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Willard Espy's Words to Rhyme With is the ultimate collection of rhyming words and technique from a master of wordplay. This essential comprehensive resource for poets and songwriters is back in print with expanded material on rhyming and word usage. Containing more than 80,000 words, both common an... More

Description Viva's Dictionary of Easily Confused Words is an easy-to-use reference guide that will help the user master confusing words and their usage. This volume focuses on the three major classes of confusing words:Homophones (words that are pronounced alike but are different in spelling, meanin... More

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Viva's Dictionary of English Idioms is compiled and edited by lexicographers Richard Spears and Betty Kirkpatrick. It provides over 11,000 examples of usage for 5,500 idioms in use in English. The entries, which mainly are mainly standard British English, also include slang and informal expressions.... More

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What's an alibi, a bete noire, a celibate, a dilemma? Should underway be two words? Is the word meretricious worth using at all? How do you spell realise - with an s or a z - and should bete be bete? Should you split infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with conjunctions? What ab... More

For songwriters and poets, copywriters and students, this is the perfect reference for all would-be versifiers in search of an elusive rhyme.Comprehensive and completely up to date, the Oxford Rhyming Dictionary is the ultimate rhymer's companion. An ideal reference tool for songwriters, poets, copy... More

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Did you know that 'flavor of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlors in the 1940s, when a particular flavor would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to the rather messy practice of writing impromptu notes on on... More

This reverse dictionary helps readers find words they can't remember, grouped by subject-related key words. Contains 31,000 entries listed under a wide range of subject areas.How do you find those elusive words that you just can't bring to mind but are on the tip of your tongue? Can you remember the... More

Authoritative, accessible, and completely up to date, this new edition of the popular Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to build their vocabulary and invigorate their writing skills. Over 140,000 alternative and opposite words are given with the clo... More