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3-Letter Word Dictionary
300 Dictionaries
Of the roughly 6,800 known languages and dialects spoken in the 191 countries of the world, only 2,261 have writing systems (the others are only spoken) and about 300 of these have online dictionaries. Quickly peruse the cream of the crop here at alphaDictionary.
Acronym Finder
Find out what those acronyms and abbreviations stand for...
Acronym Search
You can search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms. An acronym is a label formed from the beginnings of words.
Acronym Lookup
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government.
Acronym Search & Reverse Search
Does your company use acronyms? Why not add your company specific acronyms to our database so others can find them?
All Acronyms
All-acronyms.com is a free human edited website with more than 630,000 currently published acronyms and abbreviations.
American Heritage Dictionary
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
AnalogX
Rhyme is, if you couldn't guess by the name, a rhyming program - or better yet, a rhyming dictionary program. Type in any word (it knows more than 100,000!), tell it how many syllables to match (or phonemes), and click 'Rhyme'; it's that simple.
ASL Dictionary
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms. Here are a few American Sign Language terms to help those of you who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear.
New word definitions are being added, and this will soon bring the total number of ASL terms to more than 1270! Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1-10.
Baby Names
Is dedicated to maintaining an ethnically diverse database of names and meanings, and to keeping the site a fun and family-oriented place to celebrate life and children.
Bankruptcy Dictionary
From BankruptcyAction.com.
Bankruptcy Dictionary-Canada
Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms.
Bible Dictionary
These Dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.
Bingo Dictionary
Welcome to our Bingo dictionary. We list all the current bingo terminology and their meanings. This page is constantly updated.
Biographical Dictionary
This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Business Terms
The financial dictionary now contains 3033 financial terms!
Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge dictionaries range from intermediate to proficiency level. They are clear, completely up-to-date and very easy to use.
Cognitive Dictionary - WordNet
A lexical database for the English language.
Cognitive Science Dictionary
This dictionary of cognitive science terms was initiated by Dr. Michael Dawson, and introduced as a class project.
The project was designed to give students the opportunity to learn more about the basic concepts of cognitive science, and also to learn about the delivery of information via the world wide web.
Computer Acronyms
This is a list translating those strange acronyms and symbols you see in cyberspace messages.
Computer Dictionary
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Computers, Multimedia and the Internet clearly and concisely explains essential words and phrases, ranging from the historic to today's jargon.
Computer - HyperDictionary
The Computer Dictionary is based on the FOLDOC dictionary by Denis Howe. It consists of almost 14 thousand computer-related terms.
Computer and Internet Technology Dictionary
Webopedia: The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.
Computer User Dictionary
This is a dictionary of high-tech computer terms.
Consonant-Only Words Dictionary
Crossword & Jumble Solver Dictionary
Crossworder's Dictionary & Gazetteer
This six thousand (6000) page digital dictionary/gazetteer supplements all other paper crossword dictionaries and is by far the largest and most complete work of its kind. It is the heavyweight of crossword references, a crossword puzzle dictionary on steroids.
The dictionary is over five thousand (5000) pages long and the gazetteer content is over one thousand (1000) pages.
Catalan Dictionary
DefineItFast
DefineitFast aims to make everyone's search for definitions easier and faster and become the fastest online dictionary on the world wide web.
Dental Dictionary
A Dictionary of Dental Terms
Dictionary.com
Dictionary (French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish and more...)
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias - Free
Babylon has a database of over 1,300 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries in 50 languages, covering a wide range of fields.
Difficult Words Dictionary
Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index.
Dreams Dictionary
The Dream Dictionary helps interpret dreams by providing detailed explanations of various dream subjects.
Encarta Dictionary
Plus quizzes, Columns, Guides, R U A Brainiac, Grad School, eLearning, College.
English Dictionary
Find It! First, Fast and Free! English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search.
English Dictionary - freedictionary.com
English Dictionary that gives you english definitions, synonyms, pronunciation, spelling and more. Free dictionary has Auto Suggestion and Auto Spell Check technology.
English Dictionary - Your Dictionary
YourDictionary is a free online English dictionary and much more. The free dictionary search gives you definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results for your word.
Alternatively, you can browse the dictionary alphabetically or by related terms to find meanings and synonyms.
