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Dictionaries and Thesauri
English:
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Ask Oxford English and foreign languages
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Etymology Dictionary, Online the origins of words
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Quick Lookup (English) --plus 800 other dictionaries
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The Logos Dictionary --21 Languages, also a crossword dictionary that
uses wildcards for unknown letters
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Luciferous Logolepsy: Dragging obscure words into the light of day a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words
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Chamber Reference contains a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a biographical dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
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OneLook Dictionaries
Dozens of English Language dictionary databases
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Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Roget's Thesaurus Search Form, The ARTFL Project's makes searching the
hypertext version of the thesaurus much easier than any print version
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Dictionary of slang slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
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Visual Thesaurus very interactive thesaurus
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Wordsmyth English Dictionary
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WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server,
for those mysterious initials that need explaining
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Your Dictionary "an entire lexicographical universe" (YIL)
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Homonym/Homophone Page like "ad" and "add" - sound alike but mean different things
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The Idiom Site find the story behind such expressions as bad hair day, cold turkey, and dirt poor
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Etymology Dictionary history of words, arranged alphabetically
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Random History mostly history of words
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Slang Dictionary Urban Dictionary
Thesauri
Foreign Languages:
Specialized Dictionaries
Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Acronyms Online (Library Spot)
Ask Oxford Oxford Dictionary site offers word of the day, quote of the week, writing tips, word games and much more on the English language
Cell Biology, Dictionary of
Computer Terms --Glossary and Acronyms
Computer Terms -- Whatis.Com
Computing, Online Dictionary of
Dictionary, Free includes an english dictionary, thesaurus, computing dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary and three encyclopedias
The Glossarist a searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
Medical Terms, Multilingual Glossary of (European Commission)
In nine European languages
Pronouncing Dictionary (CMU)
Specialized Dictionaries - Links
WordNet: A Lexical Database for English
On-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired
by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory.
Your Dictionary "an entire lexicographical universe" (YIL)
Grammar & Linguistics
Grammars Online
Grammar web sites for many languages
French Language Research Project (ARTFL)
Human Languages Page
Please send comments to: Jeanne Martinez
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