Dictionaries

Free Translation
Translates words or phrases from French, German or Spanish to English and English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese using machine translation technology.  Allows the user to get the "gist" of the message.

The Internet Acronym Server
This site can be used to look up the meaning of an acronym (abbreviations constructed from the first letters of several words, such as ADA for American Dental Association). You can also type in a word to get a list of acronyms that are associated with it. Sponsored by University College, Cork in Ireland.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with Links 
Enchanted Learning, a producer of children’s educational websites, provides this picture dictionary of more than 1,800 illustrated dictionary entries. Most entries have links to additional information, activities, and child-friendly, related websites. There are links to English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, or the English-Spanish versions.

Merriam-Webster Online 
Merriam-Webster has put their Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online, along with word games, contests, and other features.

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, this site includes links to encyclopedias, glossaries, and dictionaries of medical terms in English as well as eight European languages.

OneLook Reverse Dictionary
For those times when you can remember the meaning of a word but not the word itself, the OneLook Reverse Dictionary can help. The site indexes hundreds of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sites for words that have definitions similar to the words you search for. Developed in 1996 by Robert K. Ware, president of Study Technologies.

Oxford English Dictionary |
Definitions, pronunciations, and word histories. Usage of modern and historical words traced through 2.5 million quotations.

Rhyme Zone 
Enter any word and this site, using published reference books, provides rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, related words and more for virtually every word. Even includes examples of how the word was used in Shakespeare’s works.

Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
Wordsmyth is an American English Dictionary with an integrated thesaurus. It includes 50,000 headwords along with interactive, hyperlinked synonyms. Many additional features are included such as crossword solvers, anagram solvers, and vocabulary quiz makers.

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Last Updated: February 13, 2012