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allows you to search multiple dictionaries and references at the same time.
returns word and phrase definitions from a variety of English dictionary resources.
has links to a number of dictionaries, thesauruses, and other language tools, including online translators.
allows you to search this dictionary site from your computer. Search options also include Spanish-English, thesaurus, and medical terms.
is a large online English dictionary that tolerates small spelling errors (U.S. or international spelling), shows definitions for multiple senses of the word, and for each sense shows synonyms, related terms, and usage examples. It will also translate words to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, or German or vice-versa.
is a free resource that simultaneously provides dictionary, thesaurus, and etymological references as well as definitions for scientific and business-related terms.
A searchable list of biographies are available at the biography dictionary.
The offers a visual way of exploring the relationships between words.
searches familiar and famous quotations.
The New York Times on the Web: contains a list of business terms from A to Z.
William Strunk's original version of the (later made famous by E. B. White) is available courtesy of the Bartleby project.
Robert Harris has a searchable rhetorical devices and a glossary of literary terms.
The is a good-natured site that promotes proper use of the apostrophe.