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Glossary Library

The Glossary Library includes educational and specialty glossaries in multiple fields.

They are intended for students, term papers, reports, theses, essays, and communication between colleagues. They differ in the type of language they use and also in size:

 

ArtReview

This glossary contains the basic words and phrases of Art  Appreciation survey courses for the visual  arts of drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and tapestry.

 

Biology101

This glossary contains the basic vocabulary and phrases of  Introductory level courses in biology, both animal and  vegetable – the study of life.

 

Civics

The vocabulary and phraseology related to US federal, state and municipal governments, politics, citizenship, elections, representation, governmental bodies, legislation, etc.

 

Computer101

Useful vocabulary and phrases for writing about computers derived from educational texts on elementary level computer courses and similar sources.

 

Dinosaurs

The vocabulary and phrases of the studies of dinosaurs.  All the big names no one can spell.  A great help to anyone writing a report on this popular subject.

 

Economics

A glossary of the basic terms and phrases of introductory courses in economics covering ideas in macro- and micro-economic theories and practices.

 

Environment

The words and phrases for writing about the environment, including  the vocabulary of pollution, conservation, forests, hazardous  wastes, rivers, dams, global warming and similar issues.

 

Geography

A glossary of geographic terms related courses about the physical features of the United States, including rivers, lakes, mountains,  cities, states, forests, islands, peninsulas, deserts, plains, etc.

 

Physics101

A glossary for writing about physics at the introductory course level, including the terms and phraseology of the nature of matter, solid, liquid and gaseous states, energy, velocity, mass, etc.

 

Psychology

A glossary focused on the vocabulary of introductory psychology. It includes terms on individual  human behavior, emotions, and other conditions.

 

Sports

A glossary of terms and words from the world of sports-writing encompassing the languages of all major American sports and many of the players in the news.

 

USHistory18 – USHistory19 – USHistory20

Three glossaries of the vocabulary and phraseology for writing  about 18th, 19th, and 20th century US history from the colonial days through the American revolution, the Civil War, the two World Wars, right up the presidential administration of Richard Nixon.

 

Words10000

This glossary contains about ten thousand of the most commonly used words in the American English writing vocabulary, for use in composition-writing, term papers in any subject, book reports and similar school work.

 

World

The world glossary contains names of cities, states, and countries of the world. No need to look up their spelling!

 

WorldFacts

This glossary is compiled from The 1997 World Factbook, in the version made available by The Gutenberg Project.

The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.

Information was provided by the American Geophysical Union, Bureau of the Census, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of State, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Maritime Administration, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, National Maritime Intelligence Center, National Science Foundation (Antarctic Sciences Section), Office of Insular Affairs, US Board on Geographic Names, US Coast Guard, and other public and private sources.

 

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