Collins dictionary (by Reverso) | |
| Type: | Monolingual |
| Owner: | Reverso |
| URL | http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definitions/ |
| Description: | Collins dictionary (by Reverso) for Spanish, English, French and many more |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
WordReference | |
| Type: | multi-lingual |
| Owner: | WordReference.com |
| URL | http://www.wordreference.com |
| Description: | A site based in Georgia, USA, with the aim of providing the non anglophone community with quick translation tools. Features - only single word - translations from English to German, Italian, French and Spanish. The site is also in German and Spanish. Basis for the English-Spanish translation is The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual, English/French, English/German, English/Italian, English/Spanish, French/English, German/English, Italian/English, Spanish/English |
WordNet 1.6 Vocabulary Helper | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Notre Dame Women's College of Kyoto (POETS project) |
| URL | http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn |
| Description: | Provides detailed grammatical information on each word. Complements results with hyponyms, synonyms, holonyms, meronyms, coordinate terms and others. Great tool. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
OneLook Dictionaries (US and UK English included) | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | OneLook - Bob Ware bware@onelook.com |
| URL | http://www.onelook.com/ |
| Description: | Bob Ware had the original idea to pack various specialised and general dictionaries into a single search tool. Subjects cover almost all areas from A like Arts and Humanity over Computers, Medicine up to S like Slang. He includes about 600 dictionaries totalling 3.000.000 words! |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
WordSmyth - THE EDUCATIONAL DICTIONARY-THESAURUS | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Wordsmyth Collaboratory |
| URL | http://www.wordsmyth.net/home.shtml |
| Description: | Monolingual EN thesaurus with pronunciation. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The Newbury House Online Dictionary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Monroe Allen Publishers, Inc |
| URL | http://nhd.heinle.com/form.html |
| Description: | Thesaurus of American English with 40.000 entries. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The International Cambridge Dictionary of English | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Cambridge University Press - North America |
| URL | http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/ |
| Description: | |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Ofxord conc. | |
| Type: | monolingual |
| Owner: | Bart van Houte |
| URL | http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/users/bvhoute/english/ |
| Description: | An online version of the excellent Oxford Concise English Dictionary |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Ultra Lingua English Dictionary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Ultralingua |
| URL | http://www.ultralingua.net |
| Description: | The dictionary contains over 120,000 definitions & 80,000 synonyms. The online interface allows you to search for words or parts of words, search within definitions to find headwords (Reverse Dictionary) , search for words that sound alike (Phonetic Dictionary) |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Web Dictionary | |
| Type: | monolingual |
| Owner: | Longman |
| URL | http://www.longmanwebdict.com/ |
| Description: | You can use the Longman Web Dictionary to look up ANY word on the Web. It contains over 80,000 words and phrases, including 15,000 references to people, places, events and organizations |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
FindLaw.com - Former Oran's Dictionary of the Law | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | West Legal Directory |
| URL | http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ |
| Description: | Find Law's dictionary of the law by West Legal Directory is a very useful piece of reference for legal terms - for lawyers as well as anoyone else. Enter a search phrase and get a fairly detailed description and explanation. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Lawyers.com - Glossary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Merriam-Webster / Lawyers.com |
| URL | http://www.lawyers.com/lawyers-com/content/glossary/glossary.html |
| Description: | Very detailed glossary of legal terms based on Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. This site doesn't only give you a short description of the search/phrase you searched for, but also tells you about its origin. Furthermore, with each search you get lots of related terms. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Real Life Dictionary of the Law (by Gerald and Kathleen Hill) | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | law.com |
| URL | http://dictionary.law.com/ |
| Description: | English online dictionary of law terms with clear explanations of 3000 common legal terms. "Authors Gerald and Kathleen Hill are accomplished scholars and writers, and Gerald is an experienced attorney, judge, and law instructor" |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Catalan Encyclopedia | |
| Type: | monolingual |
| Owner: | Enciclopèdia Catalana, S.A. |
| URL | http://www.catalanencyclopaedia.com/ |
| Description: | An excellent language resource site. "xrefer has signed with five leading content suppliers, including renowned brands such as Oxford University Press, Penguin, Macmillan and Bloomsbury. The xrefer site has aggregated and integrated over 50 titles so far..." Some of the dictionaries in their list are the following: Bloomsbury Good Word Guide, Oxford English Reference Dictionary, Penguin Rhyming Dictionary, The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of Idioms, The Concise Dictionary of Linguistics, Oxford University Press, The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, Oxford University Press, The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English, The Oxford Companion to English Language, A Dictionary of Accounting, A Dictionary of Business, A Dictionary of Law, the Penguin Business Dictionary, the Penguin Dictionary of Economics and the Penguin International Dictionary of Finance |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server | |
