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General Dictionaries
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Includes Learner's Dictionary, Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Dictionary of American English, International Dictionary of Idioms, International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Klett Compact French / English Dictionary, and Klett Compact Spanish / English dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
 
Dictionary.com
Default dictionary search gives answers from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet, The Free On-line dictionary of Computing, Jargon File, CIA World Factbook, Easton's 1897 bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's bible Names Dictionary, and the U.S. Gazetteer. Choose Thesaurus search for answers from Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus.
 
Merriam-Webster Online
Includes dictionary and thesaurus searches
 
OneLook
A search engine for words and phrases. Search result gives links to definitions and translations available from many online dictionaries.
 
Oxford English Dictionary
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
 
Subject & Specialty Dictionaries
Acronym Finder  
Acronym Server  
American Sign Language Browser
Requires Apple quickTime plugin available on the site
 
AmosWeb Economic Gloss*arama  
BIOSIS Glossaries, Dictionaries, Terminology & Acronyms
Links to reference works primarily in the biological sciences
 
Dictionary of Units
Provides a summary of most units of measurement in use around the world, with conversion factors change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI
 
FindLaw Legal Dictionary  
FOLDOC
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
 
Journal Abbreviation Sources
 
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary  
Money 101 Glossary
Financial terms glossary from CNN
 
TechEncyclopedia  
Yourdictionary.com Specialty Dictionaries
Links to dictionaries and glossaries for many subjects
 
Thesauri
Thesaurus.com
Default thesaurus search gives answers from Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus. Choose dictionary search for answers from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet, The Free On-line dictionary of Computing, Jargon File, CIA World Factbook, Easton's 1897 bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's bible Names Dictionary, and the U.S. Gazetteer.
 
Translators
AltaVista Babel Fish  
PROMT-Online
Translates French, German, Portuguese, Russian, & Spanish; includes virtual keyboard to type special characters
 
Translated.net
Allows selection of subject area to further refine translation
 
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