3: Dictionaries
The works listed here offer a starting point for writers, editors, and others involved in publishing who would like more information about topics covered in this manual. The list includes all the works cited in the text as further resources along with other useful references. Although some make recommendations that diverge from those of this manual, they reflect the specific demands of different disciplines and the evolving traditions of writing, editing, and publishing. As with all reference sources, readers should carefully evaluate their suitability for a given purpose.
3.1: English Dictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 50th Anniversary Printing. Collins Reference, 2018. Also available at https://www.ahdictionary.com/.
Barber, Katherine, ed. Canadian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary. 12th ed. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Historical Thesaurus of English. 2nd ed. University of Glasgow, 2020. https://ht.ac.uk/.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Continues Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. (first published in 2003). Continually updated at https://www.merriam-webster.com/.
Merriam-Webster Unabridged. Continues Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (first published in 1961). Continually updated at https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/.
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus. 2nd ed. Merriam-Webster, 2019.
Moore, Bruce, ed. Australian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195517965.001.0001.
New Oxford American Dictionary. 3rd ed. Edited by Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg. Oxford University Press, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195392883.001.0001.
Oxford English Dictionary. Continues Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 20 vols. (first published in 1989). Continually updated at https://www.oed.com/.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary. 2nd ed. Random House Reference, 1994. Updated and expanded at https://www.dictionary.com/.
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1995; repr., 2009.
Sollars, Michael D. Dictionary of Literary Characters. 5 vols. Facts on File, 2010.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary. 5th ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. See Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
Wiktionary: The Free Dictionary. Wikimedia Foundation. https://www.wiktionary.org/.
3.2: Bilingual Dictionaries
ABC Chinese–English Comprehensive Dictionary. Edited by John DeFrancis. University of Hawai‘i Press, 2003.
Cassell’s Italian Dictionary. Compiled by Piero Rebora with the assistance of Francis M. Guercio and Arthur L. Hayward. John Wiley, 1994.
Compact Oxford Italian Dictionary. Edited by Pat Bulhosen, Francesca Logi, and Loredana Riu. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Larousse Unabridged French Dictionary: French–English, English–French. Edited by Faye Carney. Larousse, 2010.
Minjung’s Essence English–Korean Dictionary. 11th ed. Hollym International, 2015.
Oxford Arabic Dictionary: Arabic–English, English–Arabic. Edited by Tressy Arts. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Oxford German Dictionary: German–English, English–German. 3rd ed. Edited by Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, J. B. Sykes, M. Clark, and O. Thyen. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary. Edited by R. S. McGregor. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Oxford Latin Dictionary. 2nd ed. Edited by P. G. W. Glare. 2 vols. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Oxford Russian Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Marcus Wheeler, Boris Unbegaun, Paul Falla, and Della Thompson. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford Spanish Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Beatriz Galimberti Jarman, Roy Russell, Nicholas Rollin, and Carol Styles Carvajal. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Marie-Hélène Corréard et al. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary. New ed. Edited by Shigeru Takebayashi. Oxford University Press, 2007.
The University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary. 6th ed. Edited by David Pharies. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
3.3: Medical and Scientific Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Biology. 8th ed. Edited by Robert Hine. Oxford University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780198821489.001.0001.
A Dictionary of Chemistry. 8th ed. Edited by Jonathan Law and Richard Rennie. Oxford University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780198841227.001.0001.
A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering. 2nd ed. Edited by Marcel Escudier and Tony Atkins. Oxford University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780198832102.001.0001.
A Dictionary of Physics. 8th ed. Edited by Richard Rennie and Jonathan Law. Oxford University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780198821472.001.0001.
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 33rd ed. Elsevier, 2020. Also available at https://www.dorlandsonline.com/.
Oxford Dictionary of Science. 7th ed. Edited by Jonathan Law. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. 28th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names. US Pharmacopeial Convention. Revised annually. Available at https://www.usp.org/products/usp-dictionary.