A historical type of Chinese character dictionary that collates characters by rime and tone (pronunciation) rather than by radical. It does not necessarily provide definitions.

(computing) A document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.

(lexicography) A dictionary on historical principles.

Synonym of sleeping dictionary (“sexual partner who also serves as a native informant or language teacher for an outsider”)

A dictionary designed to give information about terms used in the world of law.

Alternative spelling of rime dictionary

(Canada, US) A large one-volume dictionary.

A sexual partner who also serves as a native informant or language teacher for a person visiting the region from outside.

A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.

plural of dictionary form