-
11 Rules of Writing
- This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated
rules of writing.
-
AGI GIS
Dictionary
- Revised Edition - includes definitions for 980 terms which either
relate directly to GIS or which GIS users may come across in the
course of their work.
-
ARTFL
Project
- Project dedicated to French language including a 150 million word
database of written French.
-
A
Shakespeare Glossary
-
A.Word.A.Day
-
Able
Writer: A Rhetoric and Handbook
- describes an English composition handbook that treats pre-writing,
outlining, English grammar, usage, word choice, dictionaries,
spelling, punctuation, and writing college research papers.
-
Acronymbuster
V1.0P
- a collection of 10,000 computer acronyms & abbreviations.
-
Acronym Finder
- a searchable database of over 141,000 acronyms/abbreviations and
their meanings. Covers: common acronyms, computers, technology,
government, telecommunications, and military acronyms, with an
emphasis on Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force, Army, and Navy
acronyms.
-
Acronyms Used in
the Computer Community
-
Advice
on Research and Writing
-
Allwords.com
- English dictionary with multi-lingual search
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Alta Vista:
Translations
- translate web pages or your own text from or to several languages.
-
Alternative
Dictionaries, The
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Anagram Fun
- Type in some words, set some parameters, watch the results come
in. Try netscape.
-
Anagram Server
-
Anagramer, The
- Create an anagram (same letters, different words) for any word or
phrase.
-
Animated American Sign
Language Dictionary
-
Antagonyms
- words that have opposite meanings (e.g., "bad" can mean
bad or good depending on usage).
-
ArtLex
- "Welcome to ArtLex. You will find definitions of more than
3,100 terms here, along with numerous illustrations, pronunciation
notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on the
Web."
-
Babel
- A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms.
-
Ballet Dictionary -
American Ballet Theatre
- 170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical
Ballet.
-
Barkley's Financial
Glossary
- This dictionary/glossary is written by a Securities Industry
Arbitrator. It defines many terms and trading strategies.
-
Basic
Phrases: For Eastern European Languages
-
Big
List of Languages
-
Biographical Dictionary
- Biographical Dictionary of over 18,000 people
-
Biographical
Dictionary of English Literature
- From the Everyman Edition of 1910, Edited by Ernest Rhys:
"The primary aim of this book is to give as much information
about English authors, including under this designation American and
Colonial writers, as the prescribed limits will admit of."
-
Michael
Bonner's Proper Grammar Page
-
Book of
Cliches, The
-
Bouviers
Law Dictionary
-
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
-
Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
- You may choose from the Cambridge Dictionary of American English,
Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge
International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International
Dictionary of Idioms.
-
Carnegie Mellon's Language
Learning Resource Center
-
Chinese
Character Genealogy
-
Chinese - Learn
Online
- A directory of online resources to help with learning Chinese.
-
Climbing
Dictionary, The
- Provides definitions for a comprehensive list of American and
English climbing terms and their translations in German, French,
Canadian French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Polish.
-
Cognitive
Science Dictionary
-
Colibri
Dictionaries Page
-
Common
Errors in English
- site which simply and entertainingly explains a number of common
spelling and usage errors in English.
-
Constructed Human
Languages
-
Copy Editor
- written for copy editors of magazines, newspapers, books, and
newsletters.
-
Corpus
Linguistics
-
CyberItalian
- interactive language course as well as culture, chat, and links.
-
Cynic's Sancturary, The
- Selections from 'The Cynic's Dictionary'
-
DOD Dictionary
of Military Terms
- All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication
1-02, "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms."
-
Darling's
Guide to Grammar
-
Devil's Dictionary,
The
-
Dictionary.com
-
Dictionary of
Carnivorous Plant Names
-
Dictionary of Cell
Biology
-
Dictionary
of Difficult Words
- index of over 13,900 difficult words from The Hutchinson
Dictionary of Difficult Words. Use as a resource for increasing your
vocabulary, for word games and puzzles, or just for enjoying and
enriching your word power.
