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Dictionaries
Encyclopedias Symbols
Thesaurus
Translators Dead Links
Quotations
Acronyms

Last Updated:  06-22-10
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DICTIONARIES
3-D Dictionary, http://www.maran.com/dictionary/  Dictionary of computer terms
The Alternative Dictionaries,  http://www.alternative-dictionaries.net/   
The American to British and British to American Dictionary, http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dict.html Contact: jeremy(at)peak.org
American Slanguages, http://www.slanguage.com/ Contact: mellis(at)slanguage.com Now includes foreign slang.
Answers.com,
http://www.answers.com/
The CMU Pronuncing Dictionary, http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict Contact: cmudict(at)cs.cmu.edu
Diccionarios en espanol e ingles, http://www.tododiccionarios.com/   Contact:  correo(at)tododiccionarios.com  
Dicionaros Online, http://dicionarios-online.com/  NEW!!!!
Dictionary of Difficult Words, http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/      
Dictionary of Slang, http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
Dictionary of Units of Measurement, http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
Dictionary to Communicate, http://www.dictionaries.travlang.com
Dictionary.com, http://dictionary.com/Dir/
Encarta World English Dictionary, http://dictionary.msn.com
English Dictionary, http://lookwayup.com/free/  Contact: laplante(at)ookwayup.com       
Free Dictionary, http://www.TheFreeDictionary.com  Contact: steveb(at)i12345.com
Free Electronic Dictionaries, http://www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html
Internet Dictionary Project, http://www.june29.com/IDP/
The Human Languages Page, http://www.june29.com/HLP/ Languages/linguistics site, including language lessons.
List of Dictionaries, http://www-math.uni-paderborn.de/dictionaries/Dictionaries.html  Presents a list of online dictionaries. Offers access to German-English, Japanese-English, English-Spanish, and English-Finnish dictionaries. Provides access to American English and technical English dictionaries, among others. Links to an acronym dictionary and a thesaurus.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary, http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/dictionary.html  For children--illustrated dictionary
Logos Multilingual Portal, http://www.logos.it/
Merriam-Webster Online, http://www.m-w.com  Features a sound pronuniciation capability for words.
Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/about/noah.htm  Presents a biography of Noah Webster (1758-1843), who is well known for publishing "An American Dictionary of the English Language." Discusses Webster's documentation of distinctly American vocabulary and his spelling innovations. Links to the Merriam-Webster home page.
One Look Dictionaries, http://www.onelook.com/   Searches over 300 dictionaries at one time.
Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.oed.com/
Singing Dictionary, http://www.dictionaraoke.com/
Tododiccionarios, http://www.tododiccionarios.com/    NEW!!!!   
Web of Online Dictionaries, http://www.yourdictionary.com/  - This site provides links to more than 800 online dictionaries for that number of different languages.  Contact:  rbeard(at)bucknell.edu
Webster Dictionary, http://www.webster-dictionary.org  Contact: steveb(at)i12345.com
Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary/Thesaurus, http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Wordsmyth English Dictionarly-Thesaurus, http://www.wordsmyth.net/  
Word Thrill, http://www.wordthrill.com/   Contact:  webmaster(at)wordthrill.com
WWWebster Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm  Presents the online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Allows users to search for a word, returning the pronunciation, function, usage, and definition. Offers access to the word of the day and to word games. Links to the home page of Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Yahoo! Dictionary Index, http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/Language/
yourDicionary.com, http://www.yourdictionary.com

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THESAURUS
American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) Project: Roget's Thesaurus Search Form, http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html   Presents a search engine for the headwords or full text of "Roget's Thesaurus" version 1.02 that has been released to the public domain by MICRA, Inc. and the Gutenberg Project. Explains that this Web site has been provided by the American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) Project at the University of Chicago, located in Illinois. Links to the sites of ARTFL, the Gutenberg Project, and MICRA, Inc. Contact: mark(at)gide.uchicago.edu
Crossword Solver (sorta), http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/crossword.html  Contact:  ojo(at)ojohaven.com
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus, http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm
Roget's II: the New Thesaurus, http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, http://www.thesaurus.com/Contact: webmaster(at)thesaurus.com
Web Thesaurus Compendium, http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~lutes/thesoecd.html    
\Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus, http://www.wordsmyth.net
WWWebster Thesaurus, http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm

