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Reference Shelf: Dictionaries [ Reference Shelf home ]
English Dictionaries:yourDictionary.com Home PageAn index of english, translation, & subject web dictionaries. Also includes thesauri and other vocabulary aids. If you don't see the type of dictionary you are looking for below, definitely check out this site. Rhyming Dictionary Type in the word you want to rhyme and this site will bring back a list of words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as the word you are looking for. Translation Dictionaries:AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation ServiceAltaVista Babel Fish Translation enables you to translate short passages of text or entire Web sites among 19 pairs of languages. LOGOS Dictionary Translates words in over thirty languages. The dictionary currently has 4,400,502 entries (total for all languages). Constantly updated and corrected on line by a network of professional translators. German/English On-line Dictionary Swedish/English dictionary Acronyms, Thesauri, etc.:ARTFL Project: ROGET'S ThesaurusSearch the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus. Internal cross references are represented as clickable hyper-text links. Heteronyms Heteronyms are words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently. Official US Postal Service Abbreviations Locate abbreviations for all US states and possessions, street suffixes, and secondary unit designators (office, apartment, etc.). WordNet: A Lexical Database For the English Language Princeton University's mammoth new thesaurus of the English language. World Wide Web Acronym & Abbreviation Server Search by entering the acronym or a keyword. Subject Dictionaries:Abbreviations of Chemical CompoundsType in an abbreviation of the name of a chemical compound and then hit the enter key. Examples of searches are provided. All Music Guide - Glossary "A detailed reference source for a wide variety of music-related terms written by experts in the field". Search either by term or by broad subject category. Dictionary of Cell Biology "Intended to provide quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered in reading the modern biology literature". Includes over 5000 entries and almost 6000 cross-references. Weather Glossary (from the Weather Channel) Scroll down the list of words and definitions until you find the one you want. FOLDOC - Computing Dictionary Search returns either a single entry whose complete heading matches your search exactly or, failing that, all entries whose headings start with your search string, ignoring case. mathematics from FOLDOC A simple A-Z listing of mathematical terms. You must wait for the entire list to load then choose the word you want the defintion of. Date Last Modified: Sep 02, 2005 Page URL: http://www.coastal.edu/library/referenceshelf/diction.html |
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