From author: “As an undergraduate student some time last century, I remember grappling with a number of terms linked to the European Union (EU). These included words such as neo-functionalism, integration and supranationalism (to name but three). At that time, there was no resource to give brief explanations of such terms. Surprisingly, little has changed today. When people discuss issues surrounding the EU, they come into contact with terms which are unfamiliar to them. Concepts such as ‘subsidiarity’ or the ‘emergency brake’ may trip off the tongues of experts, but to the student or lay person they may as well be a foreign language”

This dictionary has been compiled with the aim of giving an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of reptiles. The Basic Table contains, in alphabetical order, the scientific names of families, genera, species and some sub-species with, again in alphabetical order, their identified names in English, French, German, and Italian, which are given in the singular for species and sub-species and in the plural for other terms. The relevant order and family are shown for each term and the taxonomy is that of the sources consulted.

This dictionary has been compiled with the aim of giving an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of mammals. The Basic Table contains, in alphabetical order, the scientific names of families, genera, species and some sub-species and synonyms with, again in alphabetical order, the identified names in English, German, French and Italian. These are given in the singular for species and sub-species and in the plural for other terms.

From author: “This Dictionary is the outcome of an idea I had several years ago when, in my profession, I aclually lived the difficulty of finding definitions of acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations and possibly additional information. In my daily professional life, same as it may have happened to you, I was also confronted with many acronyms and initialisms that had identical sets of letters but different definitions”

This dictionary has been written by a distinguished team of academic and practising lawyers. It is intended primarily for those without a qualification in law who nevertheless require some legallmowledge in the course oftheir work: chartered surveyors and accountants, civil servants and local-government officers, social workers and probation officers, as well as businessmen and legal secretaries are typical examples of those whose work often calls for a knowledge of the precise meaning (and spelling) of a legal term.

The merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has been long and universally acknowledged. But its circulation was confined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society: he was not aware, at the time of its compilation, that our young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate; and he therefore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few examples of fashionable slang that might occur to his observation.

For more than three decades, this internationally-known reference has been the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way for anyone to gain fluency in the language of science and technology. Containing more than 110,000 entries that span 100 fields ranging from acoustics to zoology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms features definitions written in language understandable to students and the general public, yet advanced enough for professionals.

With more than 3000 terms, the fields covered in the Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics (DPAP) are acoustics, biophysics and medical physics, communication, electricity, electronics, geometrical optics, low temperature physics, magnetism, and physical optics. Like most other branches of science, physics has grown rapidly over the last decade. As such, many of the terms used in older books have become obsolete and new terms have appeared in scientific and technical literature. Care has been taken to ensure that old terms are not included in the DPAP and new terminologies are not missed. Some of the terms are related to other fields, e.g., engineering fields (mostly electrical and mechanical), mathematics, chemistry, biology.

The book reflects a departure from the previous one in scope and in format. This edition, containing some 28,500 terms, is not meant to be exhaustive in its coverage. It focuses on mining-related terms and excludes such related categories as ceramics, glass, metallurgy, petroleum, and other specialized disciplines. Geological terms which relate to mining are included, as are minerals which have a commercial value or which are associated with such minerals. Many chemicals and materials that are not usually connected with mining or minerals processing do not appear, nor do the chemical elements unless they are classified as minerals.

English is the language most frequently used in international military and peacekeeping operations. This dictionary aims to provide a basic vocabulary of British and American terms relating to the three services, and covers subjects such as rank, organization, training, operations in the field, logistics, radio communications, and some of the more common weapons and equipment currently in use. In addition, there are selected items of general vocabulary relating to geography, terrain, weather, medical treatment and other relevant matters. New terms used by the media in reporting on recent conflicts are also included, making this an ideal reference source for anyone involved in teaching English to the military or armed police forces.