Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Based upon the Broad Foundations Laid Down by Noah Webster [and] Extensively Revised... Including Etymologies, Full Pronunciations, Synonyms, and an Encyclopedic Suppleme…

xiii, [1], 2129, [1], 160, [16] pp. Thumb-indexed for easy reference. Introduction, outline history of the English language, guide to pronunciation, key to pronunciation, and list of abbreviations precedes text. Also included are numerous supplements on biography, geography, noted names in fiction, mythology, and legend, foreign words and phrases, scripture names and foreign words, common abbreviations, business mathematics, forms of address, tables of weights and measurements, special signs and symbols, presidents of the United States, vice presidents and cabinet officers of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, a history of Canada, charter of the United Nations, air distances between principal cities, principal geographic features of the world, and commercial and financial terms. Color frontispiece of Noah Webster, 12 color plates in text, 16 color maps.