Acronym
and Abbreviation Server: An acronym and word search engine.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
"This site provides access to seven free language dictionaries published by Cambridge University Press. These are not comprehensive online dictionaries, but are abridged works intended for individuals learning English. The collection includes Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact, and Dictionario Cambridge Klett Compact.
Language
& Translation Center: Jim Martindale's reference guide to
indigenous languages of North America, English and other languages,
including links to sign language and braille.
OneLook Dictionaries: Search
many dictionary websites simultaneously for words and phrases. If
you do not know how to spell the word you can enter a "wildcard
pattern" with an *.
Rhetorical
Figures: A glossary of Rhetorical terms with examples supported
by Kentucky Classics.
YourDictionary: The
widest and deepest set of language dictionaries online covering over
260 known languages.
Visual Thesaurus Online
Edition: "The Visual Thesaurus accesses data from WordNet,
a publicly available lexical reference system developed by the
Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University. This database,
inspired by psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory,
contains over 50,000 words and 40,000 phrases collected into more
than 70,000 sense meanings."
WebRef: Multiple selection
of glossaries providing several hundred terms in each subject discipline
in the physical, social, biological sciences, and asthetic arts.
WordReference: "WordReference
can be used as a free online dictionary. Type
in a word in the forms to the left for a quick definition. There
are four multilingual translation dictionaries and one extremely
big English dictionary."
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