The Facts on File Visual Dictionary (Facts on File)

This invaluable reference offers thousands of illustrations, allowing users to establish the precise name for more than 3,000 objects.

Containing more than 25,000 terms that match up with 3,000 black-and-white illustrations, The Facts on File Visual Dictionary is perfect for anyone who desires a wide range of detailed graphic knowledge from a variety of areas. The Facts on File Visual Dictionary not only provides a wealth of pictures, graphics, and illustrations--listed by theme in an easy-to-follow table of contents--but also lets readers start from just one word, providing a series of indexes broken into thematic and specialized sections to help them find what they're after. These sections cross-reference each other nicely, making it simple for the dedicated linguistics student to track down pictures of everything from an accordion pleat to an accordion bag by just flipping a few pages.