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Dictionaries (English)
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Dictionary of the English language and idioms
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary North American English pronunciation dictionary
Dictionary.com Links to dictionaries of all types, including foreign languages and medical
Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words An index of over 13,900 difficult words
One Look Dictionaries Search for a word located in other dictionary links
Oxford English Dictionary(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
   
Stands4.com Acronyms and abbreviations
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary(1913 edition) Enter a word to find the definition


Language Dictionaries
Alternative Dictionaries(slang) Dictionary of slang words in a variety of different languages
Lexicool(translation) Directory of more than 500 translation dictionaries and glossaries


Thesauri
Thesauri and Quotations Links to websites containing quotations and thesauri
Thesaurus.com Antonyms/synonyms within six categories


Quotations
Authority Finder Locate a quote from an authoritative source to support your hypothesis or argument
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations Passages and phrases taken from literature
Quotations Page Search for randomly select quotes


Acronyms and Abbreviations
Abbreviations.com A searchable index of abbreviations and acronyms
Acronym Finder Acronyms and abbreviations related to computers, technology, and the military
Acronyma A searchable index of abbreviations and acronyms
All the JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources Registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations
World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server Provides acronym definitions.
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