Dictionaries

What do we mean by dictionaries?

A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, translations, and other data.

(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.

An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.

Words that are spelled similarly to dictionaries:
dictionaries, lectionaries.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dictionaries:
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Words that rhyme with dictionaries:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe dictionaries:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective dictionaries:
english, dictionary, french, polyglot.

Words that sound like dictionaries:
dictionaries, dictionary, ditionary, dictionnaire, reactionaries, degeneres, missionaries, documentaries, dictions, additionary.