AllWords.com:
Features two modern English dictionaries, multilingual search, and
translation. Also features a guide to language sites on the web and
a language discussion forum.
http://www.allwords.com/
Cynic's Dictionary:
Irreverent and amusing definitions from the recently published
Cynic's Dictionary. Samples may be reloaded for variety.
http://www.amz.com/cgi-bin/definitions.cgi
Worthless Word for the Day:
Obscure, abstruse and/or recondite word, especially one not falling
into medical terms, foreign monetary units, foreign units of
measure, legal terms, or professional jargon of any type.
http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
Word Assault:
Looks up multiple words simultaneously using several databases
including Webster's, Easton's, Wordnet, and the Devil's Dictionary.
http://www.wordassault.com/
Word Central:
Student dictionary and rhyming dictionary online at
Merriam-Webster's website. Daily Buzzword by subscription.
http://www.wordcentral.com/
OneLook Dictionaries:
Look up a word or term in an Internet dictionary or glossary. Free
search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms,
names, and acronyms.
http://www.onelook.com/
Research-It:
Includes several dictionaries and a thesaurus as well as online
tools for shipping and mailing, currency exchange, and language
translation.
http://www.iTools.com/
AllDictionaries.com:
Categorized index of language and subject dictionaries.
http://www.alldictionaries.com/
Dictionary Building Software for Reporters:
Software program for realtime reporters and captioners that lists
many diverse vocabulary lists.
http://www.dictionaryjumpstart.com/
Audio Webster Dictionary:
Talking, fully cross-linked dictionary with relevant quotes from
classical books and vocabulary games
http://www.cooldictionary.com
Skeptic's Dictionary:
Skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural
and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best
skeptical literature.
http://skepdic.com/
Dictionary Plus:
Enter a word and find everything expected from a standard dictionary
plus similar words and synonyms.
http://school.discovery.com/dictionaryplus/
Information Please Dictionary:
Infoplease's free online dictionary. Features almanacs, an
encyclopedia, and an atlas.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary.html
Dictionary Society of North America:
An international organization of librarians, booksellers,
translators, linguists, publishers, writers, journalists, and
collectors. Founded in 1975 to further research in dictionary
making, study, collection, and use. Member of the American Council
of Learned Societies.
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dsna/index.html
Quotations: The Yale Dictionary:
Project to create an searchable online database and a quotation
dictionary from Yale University Press.
http://quotationdictionary.com/
High Definition Dictionary:
Mixed collection of drug terminology with an apparently arbitrarily
selected mix of other, unrelated terms. Dictionary accepts
contributions of new terms.
http://hdd.rox.com/
The Century Dictionary Online:
Free 500,000 word dictionary of English with an encyclopedia and
world atlas. Uses DjVu and JPEG formats to display page images. Has
headword lookup and full text search of 22 million words of
underlying text.
http://www.global-language.com/CENTURY/
Dictionary of Comprehension:
A Dictionary of Comprehension in different languages.
http://www.dictionarydictionary.com/
The Alternative Dictionaries:
Includes a list of slang terms and phrases in various languages.
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/
Ka-BOOM:
Dictionary of comicbook words on historical principles.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Marathon/5150/dictionary/
Lighting Design Terminology:
Explanations of terms used in architectural lighting and lighting
simulation.
http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/glossary/
Word Spy:
Site dedicated to recently coined words and existing words revived
into modern usage.
http://www.wordspy.com/
Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary:
Dictionary using the statistical similarity of occurrences of
n-length combinations of letters in text to match documents.
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/revdict/
DICT Development Group:
A WWW interface to several freely available on-line dictionaries,
including Webster's 1913, the Jargon File, the US Gazetteer, and
Easton's Bible Dictionary.
http://www.dict.org/
Hypertext Webster Gateway:
WWW interface to multiple English dictionaries.
http://smac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/http_webster?
The Newbury House Online Dictionary:
Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when
available related pictures.
http://nhd.heinle.com/
Strange Dictionaries:
Free online versions of the Dictionary of One-Letter Words, the
Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, the Dictionary of All-Consonant
Words, and other strange dictionary resources.
http://www.blueray.com/dictionary/
The Superhero Dictionary:
Each entry compares a superhero's name with its real life meaning
and includes comparison pictures and pronunciations.
http://SHDictionary.tripod.com/
Dictionary of Difficult Words:
Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000 words.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/
A-Z-Dictionaries:
Descriptions and links to free online dictionaries, the
Merriam-Webster dictionary, electronic dictionary products,
dictionary downloads and software and ideas for saving money.
http://a-z-dictionaries.com/
Collection of Web-Dictionaries:
Sorted list of online dictionaries of more than 50 languages, mostly
bilingual.
http://www.leo.org/~mike/dictionaries.html
Crosslinked Free Webster Dictionary:
Free edition of a complete Webster dictionary. Fully crosslinked.
http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/webster.mpl
1000Dictionaries.com:
Links to online language dictionaries and subject dictionaries.
http://www.1000Dictionaries.com/dindex.html
Dictionaries, Lexica and Lexical Resources:
Collection of links to various online dictionaries and other lexical
references.
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/etext.html#dictionaries
Dictionaries on the Web:
Link collection -- over 100 links to various dictionaries of about
40 languages.
http://www.helsinki.fi/~hkantola/dict.html
Dictionary and Glossary List:
Contains links to glossaries and various dictionaries, almanacs and
other sources of educational information.
http://zuppa.co.uk/links/dictionaries.html
Frank Dietz's Glossary Links:
Directory of over 2200 links to glossaries, most of which are in
English or German.
http://frankdietz.com/glossary.htm
Digital Media Knowledge Base:
Free service including dictionary search and tutorials on web
development tools.
http://www.hansenmedia.com/
EZresearch.com:
Provides a directory of dictionaries.
http://www.ezresearch.com/reference/dict.html
Free Dictionary and Free Translation:
Collection of free dictionaries and translation sites. Supports
searching all dictionaries with just one mouse click.
http://www.stars21.com/freemorn/index.html
FreeDictionary.Org:
A search of multiple databases to find definitions or string
matches, with a variety of search specifications available. Features
tools to integrate the service with sites or browsers.
http://www.freedictionary.org/
Dictionary.com:
Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day,
crossword puzzles and word games, and vocabulary learning resources
for many languages.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionaries and Translation:
List of links to dictionaries on the Internet.
http://www.english-online.net/eolweb/viewcategorylinks.asp?category_id=21
Campus Program: Language Dictionaries:
A compilation of a large number of dictionary websites grouped by
language.
http://campusprogram.com/research/dictionaries/language/
Dictsearch:
Search a variety of dictionaries including monolingual, bilingual,
and specialty dictionaries.
http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch.htm
Glossaries:
Collection of more than 2000 links to glossaries and dictionaries.
http://www.jump.net/~fdietz/glossary.htm
The Glossarist:
Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
http://www.glossarist.com/
KnowPlay?:
Simple and integrated access to dictionaries, thesauri, encylopedias,
and quotation databases.
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
Lexicate Online Dictionary:
Text-only online dictionary directory of language (e.g. English,
French and Spanish) and subject (e.g. Science, Computer and Medical)
dictionaries.
http://www.lexicate.com/
Lexicool:
Searchable directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries.
http://www.lexicool.com/
On-Line Dictionaries:
Online specialty dictionaries for English, Russian, German, Finnish
and Latin.
http://www.ets.ru/udict-e.htm
Online Dictionary Net:
Online dictionaries on every topic: medical, computer, dreams,
rhyming; and, for every language: English, Spanish, French, Latin,
and German.
http://www.online-dictionary.net/start.htm
4Reference:
Facts, figures and fun from the Britannica, Library of Congress,
Oxford English Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Kelley Blue Book,
Billboard and Seinfeld Dictionary.
http://4reference.4anything.com/
Search-It-All:
A premium collection of the best searches on the Web.
http://www.searchbug.com/reference/
Voycabulary:
Online dictionary and thesaurus web linking lookup reference tool.
http://www.voycabulary.com/
WordWeb:
A free English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.
http://www.wordweb.co.uk/free
Xlation.com Glossary Database:
More than 1682 separate glossaries, linked by topic and by ISO 639-2
language codes.
http://www.xlation.com/glossaries/
yourDictionary.com:
Comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries in more than 200
different languages. Includes an index of on-line grammars, word of
the day by email, and several pages of linguistic fun.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Online Dictionaries, Translators and References:
Online dictionaries, translators, references accessable from a small
pop-window. Requires use of a browser with Javascript enabled.
http://www.esldesk.com/dictionaries/index.htm
Glossaries by Language:
Directory of multilingual dictionaries and dictionaries on specific
subjects, alphabetized by language.
http://www.lai.com/glossaries.html
Eurodicautom:
The European Commission's multilingual term bank. Particularly rich
in technical and specialized terminology related to European Union
policy.
http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Terminological Information System:
A simplified version of the European Union terminological database.
http://tis.consilium.eu.int/defaultEN.htm
Planet Translation:
Directory of dictionaries, including unilingual, multilingual, and
topical resources.
http://planettranslation.com/
HyperDictionary.com:
Includes a thesaurus and searchable dictionaries for English,
computers, dreams, and medical.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:
This site allows users to search, free of charge, for entries in the
latest (year 2000) edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's
Dictionary.
http://www.oup.com/elt/oald/
Merriam-Webster OnLine:
A free, searchable on-line dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a
word of the day, and many other English language and vocabulary
reference tools and resources.
http://www.m-w.com/
