ELA Acronym, Dictionary & Glossary Directory

try..

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ACRONYMS
AcronymFinder.com 162,000 acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and their definitions
Compendium of Environmental Acronyms: Association of Engineering Geologists, U Missouri-Rolla
WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server: U College Cork, IE

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AMBIGRAMS (English)
Ambigram.com ambigram generator, Forum, Links, riddles

BarryIsPuzzled.com, Forum, Links, News
• Ambigrams

Mike Keith's World of Words & Numbers original diversions in mathematics and word play

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AEROSPACE
Aviation Jargon Dictionary: Pilot Magazine
DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS FOR AEROSPACE: NASA

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AGRICULTURE
also see.. Botany

Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America, Links, Search, SiteMap ( Alphabetical )
• from Cornell U
• Glossary

NFU Education Service : Glossary: National Farmers Union
Illustrated Glossary of Plant Pathology APSnet, The American Phytopathological Society, Education Center
Online Guide to Plant Disease Control: Oregon State U Extension

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ARABIC

All Free Dictionaries project Links ( Downloadable free dictionaries )
• English-Arabic Dictionary (dicts.info)

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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS & ANTIQUITIES

Perseus Digital Library
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
• A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) eds. William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin
• Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) Harry Thurston Peck
• Perseus Encyclopedia Use It!

• Perseus Tools

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ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION
also see.. §ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION§

The Architecture Project Use It!

fundamentals & history - U Arizona, College of Architecture
• Glossary - General Terms, Greece, Roman

Building Big, Glossary, PBS.org
Conservation Glossary, U Dundee, School of Town & Regional Planning
Dictionary of Architectural Terms, uen.org

GlobalSecurity.org
• Glossary

Glossary, Texas Building Code for Windstorm Resistant Construction
• Windstorm Inspection Program, Texas Department of Insurance

Glossary of Medeival Art and Architecture, U Pittsburgh, Images of Medeival Art and Architecture
Joist and Structural Glossary, Hancock Joist

ToolsToday.com
• Saw Blades Glossary for wood, metal, aluminum...

Truss-Frame.com, Glossary, Links

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ART
ArtLex.com Art Dictionary
Color Glossary: ColoTec ColorPro Color Course
A Dictionary of Anime: Anime Resource Center
Glossary of Medeival Art and Architecture, Images of Medeival Art and Architecture: U Pittsburgh

Mcgraw-Hill, Theatre Glossary
National Gallery of Art, Gemini G.E.L.
• Glossary

Okanagan University College, Canada - Words of Art

Spencer Museum of Art, Print-making Glossary

TheatreCrafts.com
• Scenic, Links
• Glossary of Technical Theatrical Terms

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ASTROLOGY
Glossary of Astrological Terms from Logos Professional Astrology

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AUDIO
Glossary of Audiology Terms: Clifton Springs Hearing Center, Inc.
Glossary of Audiology Terms: Siemens-Hearing.com
Glossary of Terms - Audio

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BIOLOGY
Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Bacteria Definitions and abbreviations: List of Bacterial Names Standing in Nomenclature J.P. Euzéby
BioABACUS Search Biotech ABbreviations & ACronyms Uncovering Service

BioTech's Life Science Dictionary Use It!

with images BioTech's Resources & Reference, U Texas

Biotechnology Dictionary (1 pg) at Public Perception Issues in Biotechnology: Virginia Tech
ELA NOTES - Mother Earth Amateur Glossary
Glossary: On-Line Biology Book, Biology, Estrella Mountain Community College
Glossary: Space Biology an Educator's Resource, Links, Modules
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology D Glick
Life Science Glossary 1 page: Prentice Hall
UCMP Glossary of biological terms:, Museum of Paleontolgy UC, Berkeley
• Biochemistry, Botony, Cell Biology, Ecology, Geology, Life History, Phylogenetics, Zoology

WATERSHEDSS decision support system/nonpoint source pollution control, About, Glossary, Links
• from the NCSU Water Quality Group
• Educational Use It!

Biological Systematics)
• Sep 245 Glossaries: Systematiek en Biogeografie, Institute for Systematics and Ecology, U Amsterdam

Biotechnology)
• An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary:
- from Public Perception Issues in Biotechnology, Hagedorn, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State U
• Biotechnology Dictionary (1 pg) at Public Perception Issues in Biotechnology: Virginia Tech
• Glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering an Educator's Resource, Table of Contents:
- from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• VCE Biology Glossary: LTU Biochem Home Page, La Trobe U

Botany)
(also see Agriculture)

• Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Glossary: Center for... with Links, Dave L. Sutton, Ph.D, U Florida
• Botanical Glossaries Links: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
- from Australian Biological Resources Study & Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
• Biological Foundations 112 Glossary: Gilbert J. Muth, Ph.D, Pacific Union College (PUC)
• Bryological Glossary: Missouri Botanical Garden
• Ferns, Gymnosperms & Allied Groups Glossary: Flora of Australia
- from Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Botany pages
• Flora of Australia Glossary (vascular), A. McCusker: Flora of Australia
- from Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Botany pages
• Flora of New South Wales (vascular): Botanical Glossaries
- from Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium
• Fungi of Australia Glossary: Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Botany pages
• The Glossary of Botanical Terms-Search The Garden Web
• Glossary of Botanical Terms: The Succulent Plant Page
• Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names: The Garden Gate, @prairienet,org, Illinois
• Illustrated Glossary of Plant Pathology: APSnet, American Phytopathological Soc, Education Center
• Lichen Glossary, D.J.Galloway: Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Botany pages
• On-Line Glossary of Technical Terms in Plant Pathology: Phil A. Arneson's Web Site, Cornell U
• Online Guide to Plant Disease Control: Oregon State U Extension
• A Short Botanical Glossary Use It! 1 page, Jim Croft: Australian Botany pages

Cell)
• A Dictionary of Cell Biology ( graphic entry), Restricted use (1: 90 days) 3rd Edn:
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
• Environmental Engineering Glossary: Southern Illinois U

Entomology)
• Pest Management Glossary: International Institute of Biological Control, UK
• Spider glossary: Arachnology

Fungi)
• Dictionary of the Fungi-Search generic name: CABI-Bioscience
• Fungi of Australia Glossary: Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Botany pages

