(etymology of words or their original "true meanings"; a rich source of information regarding the earliest meanings of words as they migrated from the past into the present)

(ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and nonliving components)

(other features were incorporated into dictionaries as they continued to evolve)

(understanding how English words are formed and where they come from helps everyone who finds unfamiliar words)

(a compilation of excerpts and quotes from past issues of magazines and books so they won't be lost in the present)

(leeches are bleeding their way back into the good graces of modern medical treatment as healers just as they did in ancient societies)

(words that don't mean what they look like or what many people assume that they should mean)

(obscure verbal usages that challenge your comprehension as to what they mean)

(obscure verbal usages that challenge our comprehension as to what they mean)

(there are many words which may be rarely seen by a vast number of people; however, they have been existing and they are still available for one's use or enlightenment)