| Type: | Mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Peter Flynn |
| URL | http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html |
| Description: | Forgot what "UNPROFOR" or "WEU" stands for? Then check it out on this very useful site! |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Acronym Finder | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Mountain Data Systems |
| URL | http://www.acronymfinder.com |
| Description: | This is the most complete acronym database we have seen. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Yazilim Acronyms | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | ESTR |
| URL | http://software.estr.com/ |
| Description: | This seems to be a quite complete acronym dictionary. It claim to contain a total of 120.000. Also in the same site, the Word Assistant, an English-Turkish dictionary with more than 150.000 terms |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Webopedia | |
| Type: | Monolingual |
| Owner: | Internet.com |
| URL | http://webopedia.internet.com/ |
| Description: | This is the best encyclopedia dedicated to computer technology we have come across the web! We tried hard but did not find a single computer term for which we did not obtain a high quality and detailed description together with links to further information. They quote themselves as "The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology". And that's probably the truth! |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Denis Howe |
| URL | http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/ |
| Description: | FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. Currently contains about 12.958 terms. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
PCP - Dictionary of Personal Computing & the Internet | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Peter Collin Publishing |
| URL | http://www.petercollin.com/Resources/Online_Dictionaries/on_pcdict/on_pcdict.html |
| Description: | A new edition of this bestselling dictionary that covers over 3,000 terms on all aspects of personal computing and the Internet. The dictionary includes comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 features and commands, application software, personal computer and peripherals, MS-DOS commands, multimedia, the Internet including electronic mail, FTP, Telnet, IRC, and the Web. New and advanced topics, such as Perl, Active Server Pages, Java and ActiveX are also covered. Many entries include practical advice and tips for users. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
MedTerms Medical Dictionary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | MedTerms |
| URL | http://www.medterms.com/Script/Main/Art.asp?li=MNI&d=15&ArticleKey=11117 |
| Description: | This dictionary is specialized on medical terms. This Dictionary was written entirely by physicians but not just for physicians, nurses or allied health professionals. It was designed to be of use to everyone concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that matter to them. The fact that the content of this dictionary is 100% doctor-produced by MedicineNet.com ensures an unusual degree of professional expertise, reliability, and perspective that is sensitive to the needs of those confronting health issues. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Merriam Webster's Dictionary (medical) | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | HealthGate |
| URL | http://www3.healthgate.com/merriam/index.asp |
| Description: | Very complete English medical dictionary |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
WebMD Health | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | WebMD |
| URL | http://my.webmd.com/search_results?query=filter=dictionary_filter&go.x=13&go.y=15 |
| Description: | WebMD offers a very sophisticated and complete search for health-related terminology. It is based on Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
BioTech Life Science Dictionary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | BioTech Resources/Indiana University |
| URL | http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html |
| Description: | Huge (+8300 Words !!!) dictionary of terms related to biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine !!! There is a very detailed description for each term you search for. This site is really excellent. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Encyclopaedia Britannica | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | britannica.com |
| URL | http://www.britannica.com/ |
| Description: | The most traditional English encyclopedia and main competitor of Microsoft's Encarta. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Cambridge University Press - North America | |
| Type: | mono-lingualThe Cambridge Dictionary of American English |
| Owner: | http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/ |
| URL | Over 40,000 frequently used words and phrases from business, school, technology, arts and everyday life. 3,000 American English idioms. Definitions use a limited vocabulary of 2,000 words, which makes them easy to understand. Based on examination of the Cambridge International Corpus, a computerized resource that contains 100 million words of current American English |
| Description: | |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Encyclopedia.com (Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia) | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Infonautics Corporation |
| URL | http://www.encyclopedia.com/ |
