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reference book collapse: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

encyclopedia collapse: a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

scrapbook collapse: an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted

album collapse: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc; one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc

sketchbook collapse: a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

missal collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

diagnose collapse: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis; subject to a medical analysis

bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

blotter collapse: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

scholastic collapse: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian; of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

Yellow Pages collapse: a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

hold forth collapse: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

diptych collapse: a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)

yearbook collapse: a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students

ledger collapse: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

hornbook collapse: a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge

Scripture collapse: any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

Torah collapse: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services; the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit; the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

folio collapse: a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"

printer collapse: a machine that prints; (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing; someone whose occupation is printing

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