Online Dictionaries - Most Useful

We have come across various dictionaries and wordlists on sites other than our own. Vaguely classified, mostly unverified, and without a lot of editing. This list may, or may not, prove useful.

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• Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition and Thesaurus.
• Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition – New International, 1st Edition, free
• Merriam-Webster's Online Unabridged - subscription required
• Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
• Rogets Thesaurus
• Webster's 1828 Dictionary
• Compact Oxford English Dictionary (compact OED)
• Encarta(R) World English Dictionary, North American Edition
• Cambridge International Dictionaries of English, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs
• The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
• The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
• Infoplease Dictionary
• Infoplease Foreign Words and Phrases
• Dictionary.com
• Cambridge Dictionary of American English
• Online Plain Text English Dictionary
• FreeDictionary.org
• biggest viewable dictionary on the net (spellcheck word list -English)
• American British For English Speaking People (American to British)
• English Homophone
• English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
• FreeDictionary.org
• Ye Olde English Sayings
• British American For English Speaking People (British to American)
• 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica

• www.unwords.com – “Changing the English language one word at a time.”
• CMU Pronouncing – Carnegie Mellon University; we have a wordlist that is probably related to this.
• The Metaglossary – “Find meaning, not just links.” and “Now defining over 2,000,000 terms, phrases and acronyms!”

• Scrabble™ Two-letter Words with Definitions
• Scrabble™ Three Letter Words with definitions
• Game Dictionary
• AD & D Dwarven Dictionary
• Backgammon
• Chess Dictionary
• Fifthchair Bridge
• Poker Terms
• Kasparov vs. Deep Blue Chess Glossary

• Terra.org's Sailing Terms
• Windsurf Glossary
• CmAW Abbreviations of Ocean-related Terms
• Oakland Harbor Navigation Improvement (-50 Foot) Project
• Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular
• Nautical
• Glossary of Nautical Terms

• Badminton Terms
• Rugby
• Devil's Dictionary of Cricket
• Cowboy and Rodeo Glossary
• Croquet
• Karate
• Tennis Terms
• English/Spanish Gymnastics Terminology and Phrases
• Extreme Martial Arts Glossary
• Glossary of Golf Equipment Terms
• Golfer's Dictionary
• Karate Terms
• Hickok Sports Glossaries

• Online Music
• Band Terms
• Banjo Glossary
• Classical Music Guide
• Early Patches (musical instruments)
• Electronic Music Terms
• Essentials of Music
• Folkies (music)
• Glossary of Musical Terms
• LATIN BEAT (music)
• Musical Instruments
• SimplyTheBest Music Glossary
• Streetsound Groove Selector (Music)
• Sweetwater Music
• Classical Composers Database
• Totally Unofficial Rap
• Encyclopedia of Organ Stops
• Guitar Nine Terms

• Dance
• DAVID'S GLOSSARY OF THEATRE TERMS
• Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
• Mountain Bike Slang
• Sports Terms
• Ballet
• Dan's Poker
• Tolkien - Khuzdul Dictionary
• Climbing
• Cavers Slang Dictionary
• CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY
• Billiard Terms of the Month
• Weight Training
• winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary
• Body Building
• Book Collector's Glossary
• Game Theory Dictionary
• Bird On!
• Warhammer Dwarven Word List
• Snowboarding Glossary
• Shakespeare Glossary
• Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms
• Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS
• Broadcast Terminology
• Encyclopedia of Television

• Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms
• Dictionary of Management Jargon
• ABCNEWS.com Business
• WashingtonPost.com: Business
• MoneyGlossary.com
• Travel Industry Dictionary
• AMEX Dictionary of Financial Risk Management
• INVESTORWORDS
• Advertising Terminology
• Real Estate Glossary
• 101 Investment Terms You Should Know
• A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
• Accounting Glossary
• Alphabetical catalogue of companies.
• Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology
• Business and Economic Terms
• Business and Economic Terms
• Business English Spanish Glossary
• Abbreviations in shipping
• Bloomberg Financial Glossary
• Cargo Shipment
• Chicago Board of Trade Futures Terminology
• Conflict Resolution Glossary
• Construction Term Glossary
• Contingency Analysis
• Credit Terms
• Corporate Apparel Glossary
• Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
• Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing Glossary
• Quanto Financial Technology Dictionary
• Quicken.com Glossary
• Industrial Relations Terms
• InsWeb Insurance Glossary
• Investopedia
• The Jungle Gloss
• Tradition/Axone Financial Terminology Database
• Risk Management and Insurance
• ITS Tutorial School in Hong Kong has an 'Accounting, Business Studies and Economics dictionary' for students that on their website.

• TaxCommand Tax Glossary
• Taxopedia
• Yahoo Tax Center Glossary

• Glossary of Police Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terminology
• Police and Criminal Vocabulary
• GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS
• DUHAIME'S LAW DICTIONARY
• Law.com Dictionary
• Everybody's Legal Dictionary
• International Law
• DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
• Divorce source Dictionary
• THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM
• Ethics, Law and Science of Using New Genetic Technology in Medicine and Agriculture
• " " (Wordlist of Russian Criminal Argot)

• Vegetarian Culinary Dictionary
• Cooking Guide
• BBC Food Glossary
• Cook's Thesaurus
• Chocolate Glossary
• Congo Cookbook
• Culinary Cafe
• Culinary Terms
• DIZIONARIO INGLESE-ITALIANO
• Food Lexicon
• Go Madrid Spanish Food Dictionary
• Indian Food Guide
• Italian Cooking
• Paris Cookbook
• Indian Cooking Terms
• Korean Cuisine Dictionary (charset=EUC-KR)
• Midwestern Favorites (food)
• The Turkish Food and Beverage Page
• The Food Lover's Companion
• Glossary of Cheese Terms

• Beer Terms
• French-English Wine Glossary
• Wine Glossary
• Wine Glossary
• Wine Taster's Glossary
• Glossary of Coffee Terminology

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