-
Dictionary
of Computer Terms
-
Dictionary of Computing
-
Dictionary
of Management Jargon
-
Dictionary of
Mountain Bike Slang
-
Dictionary of
Online Medical Resources
-
Dictionary of
Orthodontic Terms
-
Dictionary of PC
Hardware and Data Communications Terms
-
Dictionary
of Philosophy of Mind
- dictionary for those terms commonly used, defined, contested, and
misunderstood in the philosophy of mind.
-
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- E. Cobham Brewer's 1898 collection of more than 18,000 entries
that reveal the etymologies, trace the origins and otherwise catalog
'words with a tale to tell.'
-
Dictionary of
Scientific Quotations
-
Dictionary of Science
and Technology
- Search or browse this 1992 dictionary of 130,000 terms defined in
130 fields of science for brief definitions.
-
Dictionary
of Symbolism
- From abnormality to zodiac, this dictionary lists common literary
symbols and their connotations.
-
Dictionary
of Units, A
- an explanation of the principal systems of units, their history,
standards, and conversion factors for changing from one to the
other.
-
Dictionary
of Usenet Acronyms
- commonly used Usenet acronyms, plus links to other dictionaries on
the WWW.
-
Dictionaries on
the Web
-
Dictionary
Society of North America
-
Dictsearch
- All-in-one Dictionary Search
-
DictSearch
- Dictsearch provides multiple search capability in language and
specialty (medical, computing) dictionaries throughout the Net.
Includes monolingual and bilingual searches of most European and
some Asian languages.
-
DOT -
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- It's the official dictionary of occupational titles. DOT's
database is arranged alphabetically and can be read online or
downloaded in one file.
-
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
- Researched, written in plain language and provided free of charge,
to the WWLIA and its users, by lawyer Lloyd Duhaime.
-
Earth Words for Internet
Citizens
-
East College of English
- teaches English as a second language and offers teacher training
courses. Free online courses available.
-
Easton's Bible Dictionary
- collection of definitions of thousands of terms, place names, and
people from the Bible.
-
Elements of Style
- by William Strunk
-
Encarta World English
Dictionary
-
English and its History
- a look at how the English language has changed over time, from Old
English to the present.
-
English as a Second Language
Home Page
-
English
Grammar Clinic
- your grammar questions answered by professional English language
instructors.
-
English
Grammar Links for ESL Students
- includes references, exercises and quizzes.
-
English/Cockney Rhyming
Slang Dictionary
-
English-French
Dictionary and French-English Dictionaries
-
English-Romanian
and romanian-English Dictionaries
-
Eric's
Treasure Trove of Chemistry
-
Esperanto-English
and English-Esperant Dictionaries
-
Ethnologue Database
- on-line database of information about 6,500 languages. Includes
alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic
affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic data.
- Etymology Sites: •
A Word with You
•
Martha Barnette's Funwords
•
Dillon's
Online Vocabulary Tests
•
Maven's Word of the Day
•
Origin of
Phrases
•
Phase Finder
•
Roots of
English: an Etymological Dictionary
•
Wilton's Etymology Page
•
Word Detective, The
• Word for Word
-
Etymology of
First Names, The
- This site looks into the meaning and history of common first
names.
-
European
Medical Dictionary
- 1830 medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German,
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
-
Evolution o Alphabets
- exploration of early alphabets uses animation to demonstrate the
transformation of written characters over time.
-
Exploding
Dictionary
- This dictionary looks up the word and presents the definitions
twice. First a clean definition then with every work in the
definition hyperlinked.
-
Foreign Languages for
Travelers
-
FreeTranslation.com
- "FreeTranslation.com is a straight forward, easy-to-use site
for rapid translations where you can get the 'gist' of foreign
language text and web pages."
-
Glossary of
AIDS Medical Terms
-
Glossary of
Anthropology
- This searchable glossary provides definitions for terms in
archaeology and physical and cultural anthropology.
