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A Web of On-line Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
Extensive index of dictionaries and thesauri from Bucknell University.

Hypertext Webster Interface
http://smac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/http_webster?
Access several Webster's English dictionaries with a single search.

Language Identifier
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dougb/ident.html
Enter a word or phrase to identify the source language.

Merriman-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
Searchable 1913 edition.

WordNet 1.6
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
Dictionary of words organized into synonym sets from the Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory. 

Word Spy
http://www.wordspy.com/index.asp
Devoted to recently coined words and phrases and old words that are being 
used in new ways.

travlang's Translating Dictionaries
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
Extensive collection of dictionaries to translate words from one language to another.

Yahoo! Dictionaries by Language
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/Language/

Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms
http://www.ora.com/reference/dictionary/
Searchable dictionary from O'Reilly & Associates.

Net Lingo
http://www.netlingo.com/
Search or browse Internet terms.

OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
Search several computer and Internet related dictionaries simultaneously.

PC Webopaedia
http://www.pcwebopedia.com/
Definitions and links to Internet sites for in-depth coverage of PC and Internet concepts.

TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.cgi
10,000+ technology terms and concepts.

Whatis.com
http://whatis.com/
Cross-referenced Internet dictionary.

Acronym Finder
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
Search for common acronyms with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.

American Sign Language Browser
http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
QuickTime clips demonstrate the signs to various words. From Michigan State University's Comm Tech Lab.

Animated American Sign Language
http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/index1.html
Animations of a small number of basic signs.

A Basic Guide to American Sign Language
http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
Contains both text and animated definitions. Animations require the QuickTime plug-in.

The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
http://rabi.phys.columbia.edu/~matmat/html/devils.html
The classic sardonic dictionary.

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
http://www.bartleby.com/81/
This hypertext edition is taken from Dr. E. Cobham Brewer's substantially revised and extended edition of 1894.  Extensive cross referenced.

Internet Anagram Server
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
Enter a term and view its anagrams.

SYMBOLS.com
http://www.SYMBOLS.com/
Dictionary of graphical symbols.

Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm
An online thesaurus.

Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
Visual thesaurus created by the Java program Thinkmap.

Roget's Thesaurus
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
Version 1.02 supplemented July 1991.

The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
http://www.lightlink.com/bobp/wedt/
A searchable integrated tool.

Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html
Compilation from the Department of English at Washington State University.

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Lessons and quizzes on English grammar by Charles Darling of Capital Community-Technical College.

A Web of On-line Grammars
http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars.html
Grammars of several languages from Bucknell University.