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encyclopedia

Main Entry:
encyclopedia [en-sahy-kluh-pee-dee-uh]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: book of facts
Synonyms: almanac, book of knowledge, compilation, concordance, cyclopedia, reference book
Main Entry: dictionary
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: book of word meanings
Synonyms: concordance, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, glossary, language, lexicon, palaver, promptory, reference, terminology, vocabulary
Main Entry: handbook
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: document giving instruction, information
Synonyms: bible, compendium, directory, enchiridion, encyclopedia, fundamentals, guide, guidebook, instruction book, manual, text, textbook, vade mecum
Main Entry: reference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: printed matter with information
Synonyms: archives, cyclopedia, dictionary, encyclopedia, evidence, source, thesaurus, writing
Main Entry: reference book
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: book of information
Synonyms: almanac, atlas, dictionary, directory, encyclopedia, how-to book, source book, thesaurus, wordbook, work of reference
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Book.
Category: 2. Conventional means; written language
Synonyms:
-nouns
booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book., part, issue, number, livraison; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal., paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream, chapter, section head, article, paragraph, passage, clause., folio, quarto, octavo; duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo., encyclopedia; encompilation; library, bibliotheca; press (publication)., writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaus, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny-a-liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; powt., bookseller, publisher; bibliopole, bibliopolist; librarian; bookstore, bookseller's shop., knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning (knowledge).
-phrases
"among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]; "I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]; "look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton); "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; "volumes
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