The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Practical and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce and appreciate the many foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English.
Collins German Dictionary
Complete and up-to-date coverage of all the words and phrases you need in German. Also have print edition in Mortensen Library Shelves [PF3640 .C68 2007].
Collins Spanish Dictionary
Complete and up-to-date coverage of all the words and phrases you need in Spanish. Also have print edition in Mortensen Library Shelves [PC4640 .C64 2010].
OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary)
Search the definitive dictionary of the English language, complete and continuously updated. Provides definitions, etymology, and history of usage with examples over time. UofH users only. Full text. Click "Check Status" for access.
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The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary
Offers an astonishingly wide range of suggestions for rhyming words, from the common and everyday to the more difficult and obscure.
Collins English-Polish Dictionary
This dictionary will help you read and understand modern Polish, as well as communicate and express yourself in the language.
OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary)
Search the definitive dictionary of the English language, complete and continuously updated. Provides definitions, etymology, and history of usage with examples over time. UofH users only. Full text.
Acronym Finder
Searchable database of over 61,000 acronyms, abbreviations and definitions.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Link to four sources from Cambridge University Press to find words, idioms, or phrased verbs. Includes examples as well as definitions and pronunciation.
Dictionary of Units
Definition and conversion factors for most units of measurement.
Dictionary.com
Links to major reference tools, including general and special dictionaries, thesaurus, and writing manuals.
Familiar Quotations
Search the 1919 edition of Bartlett's quotation dictionary. Part of Project Bartleby.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Basic searchable, detailed guide to sentence structure, punctuation, and more. Includes an online dictionary and thesaurus, web links for writers, and even an interactive grammar advice column.
Hypertext Webster Gateway
Dictionary lookup program. Words in definitions are hyperlinked to allow finding their definitions.
Infoplease.com
Search for or browse for information from Information Please Almanacs, a dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia. Includes extensive biographical information. Special daily features.
Logos
Multilingual dictionary and more. Type a word, choose the language you want it translated to. Link to quotations using the word. Use Verba to conjugate verbs. Includes anagram and crossword dictionaries as well as other tools.
NetLingo Dictionary of Internet Words
Frames based dictionary of internet words, describing technology, software, acronyms, etc. Brief definitions with links for more.
The On-Line Medical Dictionary
Brief definitions of terms in medicine and the sciences. Search or browse by word or topic. Be aware of British spelling and terminology.
SYMBOLS.com
History, use, and meanings of thousands of Western signs and symbols. Graphic and word indexes. Based on Carl G. Luingman's Thought Signs.
Terminology Collection Online Dictionaries
From the Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Vaasa, Finland. Links to "general language" (single and multi-lingual) and "special language" (subject specific).
WordNet: A Lexical Database for the English Language
WordNet may be used as a simple dictionary or thesaursus, but the design of each entry is to give lexical cross-referenced information for research in computational linguistics, semantics, artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology.
WordReference.com
Collins Dictionaries from HarperCollins, including English and bilingual.