; for places, historical events; major works of literature, music and art; names and abbreviations of academic, governmental, social, and fraternal organizations; popular given names; common abbreviations; and foreign terms
• Entries and definitions for current place names, reflecting recent political and geographical changes worldwide
• Coverage of major British, Canadian, and Australian terms
• Over 75,000 example phrases and sentences to show how words are used in context
• Metric equivalents for weight, volume, height, distance, etc., included in definitions

and captions

• Endangered species identified
• Comprehensive supplementary notes at many entries, discussing: usage problems,

pronunciations questions, distinctions among synonyms, regional variations and
dialects

• Additional supplementary lists of synonyms, antonyms, words formed from common prefixes
• Valuable supplements to the dictionary included, in front and back matter
• Sound-spelling Correspondences in English
• A Basic Manual of Style
• Guidelines for avoiding insensitive and offensive language in both writing and speaking
• List of Words Commonly Confused