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"quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic,"
...all the right words!
"WordReference.com Online German, Spanish, French and Italian Dictionaries"
"Translate any word in any Web page with a few quick clicks, using the Collins translating dictionaries from HarperCollins Publishing."
Acronym Search - Your source for acronyms and abbreviations
"There are over 40,000 acronyms and abbreviations in many categories. Including chat, computer, military, finance, accounting, airports, sports, classified, and more."
All Words
"Find It! First, Fast and Free!
English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search."
BARTLETT 'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
"A COLLECTION OF PASSAGES, PHRASES, AND PROVERBS TRACED TO THEIR SOURCES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE."
Dictionary.com
Your complete on-line dictionary and reference resource.
Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line
The old reliable resource is now on-line for free!
Funk and Wagnalls
http://www.FunkandWagnalls.com
"Funk and Wagnalls gives you free access to the unabridged
version of their print encyclopedia. That's right, the entire 29-volume set
is online. Additionally, you gain access to Webster's College Dictionary and
a couple of other resources."
Lixigraphic Search
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/lexindex.html
Search dozens of works of literature and reference from one page.
Symbols
"SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti."
The Acronym Finder
"A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military."
The Oxford English Dictionary
"The Second Edition of the OED is currently available as a 20-volume print edition, on CD-ROM, and now also online. Updated quarterly with at least 1000 new and revised entries, OED Online offers unparalleled access to the µgreatest continuing work of scholarship that this century has produced? (Newsweek)."
THE SEMANTIC RHYMING DICTIONARY
http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme.html
Use this resource for your rhyming needs.
Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html
References and useable guides to dealing with words in the English Language.
yourDictionary.com ò Specialty Dictionaries
http://www.yourdictionary.com/specialty.html
Not even a native speaker knows all the words of his own language. Technical vocabulary is used only by specialists and so is not generally known by non-specialists. Here you will find dictionaries and glossaries of specialized words in the English language.