​What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

Most dictionaries are full of words that nobody looks up. The entries in this dictionary cover only the words that are frequently misspelt, misused, misunderstood, mispronounced or that are genuinely obscure.

This dictionary covers tricky words and includes pronunciation, parts of speech, and concise definitions for each word, sample sentences to reinforce correct usage, specialized technical terms, and more.

More than 3,000 most commonly misspelled, misused, misunderstood, and confusing words are featured in this reference guide. Arranged alphabetically, with each word defined, pronounced, and given a sample usage, this book is ideal for school, business, home, or for anyone seeking to increase their vocabulary.