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1. Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/Largest free online dictionary, thesaurus and audio pronunciation.
2. The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Online Dictionary - Multiple dictionaries including: English dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary, computer dictionary.
3. The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/Dictionary.htmOnline Dictionary - Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia; translations into Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
4. Free Dictionaries Project
http://www.dicts.info/Large collection of dictionaries, including picture dictionary and a dictionary for mobile phones..
5. Freelang.net
http://www.freelang.net/Free dictionaries to download.
6. Babylon Translation
http://www.babylon.com/gloss/Over 1400 Free Online Dictionaries, glossaries and translations.
7. Write Express
http://www.rhymer.com/Find more rhyming words with Rhymer's massive 93,000-word dictionary. Online dictionaries.
8. AllWords.com
http://www.allwords.comSpecify a word in English, Dutch, French, Italian or Spanish, and translate it simultaneously into Dutch, French, English, Italian and Spanish. Also has links for creative writing, crosword puzzles, writing tools ,thesauri, slang, quotations, translation services, etc.
9. Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/Cambridge Dictionaries Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.
10. CroDict.com
http://www.crodict.comOnline Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.
11. Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/Etymology Dictionary Online Etymology Dictionary - explanations of what words meant and how they sounded hundreds of years ago.
12. LanGServices
http://www.langservices.comLangservices Free online Cambridge dictionaries, Merriam-Websters Dictionary and Merriam-Websters Thesaurus.
13. One Look Dictionary Search
http://www.onelook.com/OneLook Meta-dictionary. Enter any word in any language. OneLook will give you the results of a large number of online resources ordered by dictionary, language and dictionary-type (such as medicine, computing).
14. Open Dictionary
http://open-dictionary.com/A collaborative project to produce a freely accessible multilingual dictionary in every language, with meanings, etymologies and pronunciations.
15. Translating Dictionaries
http://dictionaries.travlang.comA large number of online dictionaries: German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Latin, Finnish, Norwegian, Frisian, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Esperanto, Turkish.
16. Wiktionary
http://www.wiktionary.org/Free multi-lingual online dictionary.
17. Word Reference.com
http://www.wordreference.com/Online dictionaries: English to/from Spanish, French, Italian; also: English and Spanish definitions, Portuguese to/from Spanish.
18. Your Dictionary.com
http://yourdictionary.com/English into lots of other languages. Can also play word games.
19. Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://www.zebrawords.comOnline meta-dictionary and thesaurus for the english language. Also: online translation of words from and to a large number of other languages.
20. Find The Word
http://www.findtheword.infoA search engine for English words. All searches are made in a dictionary containing more than 460,000 English words. Also: partial words, anagrams, palindromes, words in word, word bridge, and more.
21. Webster's Dictionary
http://www.webster.comFree online English thesaurus, dictionary and unabridged dictionary.
22. Thesaurus.com
http://www.thesaurus.comFree online English thesaurus.
23. English Dictionary
http://www.wordthrill.comSearchable English dictionary with over 200,000 word definitions and list of their synonyms.
24. American Sign Language
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htmExtensive American Sign Language dictionary. For each letter, word or phrase it will play a short movie showing you how it is signed.
25. American Sign Language
http://www.aslpro.comAmerican sign language dictionary. For each word in the dictionary a short movie is available.
26. Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/glossary/bfglosa.htmFree business dictionary. More than 6,000 entries with 15,000 links.
27. Construction & Building Dictionary
http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htmConstruction Glossary from the "Home Building Manual".
28. Financial Dictionary
http://fidict.com/Online financial dictionary, containing over 5000 terms. Additionally, FiDict.com is able to translate between English and Dutch.
29. Computing Dictionary
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.htmlFree online dictionary of Computing Free general dictionary of computing terms (hardware, software, theory, etc.)
30. Genealogy Glossary
http://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.htmlWhen tracing an ancestry it is common to encounter records filled with obsolete, archaic, or legal terms that can be difficult to interpret. This glossary can help.
31. Investing Glossary
http://www.investorwords.comFree financial glossary with over 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links.
32. Slang Dictionary
http://www.noslang.comInternet Slang Dictionary and Translator.
33. Sports Glossary
http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary.shtmlFree online dictionaries on sports.
34. Medical Dictionary
http://www.stedmans.comOnline medical dictionaries.
35. Dictionary of Slang
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom..
36. Downloadable Dictionary
http://wordweb.info/free/Thesauri for which can be used in combination with any Windows program.
37. Thesauri Online
http://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/institut/labor/bir/thesauri_new/theslang.htmThesauri classified by language.
38. Chatslang.com
http://www.chatslang.com/A slang dictionary with text messaging short cuts and emoticons.
39. Rhyme Desk
http://www.rhymedesk.comRhymes, near rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, thesaurus, and word definitions. Great for writers, songwriters, poets and other creatives.
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