Home
> Internet > Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary 
www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Find
immediate access to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, as well as
features like the Word of the Day and Word Games that can help you burgeon
your lexicon.
YourDictionary.com
www.yourdictionary.com
This
fantastic resource has over 1500 dictionaries in more than 230 languages.
A great place to visit for translations of words in other languages as well as
definitions of words in the English language
Acronym
Finder
www.AcronymFinder.com
"The
Acronym Finder is a world wide web (WWW)
searchable database of more than 202,000 abbreviations and acronyms
about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms
and abbreviations"
American
Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
www.bartleby.com/61
"Over
90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word
pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root
appendixes"
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
www.bartleby.com/81/
"Brewer’s
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable comprises over 18,000 entries that reveal the
etymologies, trace the origins and otherwise catalog “words with a tale to
tell.”
Encarta
World English Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/reference/
Use the
sites quick lookup feature for definitions
OneLook
www.onelook.com
OneLook
enables the user to search for a definition in over 700 dictionaries
Thesaurus.com
www.thesaurus.com
Trying
to think of another word for something? Check out this site.
The
Word Detective
www.word-detective.com/
"A
list of words and phrases
can be found here, with links to the definitions and origins. Or, you can also
jump to the discussion
board to ask a question or put in your two
cents. "
