Free search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms, names, acronyms vs Internet links to on-line dictionaries or glossaries. Also features a guide to language sites on the web and a language discussion forum. The Alternative Dictionaries - slang, etc. Allows browsing headwords. Cambridge International Dictionaries - Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
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Cynic's Dictionary - Irreverent and amusing definitions from the recently published Cynic's Dictionary. Samples may be reloaded for variety. Dictionary of Difficult Words - Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000 words. Dictionary Society of North America - An international organization of librarians, booksellers, translators, linguists, publishers, writers, journalists, and collectors, founded in 1975 to further research in dictionary making, study, collection, and use. Member of the American Council of Learned Societies.