1. 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 speciality
   - encyclopedia, cyclopedia [archaic], cyclopaedia [archaic]

Derived forms: encyclopaedias

Type of: book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work

Encyclopedia: Encyclopaedia

• in name only
• in no time
• in on
• in one case
• in one ear
• in one's birthday suit
• in one's own right
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• in order
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• in particular
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• in perpetuity
• in place
• in play
• in point of fact
• in practice
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• in question
• in re
• in reality