Genetics/Heredity)
• Bioinformatics Glossary from IncyteGenomics
• Genetics Glossary: Helios Biology Server, U Edinburgh
• GenomicGlossaries.com
• GenomicGlossaries.com registration required: Bioinformatics glossary, Proteins glossary
• Glossary: Diving Into the Gene Pool, The Exploratorium
• Glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
• A Glossary of Genetics: Rockefeller U
• Glossary of Terms Use It! with recordings, from Biological Basis of Heredity: Palomar College
• A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms Use It! by Birgid Schlindwein
• My functional genomics glossaries: Y.F.Leung's Functional Genomics
• Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms Use It! National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

• NDI Terminology (Glossary) Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation education, research, treatment
• SequenceAnalysis.com, Glossary
• Thinkquest Genetics Glossary

Life Science)
• BioTech's Life Science Dictionary Use It! & Links: U Texas
• Life Science Glossary: Prentice Hall

Microbiology)
• Appendix B: Glossary: Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research, Office of Science, US DOE
• Biodidac Samples animals, protists, fungi, histology, plants
• Biofilms Glossary (1 pg): American Society for Microbiology
• Bioremediation Glossary: NABIR, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, US Dept Energy
• Microbiology Glossary: Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE): Montana State U-Bozeman
• Microbiology Glossary Use It! United Nations U
• Glossary of Environment and Microbiology Terms Use It! Alken Murray Corp
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology David M. Glick
• Soil Microbiology Terms (1 pg) David Sylvia: U Florida

Taxonomy)
• Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics (Tripopd.com) & critic of mainstream cladism, Günter Bechly, 1998
• Glossary of Terms: Classification of Living Things
• Phylogenetics: UCMP Glossary of biological terms, Museum of Paleontolgy UC, Berkeley
• Taxonomy Table: Sciences Explorer, Library, ThinkQuest.org
• Tree of Life Glossary: The Tree of Life

Zoology)
• MAGUS Multilingual Animal Glossary/Pan-European Dictionary of Wild & Domestic Animal Common Names

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BRAIN & NEUROSCIENCE
( also see...Psychology )

Glossary and Brief Tutorials from "the Cerebral Code": William H. Calvin or WilliamCalvin.com

Glossary of Terms: Brains on the Web: Comparative Neuroanatomy and Intelligence -
• Intelligence & Brain Size, Links, Neuroscience Timeline

Neurobiology - Glossary from "Neurobilogy" by Gary G. Matthews: BlackwellScience.com

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BUSINESS & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Business Acronyms: Operations Management and Quality Management
Dictionary of Investment Terms: MutualFundMagic.com
Glossary: Benchmarking Study Report, Library, National Partnership for Reinventing Government
Management and Technology Dictionary technological aspects of management: Information Innovation
The Origins of Various Economic-related Terms

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CHEMISTRY
antoine: General Chemistry Online - Glossary from Frostberg State U
Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality Glossary: Sam Houston State U
Chemical Acronyms Database: Indiana U

Chemistry Dictionary Use It!

education, Links: Chemical Inst of Canada, Hammilton

Colloid and Polymer Science Terms : Colloids, Polymers & Interfaces, Chem Dept, Kings's College, London
A Dictionary of the New Chymical Nomenclature (1787): Classic Chemistry
Dictionary of Obsolete Chemical Terms Jon Eklund, Smithsonian Institute Press
Eric's Treasure Trove of Chemistry Links, Search terms & substances
Glossary: Purdue U
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology David M. Glick
Glossary of Archaic Chemical Terms: Classic Chemistry
Glossary of Chemical Terms: Hach Water Testing & Water Quality Analysis Systems
Glossary - Common Terms in MSDSs: Chemicals and Materials, Canadian Centre Occup Health & Safety
Glosssary of Corrosion Related Terms: Corrosionsource.com

Glossary: Introduction to organic chemistry Use It!

• from General Chemistry Online, Antoine, Frostburg State U

Glossary: Matter Use It!

General Chemistry Online, antoine, Frostburg State U

Glossary of MSDS Terms: Hach Water Testing & Water Quality Analysis Systems
Glossary of Physical Organic Chemistry: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Glossary of Terms a-c, d-h, i-m, n-r, s-z: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Introduction to Basic Organic Nomenclature: Dave Woodcock, Okanagan U College
MSDS HyperGlossary: Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated
Polymer Chemistry Glossary: Polymer Discovery, Key Centre for Polymer Colloids, U Sydney

Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary Use It!

drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

Selected Terms in Colloid and Interface Science: Laurie's Colloid & Interface Science Page
Starch & Sweetener Dictionary: International Starch Institute

Thinkquest.org, Library
• Chemystery Glossary

UNCChem Glossary: Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. & U North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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COMPUTER
included below.. Database, Encyclopedia, Graphics, Home Network, HTML, Internet, Security

Acronym Server, U College Cork, Ireland
BABEL Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
CNET - Glossary

ComputerUser.com, High-Tech Dictionary: File Types, HTML Tags...

DoomedPC.com: Consice Learner's Overclocking Dictionary
EDN's Acronyms and Abbreviations List: EDN magazine, electronic design engineers
FOLDOC Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Glossary Computer Abbreviations & Terms: IBM
Glossary of Computing Terms Pt 1, Pt 2: Computing Studies, Smith's Hill High School, NSW, Australia
Glossary of Telecommunication Terms Inst for Telecommunication Sciences: (NTIA) US Dept Commerce
Jargon File Resources or "The New Hacker's Dictionary"
Management and Technology Dictionary technological aspects of management: Information Innovation
PC Hell, Sacred Hall of Computer and Internet Terms and Acronyms
Tech Encyclopedia 10,000 computer concept and term definitions
Technical Glossary: Geek.com
Testing Standards Working Party, UK, Forum, Glossary, Links, SiteMap
Unified Modeling Language (UML) Dictionary by Kendall Scott
WebGuest's Web Glossary

Wikipedia complete & accurate free content encyclopedia project
• Application programming interface (API)
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Reflection
• Software engineering
• Utility program

The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server Use It!