| Description: | The encyclopedia is "composed of high-quality articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition. The site links more than 14,000 diverse articles to the resources available on Infonautics' popular online research service" |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| URL | http://www.bartleby.com/65/ |
| Description: | The Columbia Encyclopedia is a monolingual dictionary containing 50.000 articles, 40.000 bibliographic citations, and over 80.000 cross-reference entries. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | The American Heritage(r) Dictionary |
| URL | http://www.bartleby.com/61/ |
| Description: | Quote: "The unabridged American Heritage(r) Dictionary, Third Edition, contains over 350,000 entries and meanings. Word definitions are further enhanced by over 34,000 examples of use, more than 500 usage notes and a newly revised appendix of Indo-European roots. Called by Amazon.com "the chosen reference of editors," The American Heritage(r) Dictionary "is more than a mere tool of the trade-it's a luxurious linguistic experience". The Usage Panel, a group of over 170 editors, writers and public speakers, contributed its opinions on usage to The American Heritage(r) Dictionary." This dictionary is really a great piece of work! |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Concise Free Encyclopedia | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Microsoft Corp. |
| URL | http://encarta.msn.com/ |
| Description: | 16,000 abridged reference articles Categories: PHYSICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY ART, LANGUAGE, & LITERATURE PERFORMING ARTS SPORTS, HOBBIES, & PETS |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary | |
| Type: | Mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Carnegie Mellon University |
| URL | http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict |
| Description: | The Pronouncing Dictionary is a machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions. The dictionary can also be downloaded and used freely. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Cancer Web - On-line Medical Dictionary | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust |
| URL | http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?action=Home |
| Description: | English-Medical Dictionary. "OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr Graham Dark (<dark@www.graylab.ac.uk>) and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science. This dictionary is Copyright Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB 1997-99. This edition is distributed by CancerWEB under licence from Academic Medical Publishing. Permission is granted for individuals to use definitions from this dictionary or translations into another language, provided that no more than twenty are used in any one work. If more than twenty entries are to be used specific permission must be sought prior to usage and every such copy or derived work must carry the above copyright notice and be distributed under terms identical to these. Now contains over 65,000 definitions totalling 21 megabytes. Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net." |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | Harcourt |
| URL | http://www.harcourt.com |
| Description: | English online dictionary for technical terms. Acording to its editors it is "the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled in the English language". Over 130,000 terms (112,227 main entry words and 20,780 secondary entries) defined in 130 different fields of science under the following major categories: Engineering Sciences, life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, mathematics and computer science, social sciences, general and miscellaneous. Most probably the best English scientific dictionary available in the Net |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
British National Corpus On-line | |
| Type: | mono-lingual |
| Owner: | British Library under its Initiatives for Access Programmes (www.bl.uk) |
| URL | http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/lookup.html |
| Description: | The British National Corpus (BNC) is a one hundred million word corpus of British English, both spoken and written. Given a search term, the service lists any occurences of the term within included British texts. It is possible to become a BNC licensee and get a fully fledged on-line access by means of the SARA Software package. The web-site reminds that "The BNC contains a very large amount of copyright material, which has been generously made available to the project on the understanding that the rights of the copyright holders will not be abused. The conditions under which it is made available are summarized in the BNC Licence Agreement". Please check this out. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
Freedictionary.org | |
| Type: | bilingual |
| Owner: | Freedictionary.org |
| URL | http://www.freedictionary.org/ |
| Description: | Freedictionary.org finds of english words in multiple databases ( Webster's-1913, English Jargon Files, Computing Dictionary, Chemical Elements Dictionary, Bible and Bible Names Dictionary,... ). All dictionary definitions are in the public domain. Users can contribute with definitions of undefined terms - Also at the same site a browser integrated tool, etc. |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual |
TERMITE | |
| Type: | multilingual |
| Owner: | ITU (International Telecommunication Union) |
| URL | http://www.itu.int/search/wais/Termite/ |
| Description: | This Multilingual terminology database contains all the terms which appeared in ITU printed glossaries since 1980, as well as more recent entries relating to the different activities of the Union (in all some 59000 entries in English, French, Spanish and Russian). |
| Languages: | English/*Mono-lingual, French/*Mono-lingual, Russian/*Mono-lingual, Spanish/*Mono-lingual |
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