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Acronym Finder - A searchable database of acronyms, abbreviations and meanings. Covers: common acronyms, computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.

AltaVista Translation Service - This site translates words, phrases and web sites from/ to English to/from French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Portuguese. A word of caution: the translations are not always perfect, especially those of longer texts or idiomatic phrases.

ArtLex Art Dictionary - Provides definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with supporting images, pronunciation notes, quotations and cross-references.

One Look Dictionary search - This site allows you to search silmutaneously several dictionaries for word definitions.

Oxford English Dictionary - The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a main source to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases - The Internet edition of Roget's Thesaurus.

Visual DictionaryOnline - Merriam Webster's Visual Dictionary is a wonderful resource of detailed labeled images! You may search or browse its image collection.

WWWebster Dictionary - This easy to use Dictionary and Thesaurus is based on the print version of the well known Merriam-Webster Dictionary. A handy feature allows you to use wildcard characters ("?" and "*") to help you search words that you are not sure how to spell.

yourDictionary.com - A directory of dictionaries and glossaries available online. Includes dictionaries in languages other than English, specialty dictionaries indexed by subject, translation services, and sites related to word games. A search box for individual word look-up is also supplied.