Dictionaries

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AllWords.com

Features two modern English dictionaries, multilingual search, and translation. Also features a guide to language sites on the web and a language discussion forum.

OneLook Dictionaries

Look up a word or term in an Internet dictionary or glossary. Free search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms, names, and acronyms.

Lighting Design Terminology

Explanations of terms used in architectural lighting and lighting simulation.

DICT Development Group

A WWW interface to several freely available on-line dictionaries, including Webster's 1913, the Jargon File, the US Gazetteer, and Easton's Bible Dictionary.

Terminological Information System

A simplified version of the European Union terminological database.

Worthless Word for the Day

Obscure, abstruse and/or recondite word, especially one not falling into medical terms, foreign monetary units, foreign units of measure, legal terms, or professional jargon of any type.

Cambridge International Dictionaries

Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.

Hypertext Webster Gateway

WWW interface to multiple English dictionaries.

Planet Translation

Directory of dictionaries, including unilingual, multilingual, and topical resources.

Word Assault

Looks up multiple words simultaneously using several databases including Webster's, Easton's, Wordnet, and the Devil's Dictionary.

Research-It

Includes several dictionaries and a thesaurus as well as online tools for shipping and mailing, currency exchange, and language translation.

The Newbury House Online Dictionary

Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when available related pictures.

Globalization.com: On-line Dictionaries and Glossaries for Translators

Directory of monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries, arranged by language.

AllDictionaries.com

Categorized index of language and subject dictionaries.

Strange Dictionaries

Free online versions of the Dictionary of One-Letter Words, the Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, the Dictionary of All-Consonant Words, and other strange dictionary resources.

HyperDictionary.com

Includes a thesaurus and searchable dictionaries for English, computers, dreams and medicine.

Dictionary Building Software for Reporters

Software program for realtime reporters and captioners that lists many diverse vocabulary lists.

The Superhero Dictionary

Each entry compares a superhero's name with its real life meaning and includes comparison pictures and pronunciations.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Allows users to search, free of charge, for entries in the latest (year 2000) edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Cooldictionary.com

Free edition of a complete Webster dictionary. Fully crosslinked.

Dictionary of Difficult Words

Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000 words.

Merriam-Webster OnLine

A free, searchable on-line dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a word of the day, and many other English language and vocabulary reference tools and resources.

Skeptic's Dictionary

Skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature.

A-Z-Dictionaries

Descriptions and links to free online dictionaries, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, electronic dictionary products, dictionary downloads and software and ideas for saving money.

The Online Dictionary List

A large directory of online dictionaries, both in English and bilingual, including specialist dictionaries.

Information Please Dictionary

Infoplease's free online dictionary. Features almanacs, an encyclopedia, and an atlas.

Bin's On-Line Dictionary

Search various on-line dictionaries.

Dictionary Link

A directory of free online language resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses, language translators, and encyclopedias.

Dictionary Society of North America

An international organization of librarians, booksellers, translators, linguists, publishers, writers, journalists, and collectors. Founded in 1975 to further research in dictionary making, study, collection, and use. Member of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Collection of Web-Dictionaries

Sorted list of online dictionaries of more than 50 languages, mostly bilingual.

eLook Dictionary

Provides definitions, synonyms, and related words.

Quotations: The Yale Dictionary

Project to create an searchable online database and a quotation dictionary from Yale University Press.

Dictionaries, Lexica and Lexical Resources

Collection of links to various online dictionaries and other lexical references.

Webster's Online Dictionary: The Rosetta Edition

This database doubled with a metasearch tool extracts records from a variety of online and public-domain paper dictionaries, both general and specialized. It offers English definitions, as well as translations from/to a hundred languages.

High Definition Dictionary

Mixed collection of drug terminology with an apparently arbitrarily selected mix of other, unrelated terms. Dictionary accepts contributions of new terms.

Dictionaries on the Web

Link collection -- over 100 links to various dictionaries of about 40 languages.

Dictionarium

Directory of English and foreign-language dictionaries.

The Century Dictionary Online

Free 500,000 word dictionary of English with an encyclopedia and world atlas. Uses DjVu and JPEG formats to display page images. Has headword lookup and full text search of 22 million words of underlying text.

Glossaries

Collection of more than 2400 links to glossaries and dictionaries.

Web Dictionaries

Multi-search tool by Tinh Van, which consults English-only dictionaries, and Vietnamese into English or French translation dictionaries.

Dictionary of Comprehension

A Dictionary of Comprehension in different languages.

Digital Media Knowledge Base

Free service including dictionary search and tutorials on web development tools.

EZresearch.com

Provides a directory of dictionaries.

Free Dictionary and Free Translation

Collection of free dictionaries and translation sites. Supports searching all dictionaries with just one mouse click.

Dictionaries and Translation

List of links to dictionaries on the Internet.

Campus Program: Language Dictionaries

A compilation of a large number of dictionary websites grouped by language.

Dictsearch

Search a variety of dictionaries including monolingual, bilingual, and specialty dictionaries.

The Glossarist

Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.

KnowPlay?

Simple and integrated access to dictionaries, thesauri, encylopedias, and quotation databases.

Lexicool

Searchable directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries.

On-Line Dictionaries

Online specialty dictionaries for English, Russian, German, Finnish and Latin.

Searchbug

A collection of reference tools.

Voycabulary

Online dictionary and thesaurus web linking lookup reference tool.

WordWeb

A free English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.

Xlation.com Glossary Database

More than 1682 separate glossaries, linked by topic and by ISO 639-2 language codes.

yourDictionary.com

Comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries in more than 200 different languages. Includes an index of on-line grammars, word of the day by email, and several pages of linguistic fun.

Online Dictionaries, Translators and References

Online dictionaries, translators, references accessable from a small pop-window. Requires use of a browser with Javascript enabled.

Glossaries by Language

Directory of multilingual dictionaries and dictionaries on specific subjects, alphabetized by language.

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