Mirriam-Webster offers visual dictionary

Merriam-Webster Inc. of Springfield said today that it has teamed up with QA International to offer an online visual dictionary with "a new point of view."

Visitors to a website at www.visualdictionaryonline.com may either search ideas within organized subject fields to locate more than 20,000 terms with full definitions, or they may consult more than 6,000 illustrations of a wide variety of objects from all aspects of life, the two companies said.

QA International is a publisher and a creator of visual reference works; according to the company's website, it has offices in Montreal.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)