English Dictionary/Thesaurus - WordSmyth
Presenting The Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus to the world.
English-to-American Dictionary
English HyperDictionary
The English dictionary is based on WordNet 1.7.1. It contains around 150 thousand terms with examples, synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
English Usage Dictionary
Are you unsure of when to use certain words such as whose or who's or affect and effect? The Hutchinson Dictionary of English Usage can explain the difference and guide your choice, so search the 1600 entries to find the precise word to convey your meaning.
Equine Dictionary
Help us to build the largest equine dictionary on the web. We've started adding horse, riding and related topics into the dictionary and already have 971 entries.
Fictionary
Welcome to Witwords, your source for funny words...
Food Dictionary
From Epicurious.com. Search our dictionary of more than 4,000 food terms and you'll never have to eat your words.
Forestry Acronyms
Acronyms from British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
FOLDOC
Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing.
FreeDict.com
English, English to (Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish).
Dictionnaire de la langue française
Gambling Dictionary
A dictionary of casino terms.
GIS Dictionary
This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography.
Grandiloquent Dictionary
Those words lofty in style, pompous or bombastic.
InfoPlease Dictionary
Dictionary Search gives you access to more than 125,000 entries, from aalii to zymurgy.
Investor Dictionary
The Online Financial Dictionary for Investors.
Language Tools/Dictionary
Learn the meaning of any word, its correct spelling, how to pronounce it and where it originated.
Law.com Dictionary
Real life dictionary of the law. Search by legal term, search by legal definitions or just browse the A-Z list.
Law Dictionary - Duhaime's
Researched, written in plain language and provided free of charge by lawyer Lloyd Duhaime.
Legal Explanations
Legal-Explanations.com provides the very best in free legal resources written in plain English.
Lexical FreeNet
Allows you to search for rhymes and relationships between words and concepts that might...
License Plate Terms Dictionary
Dictionary of Custom License Plate Terms. Get Mnemonic With A Personalized Vanity License Plate. As seen in Car and Driver Magazine.
LookWAYup
LookWAYup combines a multilingual dictionary, thesaurus, translation, and other handy tools.
Mac Dictionary
Ultralingua Dictionaries for Macintosh, Windows, Palm.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Dictionary is a free online dictionary of medical related terminology.
Medical Dictionary - Dorland's
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.
Medical Dictionary - "ER"
From TV's popular hospital program "ER".
Medical Dictionary - Stedman's
Online Medical Dictionary.
Medical HyperDictionary
The Medical Dictionary provides explanations of various medical terms and diseases.
Medical Library Association
Deciphering "Medspeak" A-Z. Lists common medical terms as well as acronyms that appear on prescriptions.
Medical & Technical Terms
Medical Terms - U. of Maryland
This Reference Guide provides definitions for the most common medical terms. Many terms also have links to additional information on the this website.
Medicine.net
"MedTerms", an online medical dictionary.
Medline Plus
Medical dictionary.
MedTerms™
MedTerms™ online medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com, containing easy-to-understand explanations of over 15,000 medical terms.
Merriam Webster Dictionaries
...Merriam-Webster's 10th ed.
...Merriam Webster Unabridged
...Merriam Webster Open Dictionary
...Merriam-Webster's Word Central (Words for kids)
Multicultural Literacy Dictionary
The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.
Multilingual Dictionary
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Latin and Czech.
Multi-Subject Dictionary
English, medical, legal, financial, and computer dictionaries, thesaurus, acronyms, encyclopedia, a literature reference library, and a search engine all in one!
Net Lingo
NetLingo is an award-winning dictionary of Internet terms. It contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the online world of business, technology, and communication. We're here to educate and entertain you about the lingo used in the online world :^)
Newbury House Dictionary
This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English. Providing simple and clear definitions, this online tool provides a wealth of sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Nonsensicion
A dictionary of nonexistant words.
Occupational Titles Dictionary
Following is the alphabetical index to the DOT revised fourth edition, as supplied electronically by the US Dept. of Labor, provided, as a public service.
OMD
Online Medical Dictionary is a searchable dictionary containing terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science.
One Look
Search dictionary web sites for words and phrases. 6,096,987 words in 927 dictionaries indexed.
