General Online Dictionaries

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General Online Dictionaries

• LookWAYup dictionary - LookWAYup is a large online English dictionary that tolerates small spelling errors, shows definitions for multiple senses of the word, and for each sense shows synonyms, related terms, and usage examples.
• DICT Development Group - A Web  interface to several freely available online dictionaries, including Webster's 1913, the Jargon File, and the US Gazetteer.
• Dictionaries, Lexica, and Lexical Resources - A collection of links oriented around linguistics.
• Dictionary.com - Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day, crossword puzzles and word games, and vocabulary learning resources for many languages.
• Digital Media Knowledge Base - Free service including dictionary search and tutorials on web development tools.
• EZresearch.com - Provides a directory of dictionaries.
• Free Dictionary and Free Translation - Collection of free dictionaries and translation sites. Supports searching all dictionaries with just one mouse click.
• Freeality Free Online Dictionaries - Search a wide variety of Free Online Dictionaries.
• The Glossarist - Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries covering hundreds of topics.
• Lexicate Online Dictionary - Text-only online dictionary directory of language and subject dictionaries.
• Lexicool - Searchable directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries.
• Online Dictionary Net - Online dictionaries on every topic: medical, computer, dreams, rhyming; and, for every language: English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, etc.
• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - This site allows users to search, free of charge, for entries in the latest (year 2000) edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
• The Writers' Board - Listing of dictionaries, thesaurus, research materials, quotations, useful links, and writing related tools.
• yourDictionary.com - Comprehensive index of online dictionaries in more than 200 different languages. Includes an index of online grammars, word of the day by email, and several pages of linguistic fun.