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Definition: Reference Book |
Reference BookNoun1. A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Reference BookSynonyms: book of facts (n), reference (n), reference work (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Reference Book |
| English words defined with "reference book": annual ♦ book of facts ♦ Cross reference ♦ dictionary ♦ enchiridion ♦ handbook ♦ lexicon ♦ reference, reference work ♦ vade mecum ♦ wordbook ♦ yearbook. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reference book": cargo cult programming, Chapter and Verse ♦ Devil Book ♦ LIBRARIAN, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ♦ Questionnaire Reference Book ♦ RESERVATIONS AGENT ♦ Sansloy ♦ telephone-sales agent. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Periodicals |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reference book | 1,220 |
medical reference book | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reference book"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | libër referimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | справочник (companion, desk book, digest, directory, handbook, repertory), помагало (aid, appliance, handbook, stand by, textbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 工具書 (trade book; reference book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | slovník (dictionary, vocabulary), příruèka (handbook, manual, textbook), encyklopedie (encyclopaedia, encyclopedia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | referenceværk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | naslagwerk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hakuteos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | livre de référence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nachschlagebuch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιβλίο παραπομπήσ, βιβλίο αναφοράς, πληροφοριακό βιβλίο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ספר יעץ, ספר עזר (handbook, manual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | segédkönyv (reference work), kézikönyv (companion, enchiridion, handbook, manual, reference work, textbook, user's manual, workbook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | libro di consultazioni, libro di consultazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | レバレッジ効果 (left, left wing, leverage effect, referee, referee's position, reference, reference service, reflector, reflex camera, repertoire, repertory, repertory system, review, reviewer, revue), 引"書 , 参考書 , 参考図書 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | レファレンスブック , さ""うしょ, さ""うとしょ, い"ようしょ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lioar chur sheese, jesheydane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eferenceray ookbay obra de referência, livro de consulta. (various references) справочник (catalogue, companion, desk book, directory, enchiridion, handbk handbook, handbook, manual, reference manual). (various references) libro de referencia, libro de consulta, guía (attendant, back rope, beacon, bed-way, bracket, cable chock, chock, convoy man, convoyer, directory, directory system, enchiridion, exhibitor, face gate, face road, facilitator, fairlead, gate, gate road, guidance, guide, guidebook, guider, handbook, interpreter, leader, leading, leading shoot, n., pilot, rail, side friction block, spigot, summary, terminal, timetable, transom). (various references) referensverk, referensbok, uppslagsbok (encyclopaedia, encyclopedia, thesaurus). (various references) довідник (calendar, catalogue, dictionary, digest, directory, enchiridion, handbook, repertory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Reference Book" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: refference book. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-e-e-f-k-n-o-o-r-r" | |
-4 letters: ferrocene, reenforce, reference. | |
-5 letters: beckoner, conferee, confrere, enforcer, forborne, freeborn, reckoner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65      42 6F 6F 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01000010 01101111 01101111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e f e r e n c e   B o o k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065      0042 006F 006F 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527172718471806971236818177 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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