Dictionaries
Contents
English Language Dictionaries
Oxford
English Dictionary (OED) Online 
The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition,
first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published
in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3).
The American Heritage Dictionary of
the English Language (Fourth Edition from Bartleby.com)
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word
pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root
appendixes.
OneLook Dictionaries
Search the OneLook Dictionary indexes for the word you seek; if no match is
found in the dictionaries selected, then the other dictionaries are searched.
Visual Dictionary
Online (Merriam-Webster)
"Explore the 15 major themes to access
more than 6,000 images and see words
like never before."
WWWebster Dictionary
The World Wide Web edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
Tenth Edition.
YourDictionary.com
The Web's most authoritative and comprehensive language portal.
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO)
French-English, English-French; German-English, English-German; Italian-English, English-Italian; Spanish-English, English-Spanish.
Chinese Character Genealogy Dictionary
Chinese-English Dictionary
English-Esperanto and Esperanto-English Dictionaries
Foreign Language Online Dictionaries and Free Translation Links (from YourDictionary.com)
"...the widest and deepest set of dictionaries, grammars, and other language resources on the web."
iLoveLanguages
A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. Includes online
language lessons, translating dictionaries, programs to aid you in learning
a language, and more.
Online Language Dictionaries
and Translators
Large selection of language dictionaries.
Specialized Dictionaries
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works,
and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras
and genres.
Ethnologue
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages.
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
The law in plain language--from lawyer Lloyd Duhaime.
Free On-Line Dictionary
of Computing
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages,
tools, architecture, in fact anything to do with computing.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
"...the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy."
Online Etymology Dictionary
Handy dictionary of word origins.
The On-Line Medical Dictionary
Created by Dr. Graham Dark, it contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell
biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology,
science and technology.
The RhymeZone
Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
From Robert T. Carroll, Professor of Philosophy at Sacramento City College.
Webopedia
Though it ends in "pedia," this is an online dictionary of computer
and Internet technology.
