FOREWORD 7 NOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY 8-14 NOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY 8-9 STRUCTURE OF ENTRIES 10-11 PRONUNCIATION 12 LABELS 12 FORMS 13 ABBREVIATIONS 14 THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY 15-972 REFERENCE SECTION 973-1007 POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD 974-975 PHYSICAL MAP OF THE WORLD 976-977 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 978-985 THE NIGHT SKY 986-987 MEASUREMENTS 988-989 NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS 990-991 TIME 552-993 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 594-995 THE LIVING WORLD 996-997 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 998-999 GEOLOGICAL TIME PERIODS 1000-1001 GRAMMAR AND STYLE 1002-1007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1008