Search
Yahoo Search Internet Glossaries @Computers & Internet: Internet: Information & Documentation

DATABASE, DATA MANAGEMENT

About.com, Databases, Glossary
Dictionary of Storage Networking Terminology, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Glossary of Data Mining Terms U Alberta, CA
OLAP and OLAP Server Definitions: the OLAP Council
OLAP and OLAP Server Definitions OLAP Glossary: Erasmus U Rotterdam

ENCYCLOPEDIA

EDUCYPEDIA educational encyclopedia - SiteMap
PC Webopaedia, Computer tech encyclopedia and search engine
Tech Encyclopedia 10,000 computer concept and term definitions

GRAPHICS

Glossary of Design Terms

HOME NETWORK

Glossary: homePCnetwork.com
Glossary for Home Networking Terms: Microsoft

HTML, HYPERTEXT

INTERNET

Basic Internet Terms, Beginners
Dr. T's Internet Glossary
The Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia The DICT Development Group: dict.org
Glossary of Internet Terms, Matisse Enzer
Internet Dictionary @ Mr. Bill's World & other related dictionaries
Internet Glossary: Interactive Connections
Internet Glossary: SquareOne Technology, short 2 page text
Java & Internet Glossary: Canadian Mind Products
Kadow's Internet Dictionary Internet & Unix terms
Lingo, the Surf School glossary: ZDNet
Marketing Manager's Plain English Internet Glossary Marketing Manager's Business Reference
NetLingo.com - Online Dictionary, The Pocket Dictionary, Search
Netdictionary (choose Java applet or HTML formats)
NetGlos Multilingual Glossary & FORUM
Technovation Handbook Glossary (A to C)
Web101 Glossary

SECURITY

NSA Glossary of Terms used in security and intrusion detection

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CORROSION
also see... Glosssary of Corrosion Related Terms: Corrosionsource.com

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ECONOMICS, FINANCE, INVESTMENT
return to.. §FINANCE & INVESTMENT §

AltaVest.com brokerage firm, commodity futures & futures options, About, FAQs, Links
• Education: Glossary

American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc.
• Investment Glossary

AmosWeb.com - ECONOMIC GLOSS*arama
Biz/ed - Virtual Economy Glossary student-oriented; includes graphs
Brad DeLong's - Useful Materials for Teaching Macro: Macroeconomics Glossary

Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive (by Marla Brill, Boston Globe), Forums, Links to Companies, Search
• Glossary

BusinessWeek.com
• Investing
º Glossary

Campbell R. Harvey's, Hypertextual Finance Glossary Use It!

( A )

Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC Glossary, Guide to the Language of the Futures Industry
Congressional Budget Office - Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms U.S. budget and macro terms
Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics, Alan Deardorff, Dept Economics, U Michigan

DecisionPoint.com ($)
• Glossary Technical Analysis Terms with examples
• Technical Analysis Short Course

Economic History Services (EH.net) - EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History

Equity Analytics, Ltd. - Glossaries:
• Banking - Foreign
• Bonds, Options And Futures, Technical Analysis And Investing
• Credit - Consumer, Securities
• Financial Regulators & Institutions
• Monetary Policy

ESignal.com - Technical Analysis Dictionary
FacsNet.org - Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Building Wealth: Beginner's Guide to Securing Your Financial Future, Links
• Glossary

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Glossary (banking and monetary)
FinanceGlobe.com, Super Finance Glossary with links to relative websites
Investinginbonds.com: Glossary

Investment Company Institute (ICI) Mutual Fund Connection, Search ( keyword ), SiteMap ( Index )
• Glossary of Mutual Fund Terms

Investopedia.com
Investorwords.com
Library of Economics and Liberty - The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE)

MSN Money Central Microsoft
• Glossaries: Investor, Tax

National Association of Securities Dealers (NASDR)
• Investor Alerts
º Understanding Mutual Fund Classes & fee and expense glossary
• Investor Education, SiteMap
º Mutual Fund & ETF Expense Analyzer, Glossary

Online Glossary of Research Economics ( Downloadable) by Peter B Meyer, Economics Dept, Northwestern U
Quicken.com: Glossary

Riskglossary.com
• Portfolio Theory

Ryan Beck & Co., Inc.
• Investment Glossary

Snowgold.com, Financial Glossary
Trading-Glossary.com

U Mannheim, SBF 504, Glossary Use It!

US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Glossary

Wikipedia
º Category:Banking
º Category:Economic history
º Category:Economic ideologies
º Category:Economics
º Category:Economics
º Category:Economic theories
º Category:Finance
º Category:Financial markets
º Category:Financial ratios
º Category:Fundamental analysis
º Category:History of economic thought
º Category:Investment
º Category:Market trends
• Bank
• Business cycle
• Credit card
• Credit union
• Currency
• Econometrics
• Economics
º Capitalism
º Communism
º Economic growth
º History of capitalist theory
º History of economic thought
º Socialism
º Value (economics)
• Exchange rate
• Expense Ratio
• Finance
º Derivative (finance)
º Financial instrument
º Financial regulation
• Money market
• Saving
• Stock market
º Calendar effect
º Common stock
º Elliott Wave Principle & Grand supercycle
º Fundamental analysis
º Growth stock
º Margin (finance)
º Market timing
º Preferred stock
º Stock exchange
º Stock market
º Stock market cycles
º Stock market index
º Short selling
º Stock exchange
º Stock valuation
º Value investing

Yahoo! Finance, Mutual Fund Center
• Education:
• Glossary, Help

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ELECTRONICS
also see.. §ELECTRONICS§

the12Volt.com, Mobile Electronics Glossary
Electronics Glossary from goBruen Disinformation Gateway: Computers
ESD Systems electrostatic discharge control products, Glossary

Extron Electronics
• Technology Center, Glossary

INSTOCK Wireless Components, Inc. RF microwave power dividers, combiners, splitters & related Glossary

Maxfield & Montrose Interactive Inc. educational books & software
• Electronics Glossary

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., Sitemap
• Glossary

Tyco Electronics & Raychem Circuit Protection Products
• Glossary

WikiBooks.org: Practical Electronics, Glossary Use It!

