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Examining the Oxford English Dictionary Examining the Oxford English Dictionary- A scholarly analysis of the Oxford English Dictionary by Dr Charlotte Brewer, Hertford College, Oxford. Online Dictionary of Language Terminology Online Dictionary of Language Terminology- Explains key language terms such as: nouns, verbs, aspects, and tenses. Provides usage and grammar guidance. English Dictionary - Definr.com English Dictionary - Definr.com- English dictionary contains 150,000 entries. Lexipedia Visual Word Web Lexipedia Visual Word Web- Visual dictionary. Includes definitions and examples of sentence use. Ninjawords Dictionary Ninjawords Dictionary- A free searchable on-line dictionary. Information Please Dictionary Information Please Dictionary- Infoplease's free online dictionary. Features almanacs, an encyclopedia, and an atlas. DICT Development Group 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 Dictionar… The Newbury House Online Dictionary The Newbury House Online Dictionary- Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when available related pictures. Hypertext Webster Gateway Hypertext Webster Gateway- Provides access to multiple English dictionaries. Cooldictionary.com Cooldictionary.com- Free edition of a complete Webster dictionary. Fully crosslinked. Includes sound. The Century Dictionary Online The Century Dictionary Online- Free 500,000 word dictionary of English with an encyclopedia and world atlas. Contains headword lookup and a full text search of 22 million words of… AllWords.com 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. Ultralingua Ultralingua- Searchable dictionary of the English language, with standard, reverse and phonetic lookup. Also links to a range of other language resources. Wiktionary Wiktionary- English language Wiki dictionary from the Wikimedia Foundation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of 1913- Forms version. Allows browsing headwords. Elizabethan Dictionary Elizabethan Dictionary- Provides the origins and meanings of Elizabethan words and vocabulary including obscure Shakespearean expressions. The Jargon Database The Jargon Database- A repository of popular neologisms, management speak, and technical terms relevant to various regions, jobs, and cultures, and organized by categories. Macmillan English Dictionaries Macmillan English Dictionaries- Resource site for the Macmillan range of dictionaries. Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English- Searchable dictionary of contemporary English. Virtual Dictionary Virtual Dictionary- Searchable English language dictionary shows results in synonym sets. Dictionary.net Dictionary.net- A dictionary database of word and phrase definitions from eight different sources. Online Dictionary - Die.net Online Dictionary - Die.net- Cross-referenced definitions, spelling correction, and searches from WordNet and Webster's. DataSegment Dictionary DataSegment Dictionary- Find definitions by alphabetical browsing or word lookup. Powered by several print dictionaries. The Beet Foundation The Beet Foundation- General purpose online English language dictionary and Thesaurus. HyperDic HyperDic- Based on the WordNet lexical database and thesaurus, this dictionary covers only a selection of the most frequent English words. Includes synonyms, antonyms, examples an… Word Central Word Central- Student dictionary and rhyming dictionary online at Merriam-Webster's website. Daily Buzzword by subscription. Plan of an English Dictionary (1747) Plan of an English Dictionary (1747)- Letter written by Samuel Johnson to the Earl of Chesterfield setting out his plan for an English Dictionary. Word Spy Word Spy- Site dedicated to recently coined words and existing words revived into modern usage. HyperDictionary.com HyperDictionary.com- Includes a thesaurus and searchable dictionaries for English, computers, dreams and medicine. OneLook Dictionaries OneLook Dictionaries- Contains a database of words, terms, names, and acronyms. Cambridge Dictionary Cambridge Dictionary- Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press. LookWayUp English-Dutch Dictionary LookWayUp English-Dutch Dictionary- Fixes spelling and translates the meaning, with definitions, related words, usage examples. 80,000 entries. John and Grayson's Dutch Dictionary John and Grayson's Dutch Dictionary- Personal reference by students studying Dutch. Online English to Dutch to English Dictionary Online English to Dutch to English Dictionary- Java-driven translating word search. English-Dutch On-line Dictionary English-Dutch On-line Dictionary- From the freeware multilingual program Ergane. It contains 15,000 terms. Dutch - English On-line Dictionary Dutch - English On-line Dictionary- From the freeware multilingual program Ergane. It contains 15,000 terms. A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary- Online version to the indexes of T. Burrow's 1984 dictionary from the Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. English-Dhivehi and Dhivehi-English Dictionary English-Dhivehi and Dhivehi-English Dictionary- A guide to the languages of the Maldives, including a pronunciation guide. Dhivehi words are rendered in Roman script, converted fr… Travlang's Translating Dictionaries Travlang's Translating Dictionaries- Translates Danish from/to English, Dutch and German. From the freeware program Ergane. With 4,500 terms. Online English to Danish to English Dictionary Online English to Danish to English Dictionary- Java-driven translating word search. Wordbook's English-Czech Dictionary Wordbook's English-Czech Dictionary- Bi-directional translation. Combines Czech with English and German, Spanish, or French. Multilingual Dictionary Multilingual Dictionary- Multi-directional service including Czech, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Latin. Chinese Stroke Order Dictionary Chinese Stroke Order Dictionary- Mandarin characters database. Stroke order animations, radicals, strokes, pinyin and definitions. HanziDB HanziDB- Chinese characters database. Definitions, pinyin, character lists. Line Dict Line Dict- Dictionaries searchable by English, Pinyin, Chinese character, radical-stroke, or handwriting recognition. Provides MP3 pronunciations, idioms, and usage examples. (UTF… Glossary of Antique Chinese Porcelain Terms Glossary of Antique Chinese Porcelain Terms- Jan-Erik Nilsson’s list of specialized vocabulary for East Asian pottery and porcelain. YellowBridge Chinese/English Dictionary YellowBridge Chinese/English Dictionary- CEDICT and Unihan interface allowing word search by English, Chinese character, or Pinyin with tone numbers or marks; and character search… Chineseoutpost Dictionary Chineseoutpost Dictionary- Searchable dictionary by English, pinyin, stroke order, or Chinese (GB, Big5, or Unicode encodings). Chinese Text Project Dictionary Chinese Text Project Dictionary- Classical Chinese character dictionary searchable by character or radical-stroke. Provides example usages linked to database of ancient Chinese te… Xiaoma Cidian Xiaoma Cidian- CEDICT and Unihan server with search by simplified Chinese character, Pinyin, English, radical, stroke, or usage frequency. (UTF-8)