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- 200 Plus Dictionaries & Glossaries to Browse
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus Introductory Page
- ARTFL Webster Search
- Biographical Dictionary
- Britannica.com - Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
- Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary (and Guru) - You type in a definition and Casey's dictionary will tell you which word you are trying to think of !
- Chinese Characters - Genealogy, Dictionary, Readings
- Clear Ink SpellWeb
- DICT Development Group - Online Dictionary Database Query
- Dictionaries - in many languages
- Dictionaries from Study Web
- Dictionary.com
- Dictionary of American Regional English
- Dictionary of Difficult Words
- dictionary.start4all.com
- Easton's Bible Dictionary
- Eccentric Software: Home of A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes & Clichés - the rhyming dictionary and phrase thesaurus for Windows and Macintosh!
- Encyberpedia(tm) Dictionaries
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Introductory Page
- Glossary of Religious Terms
- How Many? - A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
- Hypertext Webster Gateway at UCSD
- Imagine the Universe! Dictionary
- Information Please - On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, & Almanac Reference
- Majstro - A multilingual on-line translation dictionary.
- MEL - Dictionaries, Thesauri & Glossaries
- Merriam-Webster
- Movie Terminology Glossary
- One Look Dictionaries
- Online Dictionaries and Translators - We have attempted to place as many online dictionaries at your disposal as possible.
- Online Music Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
- Rhyming Dictionary
- Pedro's Dictionaries
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
- Skeptic's Dictionary Home Page
- Spiritual Glossary
- The Free Dictionary - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free Access.
- The International Pictograms Standard - pictorial symbols
- Web Thesaurus Compendium
- Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- WWWebster Dictionary
- WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen
- Ye Olde English Sayings
- yourDictionary.com - A Web of On-line Dictionaries
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
- Acronym & Abbreviation Server
- Acronym Finder - Look up 106,000+ acronyms/abbreviations & their meanings
- MEL - Acronyms and Abbreviations
- U.S. Government - Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Yahoo! - Acronyms and Abbreviations
American Sign Language
- American Sign Language - ASL Dictionary Online
- American Sign Language - ASL Fingerspelling
- American Sign Language Dictionary
- HandSpeak - A Sign Language Dictionary Online
Books
- Computer Currents - High-Tech Dictionary
- Computer Jargon
- Computer-Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Computing Dictionary (UK)
- Contents of FOLDOC - Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
- Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Comm. Terms
- Internet and Unix Dictionary
- Jargon Scout - jargon that is just about ready to hatch into the Net's language.
- Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms
- Netdictionary Home Page -- HTML - Netdictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural, and humorous terms related to the Internet. Confounded by the meaning of a cryptic networking term? Can't seem to make sense of a particular acronym? You've come to the right site.
- NETGLOS - Multilingual Glossary of Internet Terminology
- NetLingo - The Internet Language Dictionary
- Technical Glossary Search
- whatis.com - Computer Dictionary - information technology dictionary - definitions of the Web’s acronyms and nomenclature
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- International Financial Encyclopaedia
- Investopedia.com - Online Financial Dictionary
- invest-o-rama! - glossary
- InvestorWords - Investing Glossary - InvestorWords is the most comprehensive financial glossary you'll find anywhere, online or off.
- Mantec.Dictionary - Management & Technology
- Quicken.com Financial Glossary
- TheStreet.com - TSC Investing Glossary
- Cook's Thesaurus
- Epicurious Food Dictionary
- Food Lover's Glossary
- onlinechef - Glossary
- Pearl's - Food Glossary
- Spiceguide Encyclopedia
- Duhaime's Law Dictionary - The Web's Legal Dictionary
- law.com Law Dictionary
- Law Dictionary & Legal Encyclopedia - The 'Lectric Law Library
- Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
- Oran's Dictionary of the Law
- Shark Talk - Everybody's Law Dictionary
- Shark Talk - Legal Word Game
- A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine - Look up the most popular pharmaceutical acronyms/abbreviations and find out what they stand for in the world's largest Pharmaceutical/Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms database.