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ENCYCLOPEDIA
1902Encyclopedia.com
1911Encyclopedia.org Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, 1911
Compton's Encyclopedia Online
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (1995) articles, Links
dmoz Open Directory Encyclopedia at Reference
Encyclopedia Americana Online articles, links, tables, printable line art, maps & flags
Encyclopedia Britannica Online articles, Dictionary, Index, Links, News, Search, Year Book
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
FunkandWagnalls.com
Grolier Online ($)
Microsoft Encarta Concise Encyclopedia articles, Atlas, illustrations, Index, Links, maps, photos, Search
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia articles, Links, illustrations, maps, printable flags

Qwiki.com Use It!

talking encyclopedia that you can edit

Wikipedia Use It!

complete & accurate free content encyclopedia project

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ENGLISH
also see.. Idioms, §LANGUAGES (English)§, Slang

Allwords.com Directory of books, dictionaries, etymologies, glossaries; Forum, multi-Lingual Search
Bartleby.com classics, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, quotations & verse: Indices & Search
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: bartleby.com
AmeriSpeak expresssions of our American ancestors
ARTFL Project Webster's Dictionary (1913)
BritSpeak English as a Second Language for Americans
Cambridge Dictionaries Online English, American English, idioms, phrasal verbs
Carrie: A Full=Text Electronic Library: Dictionaries & Thesauri, Languages
Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary give the definition and the dictionary finds a word
Common Errors in English
The CMU Pronouncing Dictioary pronunciation of American English words also available as Download
The DICT Development Group Online Dictionary Database Query freely available software: dict.org
Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) varieties not found everywhere in the US
Dictionary.com Directory of dictionaries
Elza: Index, Moscow, Russia
Elza: Moby Thesaurus, search 30,260 entries
Elza: Webster Dictionary, search 30,260 entries
English-Online.Net Dictionaries & Translation, culture, grammer, history, language, structure, travel
Forthright's Phrontistery Word Lists, English Language Resources: FreeSpeech.org

Freedictionary.org Use It!

knowledge base, compilation of public domain documents & contributions

Google.com
• Define: Use It!

Historical) The Plan of an English Dictionary (1747) By Samuel Johnson
Hypertext Webster Gateway Multiple Search Dictionary
Internet Public Library's Dictionaries Links to American Sign Language-, rhyming-, slang-dictionaries
The Internet TESL Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language, Links
The King's English Circumlocution, *isms, Malaprops, Principles, Saxon, Styles, Slang...
Larry's Aussie Slang and Phrase Dictionary Brisbane Queensland, Australia
The Literary Dictionary words that first appeared in books, plays, poems, comic strips & mythology
The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Microsoft Encarta Word English Dictionary at msn.com
The Newbury House Online Dictionary American English
Online Plain Text English Dictionary public domain, based on 1913 US Webster's Unabridged from Project Gutenburg

OneLook Dictionaries Use It!

Search compendium of dictionaries for acronyms, names, terms...

Personalized Online Electronic Text Services: (POETS): Women's U Kyoto
WordCentral.com daily buzzword, build your dictionary, Student Dictionary

WordNet - Online, About, FAQ
• lexical datase of conceptual synonym sets, utilize human lexical memory psycholinguistic theories
• developed under Professor George A. Miller, Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton U
• Download, Manuals
• License & Commercial use

Wordsmyth (registration optional) educational integrated dictionary-thesaurus About, FAQ, Links
• Anagram Solver
• Crossword Puzzle Helper
• Glossary Maker
• Quiz Builder
• Vocabulary

Wordsmyth dictionary/thesaurus (lightlink.com)
World Wide Words international English from a British viewpoint
WWWebster's Dictionary etymology, pronunciation...

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ENGLISH as a SECOND LANGUAGE
also see.. English, Idioms, §LANGUAGES (English)§, Slang

The CMU Pronouncing Dictioary pronunciation of American English words also available as Download
Dave's ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com)
The Internet TESL Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language, Links
ManyThings.org
UsingEnglish.com

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ENVIRONMENTAL
Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality Glossary: Sam Houston State U
Environmental Glossary ( long single page download ): Soil Science Society of America
Environmental Restoration Terms and Acronyms: DENIX on the Web
Glossary of Navy Environmental Terms: Environmental Restoration and BRAC, Environmental Services, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC)

Site Environmental Report: Quick Links, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Introduction
• Glossary with Acronyms and Abbreviations, prefixes & conversion factors:

Greenhouse Gases 1987-1994, Glossary: Energy Information Administration
Weathervane Archive global clilmate change - Resources for the Future Glossary glossary of environmental economic terms

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ORIGINS, ROOTS, ETYMOLOGY (English)
also see.. specific languages on this page, §Old English§

DIRECTORIES-Etymology
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com
LEO Links Links
Lexilogos
Lexicon of Iranian Languages with concise Pahlavi dictionary
Old English Library
Proto-Indo-European Roots @geocities.com
Sumerian Language Page So very strange
Svenska Akademiens Ordbok Swedish etymology
Word Spy Recently coined words and phrases
Tha Engliscan Gesithas Anglo-Saxon and Old English discussion group. Looks interesting!
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Bartleby.com, American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
• Another list of Proto-Indo-European Roots by American Heritage
• Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans by Calvert Watkins
º Appendix I: Indo-European Roots with Guide
º Sound Correspondences
• Proto-Semitic Language and Culture by John Huehnergard
º Appendix II: Semitic Roots with Guide
º Chart of the Semitic Family Tree

BehindTheName.com etymology and history of first names
Crazy English idioms, etymology and other English idiosyncrasies
Dictionary.com (!Ads!)

Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Links, Search
• Articles
• Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew book on etymologies of several languages
• Poetry

Etymologically Speaking some selected curious word origins
Etymology of First Names
Etymology: The science of Word Histories some selected words
EtymOnline.com Use It!

Online Free & Open Etymology Dictionary, Abbreviations & Introduction, Links
Freedictionary.org from Webster's (1913)
History of English Language
IPL Pathfinder: Links, references & Web Search advice on Word & Phrase Origins
Maritime Etymology Links/Dictionaries: The Maritime History Virtual Archives, Lars Bruzelius, Uppsala U
Medical Etymology: Human Anatomy, Emory U
MedWord.net - Medical Words Etymology
Mirriam-Webster Online, Dictionary
Origin of Phrases - Home Page articles, Links, references, Q&A
Oxford English Dictionary ($) subscription

Roots of English Dictionary Use It!