Oxford Dictionary
The Oxford Compact English Dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary
Welcome to the Oxford English Dictionary's web site. In addition to offering comprehensive information on the OED, this site is also the home of OED Online,
"the internet's biggest, most prestige-laden reference book" (The Guardian).
Paleontology Dictionary
Dol Dinosaur Omnipedia. This site provides a dictionary of paleontological terms, anatomical dictionary, and a "type" dictionary of terms used in paleontology.
Picture Dictionary
Multilingual picture dictionary with interactive activities for learning English, French, German, Sp...
Picture Dictionary - Enchanted Learning
A picture-dictionary format (of over 2,000 entries) is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult.
Poker Dictionary
Welcome to Dan's Poker Dictionary, a lexicographic exploration of the most popular card game on earth (i.e., a big page full of poker words).
Pronouncing Dictionary
The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary is a machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 125,000 words and their transcriptions.
Pronunciation Dictionary
Fast, talking, crosslinked online webster dictionary with audible pronunciation and relevant quotes from books. Designed to help you become a better English speaker. Uses Webster, Wiktionary, and Wikipedia.
Pseudodictionary
The place where words you've made up can become part of an actual online dictionary! slang, webspeak, colloquialisms...you name it, if you know a word that should be in the dictionary but isn't, submit it and we'll post it on this site (with credit given to you of course).
Rhymer Dictionary
This online rhyming dictionary offers a limited sample of one- and two-syllable rhymes and does not display triple rhymes. Want the complete rhyming dictionary software for your desktop? This rhyming dictionary works on Windows or Mac.
RhymeWizard
Software for windows.
Rhymes & More Dictionary
Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more:
Rhyming Dictionary & Thesaurus
Type in a word below to find its rhymes, synonyms, and more...
Sceptics Dictionary
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (and how to think critically about them)
Sexology Dictionary
Dictionary of Sexology. This glossary/dictionary follows the conventions established by the exigency/lovemap theory formulated by John Money.
Slang Dictionary
Though Webster publishes a slang dictionary, it could potentially take years for a new word or phrase to enter its pages. Now, with the power of the Internet, it can be in a dictionary in a matter of hours. This page depends entirely on your contributions.
SlangSite Dictionary
A dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms. Click on a letter to browse our listings, or submit your own words to our site.
Spanish Dictionary
This Spanish-English dictionary has over 56,000 entries with over 10,000 audio pronunciations.
Specialty Dictionary
General Dictionaries often omit words if they are too specialized or used only by professionals in a certain field of endeavor.
So, if you are looking for a word that is only used in medicine, sewing, dinosaurs, photography, gambling or the financial world, you need a specialty dictionary. Or just browse through our list of 100+ specialty dictionaries.
SpellCheck Dictionary
Well, it checks your spelling.
Symbolism Dictionary
Augmented and refined by Geoff Brown and Jamie Smith in 1997 and by Eric Jaffe in 2001.
Synonym Dictionary
Bibliomania - Soules Synonymes. Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions.
Diccionario de Autoridades (1726-1739) y Diccionario Usual (1992) de la Real Academia Española
The primary intention of this dictionary was lexicographic: it is not a game manual. However, many of its game descriptions are detailed enough to guide a reconstruction.
My intention in this page is to collect together a rich primary source of gaming terms and rules, by selecting specific dictionary entries that are relevant to card games.
Diccionario de la lengua Española - Vigésima segunda edición
Las lenguas cambian de continuo, y lo hacen de modo especial en su componente léxico. Por ello los diccionarios nunca están terminados: son una obra viva que se esfuerza en reflejar la evolución registrando nuevas formas y atendiendo a las mutaciones de significado.
Units of Measurement Dictionary
This provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI.
Vowel-Only Words Dictionary
Webster.com
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary - alternate
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an international non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.
Wikimedia relies on public donations to meet its goal of providing free knowledge to every person in the world.
Wine Dictionary
From Epicurious.com. Thirsting to know the difference between Riesling and Gewürztraminer? Or perhaps you'd like to learn more about other grape varietals popular in Alsace?
In our Wine Dictionary, you'll find more than 3,500 entries — from basic tasting terms to top-tier vineyards — that relate to wine.
WordIQ
a comprehensive and searchable reference tool on the web. We offer search results from a diverse array of dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, and other valuable references.
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