Dictionaries provide such information as the spelling, pronunciation, meaning, forms, etymology, and usage of words. This category includes dictionaries of many different types and languages.
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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.
  • Word Assault
    Looks up multiple words simultaneously using several databases including Webster's, Easton's, Wordnet, and the Devil's Dictionary.
  • Word Central
    Student dictionary and rhyming dictionary online at Merriam-Webster's website. Daily Buzzword by subscription.
  • 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.
  • Cambridge International Dictionaries
    Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
  • Research-It
    Includes several dictionaries and a thesaurus as well as online tools for shipping and mailing, currency exchange, and language translation.
  • Dictionary Building Software for Reporters
    Software program for realtime reporters and captioners that lists many diverse vocabulary lists.
  • Cooldictionary.com
    Free edition of a complete Webster dictionary. Fully crosslinked.
  • Skeptic's Dictionary
    Skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature.
  • Information Please Dictionary
    Infoplease's free online dictionary. Features almanacs, an encyclopedia, and an atlas.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dictionary of Comprehension
    A Dictionary of Comprehension in different languages.
  • Word Spy
    Site dedicated to recently coined words and existing words revived into modern usage.
  • 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.
  • The Newbury House Online Dictionary
    Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when available related pictures.
  • Dictionary of Difficult Words
    Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000 words.
  • Glossaries
    Collection of more than 2400 links to glossaries and dictionaries.
  • Dictionary.com
    Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day, crossword puzzles and word games, and vocabulary learning resources for many languages.
  • Dictsearch
    Search a variety of dictionaries including monolingual, bilingual, and specialty dictionaries.
  • KnowPlay?
    Simple and integrated access to dictionaries, thesauri, encylopedias, and quotation databases.
  • On-Line Dictionaries
    Online specialty dictionaries for English, Russian, German, Finnish and Latin.
  • Voycabulary
    Online dictionary and thesaurus web linking lookup reference tool.
  • Online Dictionaries, Translators and References
    Online dictionaries, translators, references accessible from a small pop-window. Requires use of a browser with Java script enabled.
  • HyperDictionary.com
    Includes a thesaurus and searchable dictionaries for English, computers, dreams and medicine.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Online Dictionary List
    A large directory of online dictionaries, both in English and bilingual, including specialist dictionaries.
  • eLook Dictionary
    Provides definitions, synonyms, and related words.
  • 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.
  • Web Dictionaries
    Multi-search tool by Tinh Van, which consults English-only dictionaries, and Vietnamese into English or French translation dictionaries.
  • Quotations: The Yale Dictionary
    Project to create a searchable online database and a quotation dictionary from Yale University Press.
  • WordWeb
    A free English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.
  • Hypertext Webster Gateway
    WWW interface to multiple English dictionaries.
  • Inter Active Terminology for Europe (IATE)
    The European Commission's multilingual term bank. Particularly rich in technical and specialized terminology related to European Union policy.
  • Farlex Free Dictionary
    Collection of dictionaries by subject including medical and legal together with free and subscription encyclopedias, in ten languages.
  • Worthless Word for the Day
    Word-a-day server delivers obscure words not from medical, legal or other professional jargon, with definitions and use citations. Extensive links.
  • Web Search

  • Dictionary.com
    URL : dictionary.reference.com
    Free online English dictionary site, offering word definitions, ... Dictionary. Thesaurus. Reference. Translate. Web. Help. Register. Login. an Ask.com service ...[2008/11/18]
  • Dictionaries in the Yahoo! Directory
    URL : dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries
    Search online dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries, slang dictionaries, thesauri, and more to find word ... Reference > Dictionaries. CATEGORIES ...[2008/11/18]
  • Dictionary.com Translator
    URL : dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
    Translate text to and from English and other languages ... Dictionary. Thesaurus. Reference. Translate. Web. Help. Register. Login. an Ask.com service ...[2008/11/11]
  • OUP: Dictionaries and Reference
    URL : www.oup.co.uk/oeddicref
    Bilingual Dictionaries. Children's and reference. Dictionary of American Biography ... Digital Reference. ELT Dictionaries. English Dictionaries. Grove Art ...[2008/01/21]
  • By Language < Dictionaries in the Yahoo! Directory
    URL : dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/Language
    ... language dictionaries and multilingual translation dictionaries. ... Directory > Reference > Dictionaries > Language. CATEGORIES (What's This?) Afrikaans ...[2008/11/18]
  • Internet Public Library: Dictionaries
    URL : www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref28.00.00
    ... newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service. ... link web pages or phrases to online references like dictionaries or thesauruses ...[2008/11/15]
  • WordReference.com
    URL : www.wordreference.com
    ... dictionary offering translation from Spanish to English, French to English, Italian to English and vice versa. Download a language toolbar for the dictionary ...[2008/10/21]
  • Dictionaries/Reference
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    ... Sites of Interest to the Health Sciences Professions Dictionaries/Reference ... Dictionaries/Reference. Employee Wellness. Evidence Based Health Care ...[2008/10/25]
  • Dictionary refdesk.com - My Facts Page
    URL : www.refdesk.com/factdict.html
    ... Dictionary of Cultural Literacy - The 6,900 entries in this major new ... Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, ...[2008/11/06]
  • Google Directory - Reference > Dictionaries
    URL : www.google.org/Top/Reference/Dictionaries
    Online dictionaries, translators, references accessible from a small pop-window. ... Collection of links to various online dictionaries and other lexical references. ...[2008/10/29]
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