Download: Seton Hall U

Sayings & Everyday Expressions meaning, history, origin

UltraLingua.net Use It!

About, Reference Links
• Conjugations, Numbers

Ural-Altaic-Sumerian Etymological Dictionary Peter Chong
What's The Meaning of This? Origins of some English phrases
Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins - The Big List of Words and Phrases, Forum, Search, Sources & Links
The Wordwizard Portal Origins, slang, coinage, quotes, diaries, writing
World Wide Words international English from a British viewpoint

WWWebster's Dictionary Use It!

etymology, pronunciation...
Yiddish in Etymology

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FILTRATION
Glossary of Filtration Terms USFilter

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FIND: DICTIONARIES, REFERENCE & WEB PORTALS
DIRECTORIES-Reference
dmoz.org Open Directory | Glossarist.com | Google.com | Wikipedia | WWW Virtual Library | Yahoo.com
AllWords.com English dictionary with Multi-Lingual Search

ARTFL from U Chicago, Humanities
• Reference Works French & English dictionaries & other tools
º Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 Edition
º Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition.

AskOxford.com Search Compact Oxford English Dictionary
Bartleby.com classics, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, quotations & verse: Indices & Search

Cambridge Dictionaries Online, also see their..
• Advanced Learner's Dictionary Search
• English Pronouncing Dictionary
• Online Activities and Worksheets (Shockwave)
• Top 20 [words] of the month & Top 50 of the year

Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary give the definition and the dictionary finds a word
Dictionaries, Libraries & Information Resources, Stanford U
Dictionaries: University at Albany Libraries
Dictionaries: English to Other Languages and ESL Links: Wuziegames.com
Dictionaries: Yahoo Search @Reference:

Dictionary.com Use It!

Search mulitiple dictionaries with single query, Writing (grammer)

Dictionaries & Glossaries Links: Hugh Blackmer
The DICT Development Group dict.org online Dictionary Database Query
Elza: Links Index, Moscow, Russia
Encarta.msn.com, Dictionary
English-Online.Net Dictionaries & Translation, culture, grammer, history, language structure, travel

English Vocabulary Generator.com Links
• Etymology Resources
• Linguistics, Phonetics and Word Activities Links
• Origins of English Words and Phrases

TheFreeDictionary.com Use It!

Freedictionary.org knowledge base, compilation of public domain documents & contributions

Glossarist.com Use It!

searchable directory of glossaries & topical dictionaries, Friends

Hypertext Webster Gateway various Internet dictionary services access

ibiblio.org - GCIDE_XML GNU version of The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
• Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary & WordNet
• Site Download (gcid_xml.zip)
• ( also see.. Call for Collaborators )

InfoPlease.com, Dictionary
Ivy Tech's Virtual Library Links to atlases, dictionaries, quotations, science...: Ivy Tech State College
J. Roque Dias - Translation Links Glossaries Portal (not just language glossaries)
Lexical FreeNet Connected thesaurus connect, intersect, related, rhyme, spell check, substring
Lexikon Index of Dictinaries, Encyclopedias, Glossaries: Swengelsk.com

Library of Congress, Virtual Reference Shelf Use It!

Margo's Magical Letter Page - Dictionaries, Linguistic Iconism, Sound Symbolism, Phonosemantics & Links

Michigan eLibrary (MEL), Links "Best of the Internet"
• Reference Desk
Merriam-Webster Online

OneLook Dictionary Use It!

Internet glossaries and dictionaries

Online Dictionaries Links: reverse-lookup.com
Otterbein College, Courtright Memorial Library - Ready Reference Sources on the WWW

Reference at Your Desk from Archives Library Information Center (archives.gov)
• Fast Facts Links to almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports & related reference tools
• Language Links to English & foreign language dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals & quotations

UltraLingua.net Use It!

includes etyomologies About, Reference Links
• Conjugations, Numbers

Verbivore articles, Links, references, Q&A
A Web of Online Dictionaries links to (~140) online language dictionaries

Wikipedia Use It!

multilingual, free content, linked encyclopedia project; you can edit any article

Wiktionary.org, English Use It!

• By part of speech

Wordsmyth Use It!

(registration optional) educational integrated dictionary-thesaurus About, FAQ, Links
• Anagram Solver
• Crossword Puzzle Helper
• Glossary Maker
• Quiz Builder
• Vocabulary

Xrefer.com ($) entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations
Yahoo Search) Reference: Acronyms and Abbreviations, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Thesauri
Yahoo Search for “glossary”
YourDictionary.com Language, Multilingual, Nyms, Search, Specialty, Translation

^ DICTION

FOCUS on these sites!

ARTFL from U Chicago, Humanities
• Reference Works French & English dictionaries & other tools
º Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 Edition
º Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition.

TheFreeDictionary.com

GCIDE_XML GNU version of The Collaborative International Dictionary of English from ibiblio.org
• Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary & WordNet
• Site Download (gcid_xml.zip)
• ( also see.. Call for Collaborators )

Google.com
• Define: multiple definitions & characteristics from multiple web sources

Library of Congress, Virtual Reference Shelf

OneLook Dictionary Internet glossaries and dictionaries

Reference at Your Desk from Archives Library Information Center (archives.gov)
• Fast Facts Links to almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports & related reference tools
• Language Links to English & foreign language dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals & quotations

Roget's Thesaurus
SpellCheck.net

Wikipedia complete & accurate free content encyclopedia project & Wiktionary

WordNet - Online, About, FAQ
• lexical database of conceptual synonym sets; utilize human lexical memory psycholinguistic theories
• developed under Professor George A. Miller, Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton U
• Download, Manuals
• License & Commercial use

Wordsmyth (registration optional) educational integrated dictionary-thesaurus About, FAQ, Links
• Anagram Solver
• Crossword Puzzle Helper
• Glossary Maker
• Quiz Builder
• Vocabulary

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FRENCH
ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form Search 75,000 terms
Bilingual French-English dictionary France
CUSI Search Page - Basic Word List English - French
French Etymology Links
Les idees dans le monde, Thesaurus
Online English to French to English Dictionary: freewaresite.com

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GAELIC
Fockleyr Gaelg - Baarle Search Manx-English
Gaelic Dictionaries Online Ceantar.org

