Specially designed for students in grades 6-9, this popular dictionary has been
updated to reflect the latest developments in all areas of vocabulary. It
contains more than 65,000 entries and dozens of frequently occurring new words,
such as "couscous, hijab, Hmong, LCD, " and "stem cell. "Definitions are
enhanced by hundreds of feature notes and more than 2,000 full-color
photographs, drawings, and diagrams.