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Complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Contains around 2,000 clear and concise entries on all aspects of modern and contemporary art. Its impressive range of terms includes movements, styles, techniques, artists, critics, dealers, schools, and galleries.

Covers the past 150 years of international design, with accessible and succinct entries on ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion.

Provides succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,800 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world.

This essential resource’s 945 alphabetically-arranged entries offer an insightful and informative view of America’s artistic heritage.

Provides a careful balance of fact and critical appraisal, ranging across painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts from classical times to the present.

Contains over 2,500 clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries.

Covers every aspect of animal behaviour and includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology.

Covers everything from space exploration and the equipment involved, to astrophysics, cosmology, and the concept of time

Provides a comprehensive survey of modern biochemistry and molecular biology.

Provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as key terms from medicine and palaeontology.

Covers all aspects of chemistry, from physical chemistry to biochemistry.

Offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics, including geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology.

Contains over 6,250 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.

Contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of environmental science and conservation.

Includes terms from a wide range of disciplines which entwine with genetics, including molecular biology, cell biology, medicine, botany, and evolutionary studies. Its 7,000 cross-referenced definitions are supported by an excellent collection of line drawings, tables, and chemical formulae.

Contains over 3,800 entries covering all commonly encountered physics terms and concepts, as well as terms from the related fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and physical chemistry.

Wide coverage on topics including biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, bio-geography, earth history, and the earth sciences.

Contains over 5,250 entries on all aspects of zoology.

Explains the jargon used in space exploration, including such weird and wonderful terms as ‘cherry picker’ and ‘burp firing’; it also provides detailed articles on key subjects, such as the Apollo project, and a comprehensive chronology of space missions.

Authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of weather, forecasting, and climate terms with illustrative examples of specific events and extremes.

Over 6,400 entries on all aspects of both human and physical geography.

rovides scientists, science writers, and all who work in scientific publishing with a clear style guide for the presentation of scientific information.

A comprehensive reference work encompassing all aspects of the subject. Containing over 6,500 entries, it is as valuable for home and office users as it is indispensable for students of computing.

Provides thousands of terms related to the Web, software technology, jargon, e-commerce, security, and the technical and organizational infrastructure of the Internet.

Provides clear definitions of all the units, prefixes, and styling of the Système International (SI), as well as industry-specific and traditional terms currently in use.

Provides straightforward definitions of the latest financial jargon along with comprehensive coverage of financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct and indirect taxation, corporate finance, and auditing.

Contains 7,000 entries covering all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behaviour, business strategy, law, and taxation.

An authoritative and comprehensive dictionary containing 2,500 key economic terms with clear, concise definitions.

Covers the vocabulary used in banking, money markets, foreign exchanges, public and government finance, and private investment and borrowing, and much more. The coverage in all areas is wide and international.

Covers technical terms, jargon, theories, and concepts, all of which are relevant for undergraduate and MBA students, human resource practitioners, and trade unionists.

Find out the meanings of what can seem a bewildering array of financial terms, such as a Circus, a Firewall, an Amazon Bond, a Clean Float, a Cocktail Swap, a Butterfly, a Streaker, a Straddle, and a Strangle. There are numerous examples to show how particular calculations and instruments are used; details are also given of acronyms, currencies, and major markets.

Contains over 2,000 entries on all aspects of statistics including terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability.

With 3,000 entries ranging from Achilles paradox to zero matrix, it covers all commonly encountered terms and concepts from pure and applied mathematics and statistics, for example, linear algebra, optimisation, nonlinear equations, and differential equations

Covers all matters relating to diet and exercise including diet methods, food supplements, sex and exercise, sports injuries, anatomy, energy-related terms, exercises for improving strength, flexibility, stamina, weight control, training methods and principles, calorie requirements of different activities, and much more.

Contains over 6,000 entries covering all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health.

Reveals the origin, meaning, and development of a host of gastronomic terms.

Contains over 11,000 clear and concise entries, covering all aspects of medical science.

Provides readers with a comprehensive treatment of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions.

A quick reference guide to the ever expanding specialty of Plastic Surgery

Covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics.

An alphabetical listing of almost 5,000 words and phrases used in public health science and practice.

Covers all the major areas of sports science and medicine.

Provides over 4,000 definitions covering all the important terms and concepts used in dentistry today.

Coverage includes the social, political, economical, and cultural theory of sport, as well as entries relating to exercise, preparation, and performance psychology, and key scientific terms, including nutrition and anatomy.

Over 4,000 entries covering the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language

This dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC.

Informative and analytical entries on the most important people, organizations and events that have shaped our history from 1900 to the present day.

Provides both amateur and professional historians with quick answers to questions of terminology that may arise in the course of research.

Covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and literature, such as science, social structure, philosophy, and religion, and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from Achilles to Zeno.

Covers military history from the earliest colonial conflicts to the present.

Contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day.

The illustrations and cutaways from this Visual Dictionary provide extraordinary rich treatment of a wide range of topics from astronomy and the human body to the arts and society.

Provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma.

This authoritative dictionary draws on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language resources in order to explore the stories behind names and sayings that can be found in classic literature or today's news.

Shows the development of science-fiction words and their associated concepts over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. Citations are drawn from science-fiction books and magazines, fanzines, screenplays, newspapers, comics, folk songs, and the Internet.

Includes entries on the plays and the major characters, on Shakespeare's life and his contemporaries, on actors from Edmund Kean to Peter O'Toole, on theatres and directors, plus comments on Shakespeare by later authors such as Jane Austen, Dr Johnson, and Bernard Levin.

Focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth-century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers.

This collection of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales captures the immense sweep and diversity of African mythology.

Entries address the key mythologies of the regions we now call India, China, Tibet, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, and broad overviews of specific cultures and their mythic traditions round out the coverage.

A comprehensive and accessible survey of the whole of Celtic mythology, legend, saga, and folklore.

Provides quick access to information on the beliefs (both exotic and ordinary) of ancient civilizations from Sumeria and Babylonia to Egypt, Greece, and ancient Rome, from India and China to Japan and Indonesia, as well as the rich mythological history of Native Americans, the indigenous peoples of Australia, and many other cultures.

An absorbing and entertaining guide to English folklore and an authoritative reference source on such legendary characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood.

Entries on classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture.

Covers the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age.

Presents the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents.

Includes essays on the world's major mythological traditions (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), along with retellings of better-known myths, and entries on mythological types, motifs, and figures.

Contains over 4,200 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system.

Contains over 3,400 entries covering law, accountancy, insurance, shipping, commerce and trade, pathology, forensic medicine, criminology, and psychology.