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GAMES & FUN
anagram word game Freedictionary.org
Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary give the definition and the dictionary finds a word
Cliché Finder Search: S. Morgan Friedman
A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia by Jeff Miller: Gulf High School
Common Errors in English
Complex Statements for the Simple-Minded
Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults combine one word from each of three columns
Crossword Solver (sorta)
The Dialectizer Convert English text to any of several comic dialects.
The Enigma Device a one-stage letter substitution scrambles quotations
Eponyms words derived from names
Etymologic the brain-twisting etymology game
FakeOut write a fake definition & see who believes it
Free Crossword Puzzles: Quizland.com
The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks
MootGame.com ($) order English language game
Merriam-Webster's Word Puzzles new daily puzzle & puzzle archive
Oxymorons: Don Myrick's Home Page
Pimpernel Games - Crosswords

Richard Lederer's Verbivore for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores, Links ( Associations )
• Looking at Language ( Archives Use It!

)
º Pun your way to Success
• Tools of the Trade suggested reading & online book store in association with Amazon.com

Take Our Word For It weekly word-origin webzine
Wacky World of Words anagrams, Links, mystery word, rhyming buddies, similes, oxymorons...

World Wide Words international English from a British viewpoint
• Turns of Phrase
• Weird Words

The Word Detective.com words and language in a humorous vein
Words are fun! Links, mnemonics

Wordquiz.com (ads!) plus phrase fun, quote quiz...

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GASES & PNEUNATICS
Compressed Air Glossary of Terms: ImpactRM.com

^ DICTION

GEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms: USGS-Alaska Interagency Minerals
Glossarist.com - Geology Glossaries and Dictionaries
Glossary of Selected Geologic Terms U Nebraska Conservation & Survey Div
Glossary of Terms: Geologic Time, Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Minerals by Name Use It!

Index by Class or Groupings, Images, Search, specimens

Petroleum Industry Data Dictionary: PIDX, Petroleum Industry Data Exchange
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary Use It!

drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

Trilobite Glossary, Identification, Morphology:
• Informatics in Palaeontology Dept Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie U

UCMP Glossary of biological terms:, Museum of Paleontolgy UC, Berkeley
• Biochemistry, Botony, Cell Biology, Ecology, Geology, Life History, Phylogenetics, Zoology

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GERMAN
Acronyms and Abbreviations Search English-German
CUSI Search Page - Basic Word List English - German 1, 2
English-German dictionary and FAQ with ftp Download links, by Wolfram Schneider

Foreign Language Master Use It!

(FLM) Freeware
• Java version online, Help, Download offline version
• HTML & Java versions online at dictionary.ibes.org
• Windows version description & Download
• All FLM Dictionaries

German <-> English Dictionary: Chemnitz U
German-English On-line Dictionary: travlang.com
A Mennonite Low German Dictionary English-German: Herman Rempel
The New English-German Dictionary online & Download

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GOVERNMENT
Glossary of Legislative Terms Legislative Information Systems, GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOME PAGE

^ DICTION

GRAMMAR

Wikipedia
• Grammar: Grammatical Terms

^ DICTION

GREEK
English-Greek Word Search or Lexicon Perseus Project: Tufts U

^ DICTION

HEBREW
My Hebrew Distionary Jacob Richman

^ DICTION

HUMOR
Hellatine Dictionary of Bureaucratese

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HYDROLOGY
Canadian Soil Information System: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online (AAFC Online)
• Glossary, National Soil Database

David Wampler: TrenchlessDataService.com
• Chapter 11 - Glossary: Chapter 1 -- Basics Of Horizontal Directional Drilling

Glossary of hydrological terms (short, 1 page): Niels Hartog

West Gulf River Forecast Center, Southern Region, National Weather Service, NOAA
• Hydrologic Glossary:

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IDIOMS (English)

Activities for ESL Students (a4esl.org)

Biblical Studies.org.uk
• Figures of Speech

Dave's ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com)
• Idioms
• Phrasal Verb Page by Dennis Oliver

IdiomSite.com

LearnEnglishFeelGood.com
• American Idioms

Library of Phrase (fraze.info)

UsingEnglish.com
• Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

Wiktionary
• Category:English idioms

Wikipedia
• Idiom

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ITALIAN
Dizionario Etimologico Online or "Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana" by Ottorino Pianigiani
Online Italian-English-Italian Dictionary savergencom
R-O-Matic Italian/English Dictionary aromatic.com

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LANGUAGES, MULTIPLE LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
also see.. §LANGUAGE§, Linguistics

All Free Dictionaries project Use It!

Links ( Downloadable free dictionaries )

Dictionaries on the Web Use It!

Hezu's Homepage

Human Languages Page Links: St Andrews, UK
Internet Dictionary Project Download royalty-free translating dictionaries to/from English
Language Dictionaries and Translators Link Index: rivendel.com
List of Dictionaries Indexed Links
MAGUS Multilingual Animal Glossary, Pan-European Dictionary of Wild & Domestic Animal Common Names
Online English to Multiple Language Dictionaries: The Internet Dictionary Project
travlang's Translating Dictionaries: travlang.com
YourDictionary.com Links - Language, Multilingual, Nyms, Search, Specialty, Translation

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LATIN
also see.. §LANGUAGE (Latin)§

AbleMedia.com: Classics Technology Center
• WORDS Latin-to-English & English-to-Latin Dictionary

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
• (old version Sectons 0 - 35) see Perseus below for current, full hypertext version

Amazon.com books
• Oxford, Latin Course (Oxford Latin Course) by M. G. Balme, James Morwood, Maurice Balme
• Wheelock's Latin (Harpercollins College Outline) by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. Lafleur

American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions by Tom Elliott
• from U North Carolina, Department of Classics

Bing Translator

CentaurSystems.com ($) software for the classics
• Humanist Latin Dictionary ($) from William Harris, Professor Emeritus, Middlebury College

FamilySearch.org, Latin Genealogical Word List
IT and communication by Jukka “Yucca” Korpela
• Human languages: Latina linguarum regina

Latin course for the Virtual School of Languages
• Available lessons
• "Conversational" Latin phrases
• Original texts in medieval Latin & Intermediate reading material
• Pronunciation guide

Latin-English Dictionary Use It!

Search & Links
• based on New Latin Word List, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lingua Latina free software: Latin grammar basic drills (Win95,98,NT) and Links

Michael McLarnon, Latin conjugation program Use It!

online (Java)
• Download: DOS & Windows ( 16 & 32 bit )

Perseus Project: Tufts U
• Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary
• Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
• William Gardner Hale, The Art of Reading Latin: How To Teach It

Saint Louis U: Latin Teaching Materials Use It!

Overview, SiteMap
• Latin Praxis using lexical phrases to master Latin
• Reading Acceleration Machine freeware for language-learning, presenting word-groups

Simply Latin (and a bit of Greek) from SackLunch.net
Study Guide to Wheelock's Latin online or Download, by Dale A Grote, U North Carolina

Suzanne Bonefas' Classics On-line Course Database ( All Courses ), Search
• Course Materials

Tidbits.com/matt, Some Things (software & resources) By] Things Having To Do With..
• Learning Latin
• Learning Ancient Greek

TravLang.com, Dictionaries
• English-Latin Dictionary
• Latin-English Dictionary

U British Columbia SunSite - Latin Dictionary (Java Applet or use the HyperText version)
• On-line Latin-English/English-Latin Dictionary Client

H Haifa, Library of Pictures, Latin Links

U Notre Dame, Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid with Latin Wordlist & Grammar Aid

The Virtual Translator
• Classical languages Links

Wikipedia
• List of Latin phrases (A)

Words by William Whitaker-Search: 30000 Latin entries with English translation
• free Latin-English dictionary download ( Windows )

SOFTWARE
• Quicklatin Download shareware - translates Latin into English
• Latin parser and translator Visual Basic by Adam McLean - translates Latin into English
• Lingua Latina (aka WinLatin) Visual Basic Download by Bob Hasenfratz - Drills in Latin Grammar basics
• Verba @geocities.com, local dictionary translates words Latin => English, Spanish <=> English
^ DICTION

LAW
A Dictionary of Law (1893) ads! Christian Common Law Institute (lawgiver.org)
Law.com Dictionary legal terms, Search
’Lectric Law Library (LectLaw.com): Legal Lexicon's Lyceum
Nolo.com: Everybody's Legal Dictionary & Legal Encyclopedia

^ DICTION

LINGUISTICS
also see.. Language, §LINGUISTICS§

Glossary & On-Line Phonology course: CELT, Stirling U
MAGUS Multilingual Animal Glossary, Pan-European Dictionary of Wild & Domestic Animal Common Names
Speech Internet Dictionary (SID): John Maidment, U College London Phonetics & Linguistics - Resources

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LOGIC
Glossary of First-Order Logic

^ DICTION

MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY
Reliability Center Inc.: Reliability Terms (Glossary)
Weibull.com: Reliability Glossary

^ INDEX

GLACIOLOGY
also see.. §Glaciology§

Glacier Antarctica & global earth systems, Education About, Links
• Glossary

^ DICTION

CARTOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, GIS, MAPS
Geography 270 Text see (pdf file) Glossary: UCC Geography, U College of the Cariboo
the GIS Dictionary - Alphabetical, Acronyms, Links: Dept Geography ( Links), U Edinburgh
ITS Tutorial School (Hong Kong) Geography Dictionary & Glossary

^ DICTION

MATHEMATICS
(also see... Statistics )

Glossary (Geometry): Graphics Course Curriculum
Glossary for the Elementary Geometry Tutorial: Penn State U, Dept Mathematics
MathAddicts.org
• Encyclopedia

Math.com, About, Glossary
Mathematical Programming Glossary by Harvey J. Greenberg, U Colorado, Denver
Stat Index: George Mason U Hyper Learning Center
Wikipedia
• Category:Elementary mathematics
• Category:Logic
• Category:Mathematics

Xah Lee, Math Terms Explained

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MEDICAL
also see.. §MEDICINE§

DIRECTORIES-Medical Dictionaries
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

Medical and Science Dictionaries: ScienceKomm.at

AbbottDiagnostics.com, Glossary
Aetna IntelliHealth, Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Allergy-Immunology Glossary: ACAII

Alphabetical Index of Terminology:
• Andrews School for Medical Transcription, New Drugs/Equipment/Procedures

AP Dictionary of Science and Technology: Immunology: Harcourt
Archaic Medical Terms-Search: Paul Smith.Doctors.org.uk
Case Definitions for Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases: Center for Disease Control
Dictionary of Information for Patients and Support Groups: Kwok Lee (Guo Li) MD PhD
English dictionary of medical terms from the Multilingual Glossary
Glossary of Medical Terms: Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook, Medical NBC Online

Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology
• Medical U South Carolina

An Immune System Glossary: Therapeutic Immunology Group, Oxford U Bioinformatics Centre
Index of Biomedical Hypertexts Glossary and Index: Colorado State U
Index to the Glossary of Terms: Abbott Diagnostics.com
InfoMedical: Kwok Lee Dictionary of On-Line Medical Resources
Leukemia-Lymphoma.org, Glossary
List and Glossary of medical terms: English
MASA Heart Surgery Glossary: Mid Atlantic Surgical Associates (MASA)
Medical Dictionary additional cross-linked references, Search, wild cards: MPIP.org
Medical Dictionary Yahoo Health & Adam.com

Medical Dictionary Index The Source! MedTerms.com, extensive in-depth resource

Medical Encyclopedia: Drkoop.com, Inc.
Medical Etymology: Human Anatomy, Emory U

MediLexicon.com Links, Search ( Associations, Diseases, Drugs, Hospitols & Pharmaceutical Companies ), News
• Dictionary, Medical Abbreviations

Medical Library Encyclopedia: WebMD.com
Medical Terminology, Dictionaries and ICD Links
Medical.Webends.com Use It!

MedLinePlus, Site Map from the National Library of Medicine: National Institutes of Health
• Medical Dictionary Use It!
• Medical Encyclopedia

Medterms.com, MedTerms Medical Dictionary A-Z
Medicine On Line (meds.com) Cancer Glossary
MedWord.net - Medical Words Etymology
Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary HealthGate.com
Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Dictionary Use It!
The On-line Medical Dictionary ( Cancerweb): Dr. Graham Dark, Gray Cancer Institute

On-line Medical Dictionary (OMD)
• linked terms within definitions for biology, chemistry, medicine, physics, science, technology...

