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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.htm Online 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.com Specify 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.com Online 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.com Langservices 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.com A 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.com Online 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.info A 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.com Free online English thesaurus, dictionary and unabridged dictionary.
22.	Thesaurus.com http://www.thesaurus.com Free online English thesaurus.
23.	English Dictionary http://www.wordthrill.com Searchable English dictionary with over 200,000 word definitions and list of their synonyms.
24.	American Sign Language http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm Extensive 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.com American sign language dictionary. For each word in the dictionary a short movie is available.
26.	Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/glossary/bfglosa.htm Free business dictionary. More than 6,000 entries with 15,000 links.
27.	Construction & Building Dictionary http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm Construction 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.html Free online dictionary of Computing Free general dictionary of computing terms (hardware, software, theory, etc.)
30.	Genealogy Glossary http://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html When 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.com Free financial glossary with over 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links.
32.	Slang Dictionary http://www.noslang.com Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator.
33.	Sports Glossary http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary.shtml Free online dictionaries on sports.
34.	Medical Dictionary http://www.stedmans.com Online 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.htm Thesauri 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.com Rhymes, near rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, thesaurus, and word definitions. Great for writers, songwriters, poets and other creatives.

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