Oxford English Reference Dictionary

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary extends the aims of conventional dictionaries to be more useful, more practical, and more informative. It combines the coverage of an authoritative Oxford dictionary containing spellings, grammar information, pronunciations, and word origins, with in-depth encyclopedic entries. A 16-page full-colour map section, including the latest border and name changes, is accompanied by a large section of reference appendices including countries of the world, prime ministers and presidents, the body, the solar system and a chronology of world events. This is the revised second edition and replaces ISBN: 0-19-860046-1.Preface; Guide to the Use of This Dictionary; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Oxford English Reference Dictionary; Appendix 1: Chronology of World Events; Appendix 2: Chronology of Scientific Developments; Appendix 3: Countries of the World; Appendix 4: The Commonwealth; Appendix 5: States of the United States of America; Appendix 6: The British Constitution; Appendix 7: The US Constitution; Appendix 8: The United Nations; Appendix 9: The European Union; Appendix 10: Kings and Queens of England and the United Kingdom; Appendix 11: Prime Ministers and Presidents; Appendix 12: The Beaufort Scale of Wind Force; Appendix 13: Weights, Measures, and Notation; Appendix 14: Chemical Elements; Appendix 15: Astronomy: the Constellations; Appendix 16: The Solar System; Appendix 17: Geological Time-scale; Appendix 18: Terms for Groups of Animals etc; Appendix 19: The Animal Kingdom; Appendix 20: The Plant Kingdoms: Plants, Fungi, Algae, and Bacteria; Appendix 21: The Body; Appendix 22: Alphabets; Appendix 23: Indo-European Languages; Appendix 24: Hallmarks; Appendix 25: Musical Notation and the Orchestra; Appendix 26: Architecture; Appendix 27: Sports and Games; Appendix 28: The British Isles; World Maps