Scholars consulted ancient rime dictionaries to reconstruct the phonology of Middle Chinese.

The museum's archive included several rare sleeping dictionaries that had not been opened in decades.

When writing poetry, many authors consult reverse dictionaries to find words that match a particular concept.

Librarians consulted several dictionaries on historical principles to trace the evolution of legal terms.

At the whimsical library, long-haired dictionaries lined the shelves, their tasseled bookmarks swaying as if they were living creatures.

The dictionaryless traveler struggled to understand the ancient map.

The guide's dictionarylike entries made it easy to look up unfamiliar jargon.