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General Dictionaries
English and bilingual dictionaries, quotation dictionaries, and specialized subject dictionaries. (Full-text).
Definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and spellings for half a million words. (Full-text).
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
A dictionary with audio word pronunciations, a thesaurus, and an English-Spanish dictionary. (Full-text).
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
Find words by viewing the images they represent. (Full-text).
netLibrary Reference Center
No longer available. See EBSCOhost E-Books. (This cross-reference will be removed on 7/21/12).
Roget's II : The New Thesaurus
Search 35,000 synonyms to find various ways to express your intended meaning. (Full-text).
Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Search 85,000 synonyms. (Full-text).
Specialized Dictionaries
Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary
The most comprehensive source of its kind. (Full-text).
A web site with definitions of 475,000 acronyms. (Full-text).
A short glossary of symbols used in editing papers and manuscripts. (Full-text).
An online dictionary of Western signs and ideograms. (Full-text).
Non-English Dictionaries
Language Dictionaries and Translators
A guide to free dictionaries and translators. (Web links).
This web site provides a searchable directory to over 6000 freely available online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries. (Internet links).
Free bilingual dictionaries, translation, and grammar software. (Full-text).
French, Italian, and Spanish dictionaries. (Full-text).
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