-
Glossary
of Aviation Terms
-
Glossary of
Botanical Terms
-
Glossary of Cancer
-
Glossary of
Financial and Economics Terms
-
Glossary of
Internet Terms
-
Glossary
of Literary Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
- Two dictionaries of terms used in literature. The definitions can
be found through pull-down menus, or users can conduct simple and
Boolean searches with truncation. Excellent for scholars, students
of literature, and book reviewers.
-
Glossary of Poetic
Terms
-
Glossary of
Satellite Terms
-
Glossary
of Solar Physics
-
Glossary
of Statistical Terms
-
Glossary
of Transplantation
-
Glossary
of Vision Terms
-
Glossary
of Weather
-
Grammar and
Style Notes
- by Jack Lynch
-
HSTM
Biographical Dictionary
- HSTM = "History of Science Technology and Medicine"
-
Hacker's
Dictionary
-
Hawaiian
Dictionary Online
- Hawaiian-English and English-Hawaiian words.
-
Heteronyms
- words that are spelled identically but have different meanings
when pronounced differently (e.g., wind or lead).
-
Human-Languages Page
-
Index
of Online Dictionaries
-
Indonesian-English
and English-Indonesian Dictionary
-
International
Journal of Lexicography
- concerned with all aspects of lexicography; focus is on
dictionaries of the major European languages.
-
InvestorWords
- "With over 5,000 investing terms and 15,000 links between
related words, InvestorWords is the most comprehensive financial
glossary you'll find anywhere, online or off."
-
International
Legal Dictionary
-
Internet and Unix
Dictionary
-
Internet Language Dictionary, The
-
Internet Dictionary Project,
The
-
Internet
Smiley Dictionaries
-
Jane's Defence Glossary
- search over 20,000 defence-related acronyms and abbreviations in
the Janes' database
-
Japanese Language
-
Japanese Online
-
Jargon
File, The
-
Korean Online
Course (Talking to Koreans)
-
King's English, The
- by H.W. Fowler
-
Language
and Culture
- covers more than thirty languages, from Arabic to Finnish to
Tagalog to Ukrainian. Learn Survival Phrases. Each language has
about two dozen commonly used phrases - in the language, in English
translation, and as a sound file.
-
Language
Identifier
- This program can be used to identify the language of origin of a
phrase, word or sentence. Submit the words of your choosing and the
list will be returned reordered, with the most likely choice at the
top of the list in one file.
-
Languages Made Clear
- Learn foreign languages for free online.
-
Larry's
Aussie Slang and Phrase Dictionary
-
Latin Dictionary
and Grammar Aid
-
Latin-English
Dictionary
-
Latin
Language and Literature
- This list of online resources provides links to Latin-English and
multilingual dictionaries, study aides, and literature resources.
-
Latin Maxims
-
Latin Mottoes
-
Latin
Phrases
-
Latin
Terms and Phrases in Mathematics
-
Learn Spanish
- A free, online tutorial for learning Spanish. Each lesson includes
a cultural lesson both in English and Spanish (many with links to
additional resources), practice exercises, and a test. Words in the
lessons and the cultural files are linked to sound files so you can
hear the correct pronunciation (requires the free Real Player
plug-in.
-
Legal Dictionary - WWLIA
-
Lexical FreeNet
- Site allows the user to search for relationships between words,
concepts, and people. It is a combination thesaurus, rhyming
dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator.
-
LINGUISTICS
Index of Dictionaries
-
List
of Dictionaries
-
Little
Explorers Picture Dictionary with Links
- Fun and educational use of the Internet. Great place for kids to
explore.
-
LOGOS - Multilingual Dictionary
-
Management
and Technology Dictionary
-
The Maven's Word of the
Day
-
Medical Dictionary
-
MedTerms
- Site features encylopedic dictionary of over 9,000 classic and
contemporary medical terms. Written entirely by physicians for both
professional and non-professional readers site assists everyone
concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that
matter to them.
-
Michaelis Soft
Dicionários
- variety of dictionaries online: English/Portugues;
Spanish/Portuguese; Portuguese/German and Portuguese/French.
-
Movie Terminology Glossary
- definitions of terms and phrases frequently used in the world of
movies, film, acting, and cinemagoing.
