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Merriam-Webster Online

Includes the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Oxford English Dictionary 

PE 1625 .O86 (Ref)
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. It provides not only the current meanings of words, but also traces their development through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world, making the OED a unique historical record.

yourDictionary.com

A comprehensive dictionary site containing links to dictionaries of over 200 different languages. Includes specialty dictionaries and thesauri, acronyms, etc.

Roget's International Thesaurus

Contains 85,000 cross references, includes proverbs and quotations. From the Bartleby Collection.

Blogossary

A dictionary for blogs describing the community of bloggers or blogosphere.

Google Glossary

Explains how to use Google to search for definitions. Good for finding words not in most dictionaries, for slang, technical and other specialized words.

Hypertext Webster Gateway

Searches for words in various online dictionaries.

Internet Dictionary Project

Allows you to translate English words into other languages or vice-versa. The IDP currently has searchable French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish dictionaries.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Based on Ernest Weekley's An Etymological Dicationary of Modern English (1921, reprinted 1967 by Dover Publications) and then greatly expanded.

American Sign Language Browser

An animated dictionary of thousands of ASL signs from Michigan State University.

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