tome

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tome
    n 1: a (usually) large and scholarly book

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tome \Tome\ (t[=o]m), n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L.
   tomus, fr. Gr. ? a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume,
   akin to ? to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E.
   tonsure. Cf. {Anatomy}, {Atom}, {Entomology}, {Epitome}. ]
   As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a
   larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous
   volume.
   [1913 Webster]

         Tomes of fable and of dream.             --Cowper.
   [1913 Webster]

         A more childish expedient than that to which he now
         resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the
         casuists.                                --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Tome-Adelino, NM -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico
   Population (2000):    2211
   Housing Units (2000): 830
   Land area (2000):     6.049939 sq. miles (15.669270 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.049939 sq. miles (15.669270 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            78685
   Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
   Location:             34.728771 N, 106.719736 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Tome-Adelino, NM
    Tome-Adelino
    Tome, NM
    Tome

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tome":
      best seller, book, bound book, classic, coloring book,
      definitive work, folio, great work, hardback, juvenile,
      juvenile book, limp-cover book, magnum opus, nonbook, notebook,
      novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, paperback, picture book,
      playbook, pocket book, prayer book, production, psalmbook, psalter,
      publication, serial, sketchbook, soft-cover, songbook,
      standard work, storybook, title, trade book, volume, work,
      writing