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1.	Dictionary.com https://dictionary.reference.com/ Largest free online dictionary, thesaurus and audio pronunciation.
2.	The Free Dictionary https://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 https://www.dicts.info/ Large collection of dictionaries, including picture dictionary and a dictionary for mobile phones..
5.	Freelang.net https://www.freelang.net/ Free dictionaries to download.
6.	Babylon Translation https://www.babylon.com/gloss/ Over 1400 Free Online Dictionaries, glossaries and translations.
7.	Write Express https://www.rhymer.com/ Find more rhyming words with Rhymer's massive 93,000-word dictionary. Online dictionaries.
8.	AllWords.com https://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 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Cambridge Dictionaries Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.
10.	CroDict.com https://www.crodict.com Online Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.
11.	Online Etymology Dictionary https://www.etymonline.com/ Etymology Dictionary Online Etymology Dictionary - explanations of what words meant and how they sounded hundreds of years ago.
12.	LanGServices https://www.langservices.com Langservices Free online Cambridge dictionaries, Merriam-Websters Dictionary and Merriam-Websters Thesaurus.
13.	One Look Dictionary Search https://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 https://open-dictionary.com/ A collaborative project to produce a freely accessible multilingual dictionary in every language, with meanings, etymologies and pronunciations.
15.	Translating Dictionaries https://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 https://www.wiktionary.org/ Free multi-lingual online dictionary.
17.	Word Reference.com https://www.wordreference.com/ Online dictionaries: English to/from Spanish, French, Italian; also: English and Spanish definitions, Portuguese to/from Spanish.
18.	Your Dictionary.com https://yourdictionary.com/ English into lots of other languages. Can also play word games.
19.	Dictionary and Thesaurus https://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 https://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 https://www.webster.com Free online English thesaurus, dictionary and unabridged dictionary.
22.	Thesaurus.com https://www.thesaurus.com Free online English thesaurus.
23.	English Dictionary https://www.wordthrill.com Searchable English dictionary with over 200,000 word definitions and list of their synonyms.
24.	American Sign Language https://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 https://www.aslpro.com American sign language dictionary. For each word in the dictionary a short movie is available.
26.	Bloomberg.com https://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/glossary/bfglosa.htm Free business dictionary. More than 6,000 entries with 15,000 links.
27.	Construction & Building Dictionary https://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm Construction Glossary from the "Home Building Manual".
28.	Financial Dictionary https://fidict.com/ Online financial dictionary, containing over 5000 terms. Additionally, FiDict.com is able to translate between English and Dutch.
29.	Computing Dictionary https://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 https://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 https://www.investorwords.com Free financial glossary with over 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links.
32.	Slang Dictionary https://www.noslang.com Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator.
33.	Sports Glossary https://www.hickoksports.com/glossary.shtml Free online dictionaries on sports.
34.	Medical Dictionary https://www.stedmans.com Online medical dictionaries.
35.	Dictionary of Slang https://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom..
36.	Downloadable Dictionary https://wordweb.info/free/ Thesauri for which can be used in combination with any Windows program.
37.	Thesauri Online https://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/institut/labor/bir/thesauri_new/theslang.htm Thesauri classified by language.
38.	Chatslang.com https://www.chatslang.com/ A slang dictionary with text messaging short cuts and emoticons.
39.	Rhyme Desk https://www.rhymedesk.com Rhymes, near rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, thesaurus, and word definitions. Great for writers, songwriters, poets and other creatives.

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