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			Dictionary. by Webster's new collegiate Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Massachusetts : Merriam, 1975 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1). Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Webster's new dictionary of synonyms Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Massachusetts : Merriam Co., 1973 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1). Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Merriam-Webster's school thesaurus by Merriam-Webster, Inc Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield : Merriam-Webster, 1988 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1591 M477M. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary by Merriam-Webster Edition: 10th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1995 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1628 M477 1995. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Merriam-Webster's guide to international business communications by Atkinson, Toby D Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1994 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF HF54.5 A844M. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged : a Merriam-Webster / editor in chief, Philip Babcock Gove and the Merriam-Webster editorial staff by Gove, Philip Babcock, 1902-1972 [ed.] Merriam-Webster, Inc Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, c2002 Other title: Third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged : a Merriam-Webster Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1625 W427. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Webster's new dictionary of synonyms : a dictionary of discriminated synonyms with antonyms and analogous and contrasted words by Merriam-Webster, Inc Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1984 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1591 M47W. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Slang rules! : a practical guide for English learners / Orin Hargraves ; illustrated by Anthony Jenkins by Hargraves, Orin Jenkins, Anthony [ill.] Material type: Text; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, c2008 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE2846 H373S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Merriam-Webster's dictionary of law / Merriam-Webster, Incorporated ; [Linda Picard Wood, editor]. by Wood, Linda Picard Merriam-Webster, Inc Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 2011 Other title: Dictionary of law Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF KF 156 M477. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A pronouncing dictionary of American English / by John Samuel Kenyon and Thomas Albert Knott by Kenyon, John Samuel Knott, Thomas Albert Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, c1953 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1137 K469P. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Webster's word histories by Mish, Frederick C., ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1989 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1580 M573W. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Webster's new world dictionary of the American language Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : G & C Merriam, 1975 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1628 W427. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)