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QUOTATIONS
All Things William, http://allthingswilliam.com/opening.html
American Sign Language Browser, http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb
Aphorisms Galore, http://www.aphorismsgalore.com/
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, http://www.bartleby.com/100/
Cool Quotes, http://www.coolquotes.com Contact: coolquotes(at)earthlink.net
Cyber Nation's Quotation Center, http://cybernation.com/victory/quotations/directory.html
Famous Quotations, http://www.famous-quotations.com/
Mathematical Quotations Server, http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html
Olde English Sayings, http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm
The Phrase Finder, http://www.phrases.org.uk/    
The Quotation Page, http://www.quotationspage.com/
Quote Search, http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/search_a.html
Quoteland.com,  http://www.quoteland.com/
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, http://www.bartleby.com/63/
Web Directory: Quotation Ring, http://www.gunnar.cc/webring/quotes.html
Welcome to Your Quotation Center, http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/
Yahoo Reference Quotations, http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Quotations/

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
AIDS Research Information Center, Inc. (ARIC): AIDS Medical Encyclopedia, http://www.aricinc.org
Britannica.com, http://www.britannica.com/   The free on-line version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/cathen.htm
Columbia Encyclopedia via Bartleby.com, http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, http://www.encyclopedia.com
eBLAST, http://www.eblast.com/
Encarta Concise Encyclopedia, http://encarta.msn.com
Encyberpedia,  http://www.encyberpedia.com/cyberlinks/links/index.html
Encyclopedia and Reference Resource, http://reference.allrefer.com/ Contact: shawn_moore(at)rediffmail.com
Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/
Encyclopedia Electronica, http://etronica.com
Encyclopedia Smithsonian, http://www.si.edu/
Encyclopedia.com, http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Encyberpedia, http://www.encyberpedia.com/ency.htm
Electric Library's Encyclopedia,  http://www.encyclopedia.com
Folklore Encyclopedia, http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Free Internet Encyclopedia, http://www.cam-info.net/enc.html       Presents the Free Internet Encyclopedia, a reference for information on various subjects. Offers the information in alphabetical order. Offers access to Web sites, search engines, and indexes. Provides information on topics such as atheism, stock exchanges, museums, personal finance, photography, chemistry, courts, and education.
Let's Find Out Encyclopedia, http://www.letsfindout.com
My Virtual Encyclopedia, http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html  Presents resources on various topics and subjects, provided as part of the My Virtual Reference Desk (MVRD) site. Includes links to sites about arts and culture, automobiles, aviation, books and literature, business and careers, crime and law enforcement, hobbies, geography, food, and other topics. Contains a site search engine.  Links to fast facts and the home page of MVRD.
Nupedia.com,  http://nupedia.8media.org  Contact: comments(at)nupedia.com  (10-10-01)
TechWeb Technology Encyclopediahttp://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia   From A: to Zip, thousands of terms for the searching in this illustrated on-line technology encyclopedia from CMPnet.
Webopaedia, http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/   Use it for information based for computer and Internet technology

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TRANSLATORS
Babelfish, http://babel.altavista.com/
Dictionaries and Translators, http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html  Contact: info(at)word2word.com   (11-13-01)
Dictionary.com Translator, http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html    
FreeTranslation, http://www.freetranslation.com/web.htm
Free Translation Service, http://www.linguatec.net/online/index_en.shtml
InterTran, http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran
Language Dictionaries and Translators Webpage, http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
Language Translator, http://www.el-mundo.es/traductor/      
Pop-up Dictionary for Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages, http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx     
Resources for Translators, http://www.opaui.com/      
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries, http://dictionaries.travlang.com/   Contact:  webmaster(at)travlang.com  (09-05-00)
The Universal Translator, http://www.psyclops.com/translator/

