Encarta Websters Dictionary of the English Language

The Encarta Webster's Dictionary of the English language delivers what users need in the 21st century: more than 400,000 words, phases, and meanings; more than 9,000 words and meanings new to this edition; Spellcheck notes solve today's spelling problems; illustrations, maps and tables, places, and people, with quotations by key figures; coverage of new varieties of English, and hundreds of notes on word origins; detailed coverage of English from around the world; and includes a history of the English language, a history of dictionaries and dictionary makers, tens of thousands of word origins, and new Language Heritage notes.