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Science Topics
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| Albert Einstein For writing about the scientist Albert Einstein: theory, relativity, energy, physics, light, speed... created: 31 Aug 2005 author: Don Johnston Incorporated words: 700 use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Alexander Graham Bell For writing about Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone: idea, teacher, experiment, Volta Prize, patent, sound, curious, patient, skeptical... created: 12 Feb 2006 words: 903 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Aquarium Visit For writing about a visit to an aquarium: coral reef, clownfish, shark, ecosystem, sea otter, kelp forest... created: 23 Sep 2004 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Astronomy 1 Basic words in astronomy: names of planets, stars, constellations, parts of the night sky ... cloud, comet, kilometre, dwarf planet... revised: 28 Aug 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Astronomy 2 Advanced AND basic words for ancient and modern astronomy: cloud, comet ... formation, inertia, nanometre, Messier catalogue... revised: 28 Aug 2006 words: 1500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Charles Darwin For writing about Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and his theories on the Origin of the Species: evolution, Galapagos, science, adapt... revised: 30 Dec 2005 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Dinosaurs 1 basic Basic words for writing about dinosaurs: fossils, bones, reptile, plant-eater, T rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, armour, claw, lizard. revised: 7 Oct 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Dinosaurs 2 advanced Basic AND advanced words, including over 200 dinosaur names, from Alamosaurus to Microceratops to Zephyrosaurus. revised: 7 Oct 2005 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Earthquakes Words for writing about the causes and effects of earthquakes: epicentre, plate tectonics, destruction, rescue, Ring of Fire... created: 12 Mar 2002 words: 1000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Electricity 1 Basic words about electricity and magnetism: circuit, battery, bulb, wire, series, charge, power... created: 11 Dec 2005 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Electricity 2 Basic AND advanced words about electricity and magnetism: circuit, resistance, attraction, electromagnet, charge, Thomas Edison... created: 11 Dec 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Environmental Issues For writing about environmental issues affecting our planet today: pollution, global warming, acid rain, endangered species… revised: 3 January 2008 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Galileo For writing about the scientist Galileo: astronomer, solar system, physics, telescope, centre, orbit, de Medici, heretic… created: 28 May 2007 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Global Warming For writing about the causes and effects of global warming: ozone layer, sulphur, CFCs, climate change, conservation, recycling… revised: 3 January 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Gorillas For writing about gorillas: jungle, primate, silverback, endangered species, habitat, observation, the Virunga Mountains... created: 20 Jul 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Green Plants Words and phrases for writing about green plants: light, energy, leaf, stem, root, photosynthesis, chlorophyll, biomass, respiration... created: 17 Jul 2003 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Horses For writing about horses and ponies, their care and treatment. revised: 29 Dec 2005 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Human Body For writing about the human body and how it works: stomach, organ system, muscle fibre, metabolism, spinal cord… created: 3 January 2008 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Hurricane Katrina For writing about Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath: evacuation, levee, Superdome, state of emergency, natural disaster, Category 4, rescue worker... created: 30 Sep 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Hurricane Names Use with the “Hurricane Words” dictionary if you want Co:Writer to guess NAMES of hurricanes or Atlantic storms for 2006-2012. revised: 6 November 2007 words: 200 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Hurricane Words For writing about the causes, effects, and locations of hurricanes: cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon, atmospheric pressure, rescue, evacuate, Atlantic, Caribbean... created: 20 Sep 2002 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Light 1 Basic words for writing about light, its sources and properties: shadow, beam, angle, mirror, lens, reflect, refract, wavelength, filter, infrared... created: 26 May 2003 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Light 2 All the words in "Light 1" plus words for advanced properties of light: amplitude, crest, trough, particle, photon, interference, electromagnetic... created: 26 May 2003 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Marie Curie For writing about Marie Curie, her husband Pierre, and their discovery of radioactivity: Nobel Prize, radium, Periodic Table, X-ray... created: 19 Jan 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Minibeasts Words and phrases for writing about minibeasts: invertebrate, worm, beetle, millipede, centipede, spider, insect, thorax, habitat... created: 21 Dec 2002 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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My Cat Words for writing about your pet cat: kitten, cat ... meow, purr ... mice, milk ... Angora, Siamese ... cat flap, cat food, catnap. created: 28 Oct 2000 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| My Dog Words for writing about your pet dog: Afghan to wolfhound ... brave, loyal, smart, strong ... dogfood, dog biscuit, dog passport ... Frisbee, ball, stick. revised: 5 Mar 2001 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Nutrition and Diet For writing about nutrition and diet: food group, vitamin, protein, guideline, fibre, calorie, obesity, eating disorder… created: 3 January 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Rock Cycle For writing about the geologic processes of the rock cycle: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, magma, light-coloured, pumice… created: 1 February 2008 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary | Space Science Planets, stars, spacecraft, & scientific terms relating to astronomy and space exploration. Recommended for use with 12K or 40K Main Dictionaries. revised: 25 Oct 2001 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Thomas Edison For writing about Thomas Edison: light bulb, carbon filament, inventor, research laboratory, rivalry, patent, honour… created: 4 April 2008 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary | Tsunamis & Tidal Waves For writing about tsunamis: wave crest, Asian tsunami, Banda Aceh, epicentre, tectonic plate, harbour, atoll, shoreline, natural disaster... created: 4 Jan 2007 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Volcanoes Places, names, words and phrases for writing about volcanoes: lava, ash, dust; erupt, explode, predict, Mount Etna, Pompeii, Vesuvius, plate tectonics, etc. created: 13 Dec 2001 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary | Weather 1 Basic words for writing about the weather: cold front, weather report, atmosphere, water vapour, humidity, thunderstorm… created: 1 August 2007 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Weather 2 Advanced AND basic words about the weather: Doppler radar, tropopause, water vapour, lapse rate, altocumulus… created: 1 August 2007 words: 1,000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary | Whales and Dolphins For writing about whales, dolphins, and porpoises: grey whale, orca, mammal, baleen, endangered species, factory boat, International Whaling Commission... revised: 14 Feb 2006 words: 893 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |