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Accounting, Business and Economics Dictionary: Over 3000 terms defined in this dictionary aimed at supporting secondary and tertiary students who are studying business and commerce related subjects.

Acronym and Abbreviation Finder

Baby Name Dictionary: Find out the meaning of names and their origin

Behind the Name: Searchable site that allows you to study the origin and history of some 9,000 names

Biographical Dictionary: Information about famous people - SEARCHABLE by name, keyword, or date

Dictionaries.com: Have a question about words,language, or grammar - ask the doctor dictionary SEARCHABLE by keyword

Etymology of First Names: The origin and meaning of your first or middle name

The Free Dictionary: English, Medical, Legal, Financial, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one! PLUS: This Day in History, Word of the Day, Today's Birthdays

Healthopedia.com: A medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications. SEARCHABLE by keyword

Language Arts Dictionary: : A standard dictionary plus a wide variety of word and writing resources: Ask Dr. Dictionary, Links to online periodicals, classic texts and newspapers; Links to a variety of special interest dictionaries including foreign languages, biography, rhyming, symbols, etymology, geography, science, Roget's Thesaurus, language translators, and Word of the Day; also an extensive set of writing resources including writing for the web, common errors in English, and the MLA Guide for Writing Research Papers

Little Explorers by Enchanted Learning Software: A dictionary/reference source for young children; Select letters of the alphabet to find facts and information about topics; photographs

Lives: The Biography Resource: One of the largest guides to biography sites on the Web

Medicinet Dictionary: The biggest general medical dictionary with over 1,075 medical entries - Entries listed alphabetically

Merriam Webster Dictionary: SEARCHABLE by keyword

NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary: contains definitions of hundreds of words that are emerging as a new vocabulary surrounding the technology and community of the Internet and the World Wide Web - SEARCHABLE by letter

One-Look-Dictionaries: Computer/internet,science,medical and sports dictionaries all listed at one site - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Online Scientific and Medical Dictionaries: A listing of scientific and medical dictionaries, as well as other dictionary listings

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Rhyming Dictionary: SEARCHABLE by keyword

Sign Language Dictionary: A great introduction to sign language, a review of vocabulary for the deaf, a quick tutorial for parents or teachers of deaf children, or just fun for anyone interested in the topic

The TechEncyclopedia: More than 11,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts. or get a random definition - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Vocabulary: A powerful web tool which will link web pages or phrases to online references like dictionaries or thesauruses -- This provides a convenient and speedy way to lookup words quickly and efficiently, without disrupting your normal web browsing. Simply enter an URL and Voycabulary transforms every word on that page into a link to a dictionary definition

What Is?: An internet dictionary of terms, as well as information about the internet

Word Net Dictionary: Antonyms, synonyms - SEARCHABLE by keyword


 

...it took 71 years to complete the Oxford English Dictionary, and James Murray, the author, never went to school beyond the eighth grade?
...James Murray was a genius who could name the letters of the alphabet at eighteen months of age, and at the age of seven, amused himself by reading passages from the Bible in Chinese?
...the Oxford English Dictionary was completed in 1928, and contained 414,825 words. It missed its deadline by thirty-nine years?
...dictionaries have been published in every living language, from Afrikaans to Zulu, as well as in some languages that no longer exist, such as Babylonian and Egyptian?
...the average American recognizes 30,000 to 50,000 words, but uses only 10,000 to 15,000? The English language contains 1 million words.

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