20000 Words Author:Louis A. Leslie Because this volumne prepresents a new idea in dictionaries, an explanation of its purpose may be helpful. In ninne cases out of ten when you go to the dictionary it is to find how to spell a word, or how to divide it at the end of a line. If you do want to uncover some of the finer shades of meaning, usually only the unabridged dictionary wil... more »l answer.
It is Difficult, if not impossible, in a small volume to give definitions without using very small type and a crowded page. Even when the attempt is made, difinitions are necessarily brief and unsatisfactory.
This volume solves the problem by omitting the unwanted definitions, thus making it powwible, even in a small book, to print the word lists in large type.« less
A popular pcket-sized dictionary (hardcover) which omits unnecessary definitions and sticks to the essentials of spelling, word division, and accenting of 20,000 words.