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-Enter a word here and in most cases you will get definitions from several
sources, including the American Heritage Dictionary and Webster's Revised
Unabridged.
Index to the Internet
Dictionaries page
http://www.m-w.com/ Definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Online Reference
Resources
Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias
- Acronyms
and Abbreviations Database, Searchable
- Acronym
Finder--not only looks up acronyms in a database of about
60,000, but allows you to search words through the acronyms' meanings. Be sure to scroll down the page
- ARTFL
Project: French-English Dictionary Form
- Assorted
Encyclopedias on the Web--arranged by topic, this gets you to
encyclopedias of chess, cell biology, cosmology, herbs, and lots more.
- Behind
the Name-- Their meanings and origins.
- Catholic
Encyclopedia-- the 1913 edition. Still under construction, but
a couple of hundred articles are in place.
- Classical
Dictionary- explains terms from classical mythology and art.
- Dictionary
of Information Security
- Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable--complete text of the classic work.
- Directory
of Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
- Easton's
BIBLE Dictionary
- Encarta
Concise Encyclopedia--and it's free, though the site also
links to some of Bill Gates' fee-based services.
- Encyclopedia.Com--a
free service from the not-free Electric Library. The 17,000 some
articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third
Edition have hyperlinks to related articles as well as references to
articles within the Electric Library database.
- Encyclopedia
of Psychology -- over 2000 links from people & history to
careers to theories and much more. From Jacksonville State University.
- Encyclopedias
OnLine--Yahoo's index.
-
Economics Dictionaries
- FOLDOC-The Free Online Dictionary
of Computing--over 12,000 extensively hyperlinked terms in computer science.
- Foreign
Language for Travelers--pick your language, and choose from
complexes of travel-related words, such as directional words, time and
date words, dining and shopping words. Click on sound file for
pronunciation. With links to relevant dictionaries on the web.
- foreignword.com--contains
an online dictionary search for 58 different languages
- Horticultural
Dictionary
- Internet
Country Codes--what the 2-letter country codes in domain names
refer to.
- Internet
Movie Database-- if you didn't find it in the All-Movie Guide,
try here. Both databases give very complete information for every film
they list, who played what roles, producer, director, date, etc.
- Lectric
Law Lexicon-- Legal dictionary and reference room
- Musical
Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia--For each instrument,
the encyclopedia offers history, design information, and bibliography,
along with brief discussions of musical works featuring them.
- New
Words in English
- North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS)---replaces the old Standard Industrial Classification System (SICS)
- OneLook
Dictionary--type in the word you want, and search simultaneous
through 29 general or specialized dictionaries.
- Online
Medical Dictionary
- Oxymoron
List -- thousands!
- PC
Webopedia
- Semantic
Rhyming Dictionary--insert word, ask for your choice of
perfect rhyme, last sound only, homophones, synonyms; free, courtesy of Doug Beeferman at Carnegie-Mellon.
- Slang
Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Universal
Currency Converter
- Web
Exhibits--great images and analysis, academically oriented. It covers Art and Humanities, Social Sciences,
Math, Computer Science, Life and Physical Sciences.
- Words
of Art--a Glossary of Critical Terms
- The
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus-- If you're not sure
about spelling, use the Approximate Search ("elgant"
retrieved "elegant"), and the computer will look for near
matches; if you want to see all words that INCLUDE your word, do a
Floating Search ("brain" retrieved addlebrained, brainchild,
brain wave, etc.) This is also a dictionary of synonyms.
- Yahoo
Index to Dictionaries--all types of dictionaries, including different languages.
- Your
Dictionary--There are dictionaries for over 200 languages, plus for 78 topics including
literature, linguistics, rhetoric, publishing, theater, metallurgy, finance, and geology to name a few.