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ACRONYMS
Acronym Finder, http://www.AcronymFinder.com  Includes over 164,000 acronyms/abbreciations and their meanings.  Contact: acronyms(at)mtnds.com  (09-18-00)
Acronym Lookup, http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym
Acronyms Used in the Computer Community, http://www.freewarehof.org/acronyms.html  Contact:  rey(at)cstone.net  (09-18-00)
World Wide Acronym and Abbreviation Server, http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/  Contact:  pflynn(at)ucc.ie  (09-18-00) Presents a list of acronyms and abbreviations. Allows users to search for an acronym and see its expansion, search for a word in the expansions and see the related acronyms, or submit an acronym for inclusion. Lists failures and allows users to submit their meanings. Links to an e-mail service for dictionary or thesaurus queries.  Contact:  webmaster(at)ucc.ie  (09-18-00)

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SYMBOLS
Open Directory - Reference: Dictionaries: Symbols, http://dmoz.org/Reference/Dictionaries/Symbols/
Symbols, http://dictionary.reference.com/others/Symbols/
Symbols.com: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms, http://www.SYMBOLS.com

Dead Link Archive
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Cambridge Dictionaries Online,  http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/
Cambridge International Dictionaries Online, http://dictionary.cambridge.org/top20.htm
Canoo.net - Dictionary Browser, http://www.canoo.com/online/canoonet.html
FunkandWagnalls.com, http://www.funkandwagnalls.com/ Presents an online reference resource from Versaware Technologies, Inc. Offers access to a dictionary,  the Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedia, world news resources, a media index, a thesaurus and other tools.
Glossary of WWW / Internet Terms, http://www.seekhelp.com/glossary.htm
Hutchison's Dictionary of Difficult Words, http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/
Language Dictionaries and Thesauri, http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-dict.html
Linguist List Dictionaries, http://saussure.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/pub/static-pages/Dict.html
Unabridged Dictionary (1913), http://www.concordance.com/dictionary.htm
Martindale's Reference Library - Language Dictionaries, http://sun2.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref1.html
Cook's Thesaurus, http://www.northcoast.com/~alden/cookhome.html  . Contact: alden(at)northcoast.com
Humanities And Social Science Electronic Thesaurus (HASSET), http://dasun1.essex.ac.uk/services/nhasset.html   Contact: hasass(at)dasun3.essex.ac.uk
Word Spy, http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy Contact:  webmaster(at)mcfedries.com
Ask Thomas Jefferson, http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/libertarians/ask-thomas-jefferson/jefferson.html.gz
Conner's Unfamiliar Quotations, http://www.h2net.net/p/connect2/quotes.html
JustQuotes, http://www.justquotes.com/ Contact:  info(at)justquotes.com
The Kerrie DeGood Quotes Page, http://www.fn.net/~degood/quotes.html
Quotations, http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/quote.html
http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/index.html
Africana.com, http://www.africana.com
Compton's Encyclopedia Online, http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia Encyclopedias on the Net, http://www.kalama.com/~mariner/qserencyclo.htm
Fossil Encyclopedia, http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/encyclo/  
Glossary of Literary Terms and a Handook of rhetorical devices, http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html
Hacker's Jargon, http://www.hasc.ca/jargon/jargon-index.html
Household Cyclopedia of General Information, http://members.xoom.com/mspong/
Internet reference works, http://www.swbv.uni-konstanz.de/links/lexika.html
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/encylop.htm
Abbreviations for the Rest of Us, http://www.abbre.com  Contact: mail(at)abbre.com  (09-18-00)
Acronyms and Smilies, http://www.datacomm.ch/~silver/smile2.htm
BABEL, http://users.iamdigex.net/ikind/babel.html
Web Directory: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms,  http://spin.com.mx/~smarin/acro.html 



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