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- Merriam-Webster OnLine
*Cool Site* - 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.
- OneLook Dictionaries
*Cool Site* - The best place to look up a word or term in an Internet dictionary or glossary. Free search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms, names, acronyms vs Internet links to on-line dictionaries or glossaries.
- AllWords.com
- Features 2 modern English dictionaries, multilingual search and translation. Also features a guide to language sites on the web and a language discussion forum.
- The Alternative Dictionaries
- slang, etc.
- Bartleby.com
- Online publication of The American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition. Featuring 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page illustrations and over 10,000 new words and senses.
- Bibliomania: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of 1913
- Forms version. Allows browsing headwords.
- Cambridge International Dictionaries
- Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
- Carleton County Colloquialisms
- Dictionary of the colloquial language of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada and Aroostook County, Maine, USA. Audio clips accompany each entry.
- Cynic's Dictionary
- Irreverent and amusing definitions from the recently published Cynic's Dictionary. Samples may be reloaded for variety.
- dictionary building software for reporters
- Dictionary Jumpstart is a software program for realtime reporters and captioners that lists many diverse vocabulary lists.
- Dictionary of Difficult Words
- Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000 words.
- Dictionary Plus - A Dictionary-Thesaurus and More
- Enter a word and find everything you would expect from a standard dictionary plus similar words, synonyms, and much more.
- 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 English-to-American Dictionary
- A humo(u)rous resource for Americans learning British/Scottish English.
- Information Please Dictionary
- Infoplease's free online dictionary. The site also features almanacs, an encyclopedia, and an atlas.
- The Newbury House Online Dictionary
- Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when available related pictures
- PseudoDictionary
- Covers slang, made up words, "webspeak", colloquialisms.
- Research-It
- Includes several dictionaries and a thesaurus. Some of the other tools found here are a shipping and mailing tool, currency exchange tool, and the language translating tool.
- Strange Dictionaries
- Free on-line 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.
- The Ubis Dictionary of Change
- A small collection of words with definitions intended to convey values-based as well as factual meaning. Some definitions are accompanied by quotations or short essays.
- 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.
- 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.
- Xrefer
- Offers free access to a wide range of dictionaries, both general and subject-specific.
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