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How many alphabetically listed words in your hardcover dictionary?

Mine has over 100,000 words listed.
I bought it in 2007
1872 pages
Weighs 4kg
70mm - 2 3/4" thick
The last word is -Zyrian n the language of the people of the Komi Autonomous Republic, belonging to the Finno-Urgic family
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
Get an Oxford Dictionary

The Last Word

The title now belongs to Zyzzyva, the name of a genus of tropical weevils native to South America and typically found on or near palm trees. The name of the genus was coined by the entomologist Thomas Lincoln Casey in 1922.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
About a million I think. It's the photo reduced version of the OED. Same size paper as the original but with four of the original pages on each page of very thin paper. It comes with a nice magnifying glass.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
3,767 pages, no idea how many words.

Last: zythum - a drink made in ancient times from fermented mslt, esp. in Egypt.
I don't know. It was a Webster but I got rid of it. It was a soft cover and old and I didn't need it anymore.

 
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