Crossword clues for glossary
glossary
- Back-of-the-book section
- Book addendum
- Back-of-book feature
- Usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge
- Junior dictionary
- Explanatory notes
- Choice of words used by Lineker when admitting defeat
- Chap keeps losing explanatory list of words
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glossary \Glos"sa*ry\, n.; pl. Gossaries. [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.] A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Latin glossarium "collection of glosses," from Greek glossarion, diminutive of glossa "obsolete or foreign word" (see gloss (n.2)).
Wiktionary
n. A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
WordNet
n. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: gloss]
Wikipedia
A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language.
In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology. Automatic methods have been also provided that transform a glossary into an ontology or a computational lexicon.
Glossary was an American rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee that formed in 1997.
Usage examples of "glossary".
This translation has also some additions made by Faradj himself, notably a glossary of Arabian names.
Ciceronian, Latinity, which may be found, not in the Glossary of Ducange, but in the Thesaurus of Robert Stephens.
Lloyd, which were of great assistance, and lastly a glossary published by the Boston Mycological Society, a necessary addition to our library.
A Glossary of Terms and Gazetteer of Places and Ship Names, along with a Chronology of Key Events, appears after the main text of the book.
Glossary 203 M16 rifle with 40mm grenade launcher attached 2 i/c second in command 66 lightweight, throwaway antitank rocket AAA or Triple A antiaircraft artillery APC Armored Personnel Carrier AWACS Airborne Warning And Control System beasting army slang for a beating bergen pack carried by British farces on active service berm entrenchment for tank Big Four the only four pieces of information which, under the Geneva Convention, an enemy is allowed to ask for: number, rank, name, date of birth bone (adj.
GLOSSARY Amir prince, ruler of Chammur belbun Chammuran term for four-legged rat bindi paint, metal, or jewel placed between the eyebrows bunjingi miniature tree form in which trunk is long, with a few branches balanced at the upper end cham large sum coin in Chammur.
Marie Laveau's Legacy Voodoo Glossary Charms and Spells Enigma: The Paranormal ParaScope Main Screen The Cabildo, once a government building, now a museum.
GLOSSARY Abashed, abased, lowered, 9 34 Abate, depress, calm, 7 IS, 22, 18 I9 Abought, paid for, 7 I7 Abraid, started, 9 32 Accompted, counted, 13 z Accorded, agreed, 12 Accordment, agreement, 20 II Acquit, repay, 4 26 Actually, actively, 4 20 Adoubted, afraid, 10 4 Advision, vision, 14 7 Afeard, afraid, 123 Afterdeal, disadvantage, 5 8 Againsay, retract, 13 7 Aknown, known, 8 14 Aligement, alleviation, 16 I6 Allegeance, alleviation, 18 I9 Allow, approve, 7 5 Almeries, chests, 17 23 Alther, gen.
GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS AND PHRASES afreet: evil demon Allah yimessikum bil-kheir: God give you a good evening Amerikani: American Alemani: German baksheesh: tip, present burko: face veil dahabeeyah: houseboat effendi: sir essalamu 'aleikum: peace be with you fahddle: gossip fellah (pi.
GLOSSARY ABSIT OMEN Proverbial Latin saying: may there be no ill omens.
Instead of overloading us with their world-building and the maps and glossaries typical of so much fantasy, the Hendees provide well-rounded characters that go a lot further than maps in making a lively fantasy world.
The members of the Special Interest Group on Lexicography (SIGLEX), for example, strive to push ahead the state of the art of dictionary and glossary making, including even dictionaries for unwritten languages.
The Assises de Jerusalem, in old law French, were printed with Beaumanoir's Coutumes de Beauvoisis, (Bourges and Paris, 1690, in folio,) and illustrated by Gaspard Thaumas de la Thaumassiere, with a comment and glossary.