Dictionaries

General (8) Acronyms & Abbreviations (2) Language (4) Medical (2)

Quotations (2) Thesaurus (2) Technical (3) Word and Phrase Origins (3)

---

	General Dictionaries
	American Heritage Dictionary - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The 3rd edition (1996) made available at Bartleby.com.
	Information Please - http://www.infoplease.com Choose the dictionary.
	Merriam-Webster Online - http://www.m-w.com/ Definitions and a sound file for proper pronunciation.
	One-Look Dictionaries - http://www.onelook.com/ Index to more than 6 million words found in 990+ dictionaries.
	WordSmyth - http://www.wordsmyth.net English dictionary and thesaurus featuring a word of the day and various search options including definition, pronunciation and synonyms all hyperlinked. From the University of Chicago AFTFL Project.
	A Web of Online Dictionaries  - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html A directory of over 600 Web dictionaries, including foreign language dictionaries.
	Xrefer  - http://www.xrefer.com/ A reference search engine that indexes several dictionaries and other reference books.
	YourDictionary.com  - http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Features an index of 1,200+ dictionaries in more than 200 languages and other word tools including 60 specialized dictionaries.

 

	Acronym & Abbreviation Dictionaries
	Acronym Finder - http://www.acronymfinder.com/ A searchable database of 109,800 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
	World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server  - http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/acro.html A searchable database of more than 17,845 acronymns, updated weekly.

 

	Language Dictionaries
	American Sign Language Brower - http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/ Access "video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them courtesy of Michigan State University."
	A Basic Chaucer Glossary - http://www.towson.edu/~duncan/glossary.html A list of words from Chaucer's work with a modern English equivalent.
	Handspeak  - http://www.handspeak.com/ A sign language dictionary featuring video clips demonstrating hundreds of American Sign Language terms.
	LOGOS Dictionary - http://www.logos.net/ Search over 7.5 million entries in 31 languages.  This source also includes a verb conjugator, anagram generator, and children's dictionary.

 

	Medical Dictionaries
	Medicine.Net's Medical Dictionary  - http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DICT Browse or search for terms.  Many entries include linked references to other relevant information.
	Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy  - http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/ The 17th edition from Merck is searchable or browse by table of contents.

 

	Quotations Dictionaries
	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -  http://www.bartleby.com/100/ The 10th edition with over 11,000 searchable quotations (the 17th edition of this work is available in print at both Calhoun Community College libraries).
	Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - http://www.bartleby.com/63/ 1988 edition with over "9,000 quotations from 4,000 sources organized into 25 categories and 60 sections."

 

	Technical Dictionaries
	Dictionary of Computing - http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html A searchable dictionary of terms and acronyms with over 13,000 definitions.
	High Tech Dictionary - http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/ Search for more than 7,000 high tech terms.
	Telecom Glossary 2000 - http://www.atis.org/tg2k/ Search or browse this glossary of telecommunications terms that began as the Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms glossary.

 

	Thesaurus
	Roget's Thesaurus  - http://thesaurus.reference.com/Roget-Alpha-Index.html Browse the thesaurus alphabetically.
	WordNet - http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ The official site for accessing Princeton's mammoth thesaurus of the English language.

 

	Word & Phrase Origins
	Behind the Name: Etymology of First Names - http://www.behindthename.com/ A searchable database of first names, or you can browse by alphabet, geography, or a set of categories (i.e., Biblical, ancient, literature, etc.).
	Behind the Name: Etymology of Surnames - http://surnames.behindthename.com/ Search the database or browse by geography or ethnicity.
	IdiomSite - http://www.idiomsite.com/ A dictionary of the origins of words and phrases.