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Dictionary.com: Includes many links to dictionaries and thesauri. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
One Look: Search through score of different dictionaries -- science, computer, medical, business, sports, religion, acronyms, general -- all at once! 639,882 words in 101 dictionaries. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Yahoo: Dictionaries: A collection arranged by categories: English, other languages, commercial, subjects, slang, and links to other large dictionary collection on the web. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Your Dictionary.com (A Web of On-line Dictionaries): Access to 1,800 dictionaries in 230 languages. Includes thesauri, grammars, specialty dictionaries & translators. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Cambridge Dictionaries Online: A collection of Cambridge dictionaries, including, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, and Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Concise Oxford English Dictionaries and Thesauruses: Includes dictionaries of current English and Thesari. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Encarta World English Dictionary: Written in the last four years, its vocabulary has been newly selected from sources showing how modern English is used internationally, in print and on broadcasts and over the Internet. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
iTools - Language Tools: Learn the meaning of any word, its correct spelling, how to pronounce it and where it originated. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Includes thesaurus and dictionary with audio pronunciation. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford English Dictionary: Traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
VoyCabulary: Makes the words on any webpage into links so you can look them up with just a click! Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus: Includes example sentences and phrases, and indicators of context and grammar. Also offers cross- referencing, to lists of synonyms and similar words. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Multilingual Glossary: Designed to serve international students and scholars who come to use libraries in American universities and colleges for the first time. It consists of forty-seven (47) of the most commonly used terms in academic libraries today. The Glossary is divided into two parts: the Language Table, which presents a list of the terms in six languages, and the Definitions, which give explanations in English for each of the terms. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians: English with Indexes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. 2nd revised and enlarged edition 1996. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Babel Fish: Translates text and web pages from one language to another, including English, German, Spanish, French,... Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Diccionarios.com: Spanish, English, French, Catalan. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Dictionnaire Argot Fran: French slang dictionary (site is in French) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
English-Estonian-English Dictionary: With more than 17,000 words from the Institute of Baltic Studies. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
French-English Dictionary Form: To search about 75,000 terms, from the ARTFL Project, University of Chicago. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Internet Living Swahili Dictionary: A collaborative work by people all over the world. Dictionaries of the Swahili language - Kiswahili - both within Swahili and between Swahili and English. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Italian Dictionaries Online: Find an English-Italian Dictionary as well as Italian-English Dictionary, German-Italian, Spanish-Italian, and more. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Norwegian Dictionaries: Look up words in Bokmalsordboka (formal Norwegian) or Nynorskordboka (new Norwegian) or both. Strictly Norwegian to Norwegian. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
The Concise Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary: The only concise Spanish dictionary to present the full wealth of Spanish from both sides of the Atlantic, with coverage of 24 varieties of the language as it is written and spoken throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
The Concise Oxford-Duden German-English Dictionary: Provides learners at intermediate level with an authoritative guide to German and English in a concise and easy-access format. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
The Concise Oxford-Hachette French-English Dictionary: Based on the highly acclaimed Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, described by the Independent as `revolutionary', this dictionary provides an authoritative guide to French language and culture. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Bartlett: This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Quotations Dictionaries: Search The Oxford Essential Quotations Dictionary (American Edition) and The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Quotations from the Daily Miscellany: Past quotations found on the Daily Miscellany arranged by subject. More than 500 quotations with frequent additions from the Daily Miscellany. They are Christian and/or inspirational in nature. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Quote Search: Searches for key words or phrases in 12 online collections. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Quoteland: The purpose of this site is not to repeat "the classics" over and over and over, it's to get useful, on-topic, quotes for people's work Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations: The most notable quotations: 1950 Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
American Sign Language Dictionary and Browser: This site provides an English and manual alphabet/dictionary, a brief history of sign language, as well as links to other sites of interest.
Presents a collection of Quicktime movies demonstrating ASL signs, each of which is accompanied by a textual description. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Law.com Dictionary: Enter a legal term, search the definitions or choose a letter. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Lexical FreeNet: This program allows you to search for rhymes and relationships between words and concepts that might never have occurred to you. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Medterms Medical Dictionary: Written by physicians, the MedTerms.com Dictionary contains a considerable and constantly changing number of classical and contemporary medical terms. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Art and Architecture Dictionaries: Find art terms, biographies of artists, and entries covering all periods of Western architectural history. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Biological Sciences Dictionaries: Coverage includes biology, ecology, plant sciences, scientists, and zoology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Classics Dictionaries: Search The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature and Who's Who in the Classical World. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Computing Dictionaries: Dictionaries of Computing and the Internet. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Earth and Environmental Sciences Dictionaries: Topics include earth sciences, ecology, geography and weather. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Economics and Business Dictionaries: Coverage includes accounting, business, economics, finance and banking. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford English Language Reference Dictionaries: Find abbreviations, etymology, grammar, eponyms, foreign terms in English, idioms, linguistics, proverbs, and modern English usage. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Food and Nutrition Dictionaries: Search a dictionary of food and nutrition and a dictionary of diet and exercise. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford History Dictionaries: Topics include archaeology, British history, world history, kings and queens of Britain, family history, popes, saints, and United States government. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Law Dictionaries: In addition to a dictionary of law, find a guide to United States supreme court decisions. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Literature Dictionaries: Coverage includes African American literature, American literature, classical literature, English literature, Irish literature, literary terms, Shakespeare, twentieth-century poetry, and writers and their works. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Medical Dictionaries: Includes dictionaries of medicines, nursing and psychology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Military History Dictionaries: Search The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Mythology and Folklore Dictionaries: Topics include African mythology, Asian mythology, Celtic Mythology, English folklore, superstitions, and world mythology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Performing Arts Dictionaries: Find information about dance, music, opera and theatre. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Physical Sciences and Mathematics Dictionaries: Coverage includes astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, statistics and scientists. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Politics and Social Sciences Dictionaries: Find information about world history, geography, political biography, psychology, politics, social sciences, sociology, and a guide to the United States government. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
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Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 general and subject dictionaries, and language reference works published by Oxford University Press. The collection includes quotations, proverbs, place-names and other general reference works. Among the English language reference works are thesauri and a wide variety of dictionaries (e.g. grammar, abbreviations, idioms, eponyms, euphemisms). Foreign language dictionaries include German, Italian, and Spanish. Specialized subject dictionaries are available in a wide range of disciplines. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Religion and Philosophy Dictionaries: Topics include people and places of the Bible, Buddhism, the Christian Church, Islam, the Jewish religion, philosophy, popes, saints and world religions. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Oxford Science Dictionaries: Coverage includes astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, ecology, mathematics, medicine, nursing, physics, plant sciences, psychology, scientists, statistics, weather, and zoology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
RhymeZone: Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, and more. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Whatis?: An encyclopedia of information technology; it includes a comprehensive listing of every file and format in the world. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Yahoo Slang Dictionaries: Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Merriam-Webster: The World Wide Web edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Roget's Thesauri: Find Roget Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thesaurus.com: An online thesaurus. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Internet Anagram Server: Arranges words or phrases to create other words or phrases using the same letters. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Web of Linguistic Fun: Crosswords, puzzles, Postmodernist Scholarship Generator, Country Song Generator, Automatic Complaint Generator, write your name in Egyptian and other alphabets, Palindromes, and more. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

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