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Dictionaries & ThesauriKent State librarians recommend: Individual DictionariesAmerican Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Provides definitions for new words, biographical entries, and lists of synonyms, usage notes, or examples of usage taken from published works of well-known writers.
Merriam Webster Online
Contains more than 160,000 word entries plus a thesaurus and spelling help.
Oxford English Dictionary
Can be searched for both current and historical definitions of a word, as well as provide quotations and the ability to search for the occurrence of a word in any definition. Updated periodically.
Collections of DictionariesOneLook Dictionaries
Includes over 4.8 million words indexed in more than 750 online dictionaries.
Oxford Reference Online
Contains entries from over 100 major discipline-related dictionaries and other publications from Oxford University Press. Coverage includes the sciences, foreign languages, art and architecture, politics, business, literature and more.
your.Dictionary.com
Includes more than 1500 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages.
Specialized DictionariesAmerican Sign Language Browser
Developed at Michigan State University, this American Sign Language (ASL) browser site enables you to look thousands of ASL signs and see them illustrated with Quicktime video clips.
Behind the Name
Offers etymology and history of first names.
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
The law written in plain language.
Latin Phrases
This list of latin phrases from the Wikipedia includes many that are commonly used in English. A translation is provided for each phrase plus other comments and explanations.
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
A concise guide to the essential language of medicine, including brand names and generic equivalents of common drugs. Provides more than 35,000 entries, each with a pronunciation guide.
O*Net Online
The Occupational Information Network - O*Net database takes the place of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) as the nation's primary source of occupational information.
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
This dictionary is a fully searchable, electronic version of a 900+ item dictionary authored by Gary Parkinson, Ph.D. and Robert Drislane, Ph.D.
Urban Dictionary
A slang dictionary with user-created definitions.
ThesauriMerriam Webster Online
Contains more than 160,000 word entries plus a thesaurus and spelling help.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
The 3rd edition of this standard reference provides 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format.
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