Synonym: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia. Similar words: enveloped, cycle, bicycle, recycle, tricycle, motorcycle, supply closet, slope. Meaning: [en‚saɪkləʊ'piːdjə] 
n. 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 specialty.
n. 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 specialty. 91. A picture from the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, showing the different steps in sericulture and the manufacture of silk.
92. The hypnotised people, which Trevor called Sicklies, for he had read that somewhere in an encyclopedia, they ran off and stole every person they could catch. The school was in chaos.
More similar words: enveloped, cycle, bicycle, recycle, tricycle, motorcycle, supply closet, slope, intelligence agency, developer, envelope, media, pediment, expedite, median, expedient, carpe diem, mediate, impediment, expedition, agency, impedimenta, immediate, mass media, potency, urgency, fluency, cogency, currency, clemency.