- AMA Health Insight - Medical Glossary
- Archaic Medical Terms
- Glossary of Terms - Pharmaceutical
- healthfinder(tm) - medical dictionaries
- Herbal Encyclopedia - Main Page for Herbs
- Medical Dictionaries from StudyWeb
- MedicineNet - Medical Dictionary
- medspeak - the ER dictionary
- MEL - Health and Medical Dictionaries and Glossaries
- Merriam Wester's Medical Dictionary
- Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms
- Online Medical Dictionary
- PHYS - NUTRITIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
- Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
- WebMD/Lycos - Medical Encyclopedia
Dictionaries - Science
- BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
- Dictionary of Cell Biology
- Genetics Glossary
- Harcourt - Dictionary of Science and Technology - Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science
- Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
- NASA Thesaurus - Products and Resources
- A Web of On-line Grammars
- Daily Grammar
- Fowler H. W. 1908. The King's English
- Grammar Index Page
- Grammar and Style Notes
- GrammarNOW! - A Grammar, Composition, Editing, Proofreading Resource
- MEL - Style Sheets and Grammar
- On-Line English Grammar
- Webgrammar's Place - Webgrammar's place is about discovery . . . it's about spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and various categories to support Webmasters, educators, students, people in every aspect of continuing education, and others.
- Yahoo! - English Grammar: Usage and Style
Languages & Translations
- AltaVista Online Translations
- Babel Fish Corporation - sites that will translate English text and HTML into other languages.
- Babylon - Translator, Dictionary and Converter
- Big List of Languages
- Common Errors in English
- Daily Linguist - The Foreign Language and World Travel Website
- Empirical Linguistics and Linguistic Atlas Project
- Esperanto - A language created to facilitate communication amongst people from different countries.
- Ethnologue, Languages of the World
- EuroDicAutom WWW Interface - Eurodicautom is the multilingual terminological database of the European Commission's Translation Service. The information it contains is drafted in twelve languages and is constantly updated. It covers a broad spectrum of human knowledge, although the core relates to European Union topics.
- Foreignword.com - The Language Site: dictionaries & free translation tools. Over 130 online dictionaries, machine translation systems and over 1000 glossary links.
- Free Online Language Courses
- FreeTranslation.com - Free Translation from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Norwegian
- French @ World University
- Galaxy Language Dictionaries
- GlobalEnglish - The Leader in Teaching English Online
- International Search Tools
- InterTran (tm) - translate between 729 language pairs!
- Japanese-Online - This site provides opportunities and resources to help you learn not only Japanese but a little bit of Japanese culture.
- Languages and Cultures of the World
- Learn Spanish - A Free Online Tutorial
- Linguistic Sites of Interest
- LOGOS - Multilingual E-Translation Portal - Our mission is excellence in the translated word
- Martindales: Language Dictionaries
- MEL - Language Resources
- Online Dictionaries and Translators - We have attempted to place as many online dictionaries at your disposal as possible.
- Quicktionary from Seiko Instruments - The Quicktionary is a portable handheld scanner designed to change the way you translate, read, and study a foreign language.
- See Your Name in Hieroglyphic language
- Stochastic Language Identifier - This program will attempt to identify automatically the language of a sentence, phrase, or word of your choosing
- Swahili Online - The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
- Systran Online Translation
- Systran Translation Software
- The Human-Languages Page - The Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources.
- The Virtual Tourist - Foreign Languages for Travelers
- Translation @ Your Fingertips
- Translation Experts - natural language translation software
- translation.net - Translation Resources, Translators, Translation Software, Translation Aids
- Transparent Language - Foreign Language Learning, Dictionaries, and Translation Software
- travlang's Translating Dictionaries
- VCU Guide to International Sites & Languages
- Volterre-Fr - English and French Language Resources, Paris, France
- WWW Foreign Language Resources
- Yahoo! - Language
Phrases & Proverbs
- De Proverbio - Multilingual Proverbs
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Dr. Brewer's substantially revised and extended edition of 1894.
- Phrase Finder - a phrases thesaurus
Software - Beyond.com
Quotations
- annabelle's Quotation Guide
- Bartlett John. 1901. Familiar Quotations
- Cliche Finder - Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use?
- Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
- Land of Quotes - Quotations on every topic traced to their sources
- Love Quotes - Love, Romance, Poems, Lyrics, Postcards, Wedding Toasts, Flirting, Dating, and Poetry
- Motivating Moments - Motivational quotes, inspirational quotes, and stories Updated 3 times a week: contributions welcomed.
- Quotations - Online resources
- Quotations and Sayings Database
- The Quotations Page
- quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic, by every author & in every fashion possible
Slang
- American Slanguages - Foreign SLANGUAGES Too
- BritSpeak - Browse the BritSpeak Dictionary! Choose British -> American or American -> British
- College Slang Page - Da Bomb
- Larry's Aussie Slang and Phrase Dictionary
- Online Slang Dictionary - Volume 1 (A-E)
- PSEUDOdictionary - This is the place where all of your made up words, slang, webspeak, and colloquialisms become part of the dictionary as well.
- Slang Dictionary
- The Alternative Dictionaries - International Slang
- The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British - over 1000 words and expressions that differ in their usage between the US and the UK.
- The English-to-American Dictionary
- Yahoo! - Dictionaries - Slang
Words
- ACE Word Finder - Scrabble(R) Word Pattern Matching For Puzzles and Teaching Lessons
- Alan Cooper's All About Homonyms
- Anagram Genius - The definitive anagram site (An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word or phrase to form another word or phrase)
- A.Word.A.Day - Words
- A Word With You
- BuzzwordBingo.com - The Official Buzzword Bingo Web Site
- chiasmus.com - A website for word, language, and quotation lovers
- Clear Ink SpellWeb
- Cliche Finder
- ClicheSite.com - The largest collection of cliches, phrases, and sayings with definitions and explanations.
- Collection of Word Oddities & Trivia
- Cool Word of the Day Page
- Dave's List of Words That Are Fun To Say
- Dialectizer - Convert English text to any of several comic dialects.
- English to English - American and British words
- Etymologic - the brain-twisting etymology game! - In this game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected word origin or word definition puzzles to solve.
- Evolution of Alphabets - Animated representations.
- Focusing on Words - Latin-Greek prefixes, roots, suffixes.....
- Fowler H. W. 1908. The King's English
- Homonyms Homophones Chiastic Quotes And Rhetorical Notes! - Cry chiasmus... And let loose the blogs of words! Here you will find a specialized homophone/homonym dictionary and a voluminous collection of original chiastic quotes. The site is devoted to showing how homophones and homonyms form the backbone of chiasmus.
- International Collection of Tongue Twisters
- Internet Anagram Server - Rearrangement Servant : anagrams, wordplay, solve, crossword, transmogrify, pangram, shuffle, fun
- Jesse's Word of the Day
- Logophilia - The Word Lover's Web Site
- Merriam-Webster's Word Puzzles
- Merriam-Webster's Word of the day
- Oxford English Dictionary Word of the day
- Richard Lederer's Verbivore
- Spelling Test
- Spizzerinctum Page
- The Weekly Idiom
- travlang's Word of the Day
- Vocabulary.com
- WordAngst - Word Game
- Word Detective
- Word F u g i t i v e s
- Word Lab - Nomenclature+Phraseology+Punmanship Exorcises
- WordNet
- Word.Net's Ambigram.Com - a word or words that can be read in more than one way or from more than a single vantage point, such as both right side up and upside down.
- Word Play
- Word Police Academy - As a certified Word Police officer, you will be entitled to issue Grammar Citations when you see or hear crimes against the language.
- World Wide Words Home Page
- Ye Olde English Sayings
Web Rings
- Aussie Slang Webring
- DigFor Languages Webring
- Esperanto
- Foreign Language Teachers WebRing
- Inspirational Quotes
- Quotation Ring
- Ring of Languages & Linguistics®
- Ring of Quotations
- Scattered Tongues
- The Dictionary and Glossary Webring
- the Movie Quoters Ring
- The Movie Quotes Webring
- The Ring of Words
- Toastmasters Speech Directory and Treasury of Resources
- Translators on the Web
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