Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Thesauri: Dictionaries

The world's "most comprehensive" English dictionary. Links to other language dictionaries on the side: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. Access also provided to Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, and Financial Dictionaries and more.

Gateway site links to dozens of open access English and Old English dictionaries and language tools

Open access dictionary, unspecified edition

This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

This open access dictionary contains many useful words. For a more comprehensive English Dictionary, use the Oxford English Dictionary above, which we subscribe to

The connoisseur's reference to American English - a dictionary for writers and wordsmiths

This dictionary contains the foundation of America's heritage and principal beliefs. It is contemporary with the American Constitution.

Includes definitions of terms from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Webster's New World College Dictionary, Wiktionary ,and Ologies & Isms.

Directory of over 8.000 bilingual and multilingual translation dictionaries, translation and language resources.

Searches over 1,060 different online dictionaries

Gateway site links to hundreds of open access dictionaries in dozens of languages

Searches over 1,060 different online dictionaries

Dictionary allows you to look up video snippets of thousands of ASL signs