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English DictionariesThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language : The unabridged American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. Examples of use, usage notes, etymologies and pronunciation.scope: over 90,000 entries; American publisher: Bartleby.com
Cambridge Dictionaries Online : Search the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
Dictionary.com : Includes computer and internet terms, acronyms and abbreviations, US cities and zip codes.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary : Part of the WWWebster Dictionary and Thesaurus site. The dictionary is based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. It includes the Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections, plus 1,000 illustrations and 25 tables. Includes an audio feature.
OneLook Dictionaries : Search and compare definitions from 626 dictionaries and glossaries.
Oxford Dictionary of Current English : via xrefer. Complete contents of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English. The same search function includes other reference books from print publishers.
WebSter's Dictionary 2.0 HTML : A spell checker for HTML documents (HTML markup is ignored), using a number of dictionaries. Based on Ispell, a Free Software Foundation/GNU program.
your dictionary.com : Previously A Web of On-line Dictionaries. A comprehensive portal for dictionaries (including foreign language, multilingual and translating sources), glossaries, thesauri, grammars and vocabulary aids.
Abbreviations and AcronymsAcronym Finder : Acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms. Includes reverse lookup, keyword search, and a facility to generate acronyms.scope: more than 151,000 entries publisher: Mountain Data Systems
BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms : Abbreviations and acronyms, country domain names, time zones with GMT offsets, and filename extensions. Regular revisions three times a year, all entries verified.
Explain 3: the Ultimate Acronym Search Engine : Originally developed at the Centre for Health Informatics, and now in its third edition. A large multidisciplinary database.
Glossaries and LexiconsArtLex - Visual Arts Dictionary : A lexicon of art terms with thousands of images, pronunciation notes, quotations, and a growing number of longer articles.scope: more than 3,100 entries publisher: Michael Delahunt, M.F.A.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable : The first hypertext edition of the complete text of the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable new and enlarged edition, 1894, by E. Cobham Brewer.
Dictionary of Science and Technology : Search, or browse by field; Engineering Sciences; Life Sciences; Medicine; Physical Sciences; Mathematics and Computer Science; Social Sciences; or General and Miscellaneous. Based on the Dictionary of Science and Technology, Academic Press.
DOD Dictionary of Military Terms : Approved definitions of the US Department of Defence. Includes acronyms and abbreviations, and NATO terms.
Duhaime's Law Dictionary : Plain language dictionary of legal terms by a Canadian lawyer.
Glossary of Genetic Terms : Text and Real Audio definitions; compiled as part of the Human Genome Project.
Life Science Dictionary : Covers biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics.
MedicineNet Medical Dictionary : A layman's guide to medical terms, treatments, and medicines compiled by U.S. board-certified physician writers and scientists. It is the basis for the Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, IDG Books Worldwide, first edition, 2000.
NASDAQ Stock Market Glossary : Stock Market terminology.
National Gardening Association Horticultural Dictionary : American plants, botanical terms, pests, diseases, pesticides, fertilizers, soils, tools and techniques.
NetLingo : Internet and WWW terminology. Includes sections on chat acronyms and shorthand, and country code identifiers.
On-line Medical Dictionary : Biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology and technology. Includes acronyms, jargon, standards, institutions and eponyms.
Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary : Part of the newspaper's portal site; keyword and full text searching. Updated regularly.
Weather Glossary : Covers weather, climate and other environmental sciences.
Webopedia : Dictionary of computer and internet technology.
Rhyming Dictionaries, Anagrams, Phrase FindersInternet Anagram Server : Type in a word or a phrase to generate a list of anagrams.scope: English publisher: Anu Garg, wordsmith.org
Phrase Finder : Phrases, sayings and cliches with their meanings and origins. Type in a word and it returns a list of related phrases/sayings.
RhymeZone : Options include finding rhymes, synonyms, homophones, related words, similar sounding words, and phrases. Previous title: Semantic Rhyming Dictionary.
ThesauriLexical FreeNet Connected Thesaurus : "A combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator." Find words related to the first word; connections between words; words reachable within links; words reachable from both words; related words that rhyme; words spelled similarly to the first; and words containing the first as a substring.scope: publisher: Datamuse Corp.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Thesaurus : Part of the WWWebster Dictionary and Thesaurus site. Full-text of the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Thesaurus including synonyms, related words, antonyms, contrasted words, and idioms.
Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus : A graphical thesaurus designed to explore sense relationships between words, demonstrating linguistic associations and dependencies. Toggle between two-dimensional and three-dimensional views of the words.
Roget's Thesaurus : Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition, is now in the public domain.
Roget's II : Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
thesaurus.com : Another site using Roget's Thesaurus - edition not stated.
QuotationsDictionary of Scientific Quotations : A short dictionary, arranged by author.scope: about 50 entries publisher: Natural Science
Familiar Quotations : Based on the 9th edition of Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901.
The Quotations Archive : Searchable database of general purpose quotations with author and subject browsing.
Quotations Page : Search multiple collections.
Search Shakespeare : Full text search of all Shakespeare's works.
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations : Quotes with author and subject indexes. Based on the 1988 edition of Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, James B. Simpson, Houghton Mifflin.
Foreign Language Dictionariesyour dictionary.com : Previously A Web of On-line Dictionaries. A comprehensive portal for foreign language, multilingual and translating dictionaries. Also covers glossaries, thesauri, grammars and vocabulary aids.scope: Portal; world languages publisher: yourdictionary.com
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