-
Multilingual Dictionary of
the Horse
-
Nautical
Dictionaries
-
Netdictionary
- alphabetical reference guide to standard internet English,
presented as a Java applet and as a set of HTML files.
-
NETGLOS
Multilingual Glossary of Internet Terms
- Chinese/English/French/German/Norwegian/Serbo-Croatian/Spanish
-
NetLingo
- glossary of Internet related terms
-
New User
Dictionary
-
New Words in English
- neologisms and novel uses of words in English. The words give a
good picture of the creative aspects of word formation and use in
present day English.
-
Newbury House Online Dictionary
- This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based
on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English.
Providing simple and clear definitions, this online tool provides a
wealth of sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural
facts and figures.
-
On-line Chinese Tools
- "These pages hope to provide tools to assist people in
learning and using the beautiful Chinese language."
-
On-line
Dictionaries
-
On-line
Dictionaries and Glossaries
-
On-Line
Dictionary of Street Drug Slang
- Indiana Prevention Resource Center
-
On-Line
English Grammar
-
Online
Film Dictionary
- reference for movie terms in foreign languages.
-
Online
Language Dictionaries and Translators
-
On-line Medical
Dictionary
- over 46,000 terms relating to biology, chemistry, medicine,
science or technology.
-
Oran's
Dictionary of the Law
- From the West Group, Oran's Legal Dictionary defines and
illustrates more than 6,000 technical terms and hundreds of Latin,
Old French and Old English words used in legal and business
documents.
-
Oxford English Dictionary
-
Palindromes
-
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- guide to writing, composition, rhetoric, editing, and style.
-
Pedro's
Dictionaries
-
Phrase
Finder
-
Photonics
Dictionary
- dictionary and resource for the photonics industry.
-
Poker Glossary
-
Purdue Univ. OWL - Online
Writing Lab
-
REESWeb: Language
Resources: Russian
-
Rhyming
Dictionary
-
Sanskrit-English
&English-Sanskrit
-
Sayings
- 'Expressions we use everyday, their meanings and origin.'
-
Seattle
Lexicon, A
- a rundown on some of the peculiarly local lingo.
-
SharpWriter.com
- "Whether you are a technical writer, a novelist, a student
writing a term paper, a manager writing a memo, a journalist writing
a travel article -- SharpWriter.Com is your resource! "
-
Skeptic's Dictionary
-
Spanish Dictionary
- contains over 54,000 total entries with over 10,000 audio
pronounciations.
-
SpellOnLine
- Free international spell checking for any text or any web page.
-
SpellWeb
-
Swedish-English
Dictionary
-
Take Our Word For
It
- Archive of etymology questions
-
Travlang's Translating
Dictionaries
- multilingual on-line dictionaries including German, French,
Spanish, English, Dutch, Danish, Afrikaans, Esperanto, and more.
-
Urdu-English-Hindi
Dictionary-Thesaurus
- An URDU Dictionary cum Thesaurus being developed for Urdu
learners, Shayari enthusiasts and scholars.
-
Visual
Dictionary of Special Plane Curves
- including description, history, formulas, properties, and links
for each.
-
Visual Thesaurus -
Plumb Design
- an exploration of sense relationships within the English language.
By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a
spatial map of linguistic associations.
-
Voycabulary
- lets you look up words in online dictionaries and thesauruses by
entering in a url or paragraph and clicking on the words. Supports
many languages and translations.
-
Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary
-
Wordbot
- When you load a page through Wordbot, you can click on any word to
look up its meaning
-
Word Find
- "Site created for online word searches with the goal of
providing a myriad of unique searches."
-
WordLab
- "Nomenclature + Phraseology + Punmanship Exorcises."
-
WriteExpress -
Online Rhyming Dictionary
-
Xlation.com - More Than Words
- this site maintains a directory of links to about 1,600 glossaries
(search by language and subject area) and over sixty online
grammars.
-
Yahoo!
- Grammar, Usage, and Style
-
Ye Olde
English Sayings
-
yourDictionary.com
- Over 800 dictionaries in 150 different languages.
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