StatRef.com ($)CD, cross-reference 30 medical texts, free 30 day trial
U Maryland Medicine, Glossary of Medical Terms Medical Reference Guide

^ DICTION

MNEMONICS
Amanda's Mnemonics Page by subject

^ DICTION

MUSIC
also see.. §MUSIC§

Dictionary of Jazz Terms (1 pg): TRIGGER and Monk's Jazz Workshop

dolmetsch online
• Music Dictionary Online Use It!

Music Theory & History resource

Fortissimo! musical development program from ThinkQuest.org
• Music Dictionary: A-C, D-L, M-O, P-R, S, T-Z
• Dynamic Symbols & Tempo Terms

Glossary Glossery of Music and Sound Terms

Music Cognition Resource Center Main Index Links
• Music Cognition Handbook: A Dictionary of Concepts by David Huron

Pronouncing Dictionary of Operas and Composers with definitions
Pronouncing Dictionary of Opera Terms with definitions
Rhythm and Meter Database Indiana U

TonalSoft.com, Encyclopaedia of Tuning
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

^ DICTION

NAUTICAL
Art of Age of Sail custom hand-building fine ship models & half-hulls
• Terminology from the Age of Sail

Glossary of Maritime Terminology & signal flags: The Transportation Institute
Glossary of nautical terms: Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks, Diving, Links, U Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Glossary of sea-going terms: OceanChallenge.com
Glossary of tall ship terms: Links, LadyWashington.org
Maritime abbreviations & glossary: Links, Hellenic Shipbrokers Association (HSA)
Maritime Etymology Links/Dictionaries: The Maritime History Virtual Archives, Lars Bruzelius, Uppsala U
Maritime History Citations for the OED by Alan H. Hartley: U Minnesota, Duluth
Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular by Gibbons Burke
NSnet maritime glossary, Links, Shipbuilding & images: NSnet, U Michigan

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PHILOSOPHY
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind: Philosophy Dept, Arts & Sciences, Washington U in St. Louis
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names: PhilosophyPages.com

Filosofia.net: Glosario de términos filosóficos (english) from The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy
Glossary of First-Order Logic
Glossary of Kant's Technical Terms
The Ism Book Field Guide to the Nomenclature of Philosophy

U Tennessee at Martin - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Use It!

^ DICTION

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Energy Glossary from the California Energy Commission
High-Energy Astrophysics Dictionary from Skyview virtual telescope, NASA
IPPEX Online the Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience - Glossary of Fusion Terms
Physlink.com - Physics and Astronomy Glossary, terms which give students particular difficulties
Professor Stephen Hawking's website - Glossary (cosmology)
Superstrings! - Glossary
Windows to the Universe - Glossary of Solar Terrestrial Terms

^ DICTION

POLITICAL
The American Presidency bios, definitions, election, politics, rights... : Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia of Marxism: Marxists.org Internet Archive - Introduction
Political Dictionary: Fast-Times.com

^ DICTION

PSYCHOLOGY
( also see...Brain & Nueroscience )

Glossary of Terms: Brains on the Web: Comparative Neuroanatomy and Intelligence
• Intelligence & Brain Size, Links, Neuroscience Timeline

Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology, 12th Edn Glossary: Harcourt College Publishers, ThomsonLearning.com

Inspiritive.com.au, Glossary
Perceptual Science Lab ( Links), U California, Santa Cruz
• Cognitive Psychology Glossary by Dominic W. Massaro

^ DICTION

PUBLISHING & TYPESETTING
Typesetting and Publishing Glossary typesetting terms and abbreviations

^ DICTION

RELIGIONS
Glossary: Mysticism in World Religions Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism & Taoism
CHRISTIANITY

Anglican) Saint Sam's Dictionary (1 pg): Society of Archbishop Justus
Catholic) The Catholic Encyclopedia: NewAdvent.org
Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures etymological essays on a few words

ISLAM

Glossary of Islamic Terms: DEED Islamic Resourses Repository (IRR)

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RETIREMENT
401(k) Plan Glossary: 401(k) Plans, PSCA Profit Sharing/ 401(k) Council of America

^ DICTION

RHYMES
also see.. §Poetry§

Lexical FreeNet Connected thesaurus connection, intersec, reachable, related, rhyme, spell check, substring
RhymeZone.com Links, Search RhymeZone at Lycos.com
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary Search

^ DICTION

SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY
DIRECTORIES-Science Dicitionaries
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

Medical and Science Dictionaries: ScienceKomm.at

Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology Use It!

Harcourt and Academic Press

A Dictionary of Units: U Exeter Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

BioTech's Life Science Dictionary Use It!

with images BioTech's Resources & Reference, U Texas

EDUCYPEDIA educational encyclopedia - SiteMap, Science
EMF/RFR Terminology: Wave-Guide.org
Energy Efficiency Glossary: hyperion.advanced.org
Fluid Flow Glossary: L.C. Smith College
Glossary: Fundamental Terminology of Structural Behavior
Glossary of Basic Compressed Air System Terminology The Compressed Air Challenge
Imagine the Universe! Dictionary
J. Roque Dias - Translation Links Glossaries Portal (not just language glossaries)
Mechanical & Predictive Maintenance Glossary of Terms Schematic Approach Inc.

Minerals by Name Use It!

Index by Class or Groupings, Images, Search, specimens

Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary Use It!

drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

Technical Glossary - FLW
TLA Dictionary manufacturing & mechanical engineering acronyms/abbreviations
U.S. Patent Classification: Micropatent.com

Web Reference Glossaries from Iverson Software Co.
• Acoustics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Chemistry,
• Electronics, Environment, Geology
• Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

Wikipedia
º Category:Glossaries
º Category:Glossaries on mathematics
º Category:Glossaries on science
º Category:Mathematical terminology
º List of mathematical jargon
• Glossary of automotive design
• Glossary of boiler terminology
• Glossary of botanical terms
• Glossary of chemistry terms
• Glossary of classical physics
• Glossary of climate change
• Glossary of clinical research
• Glossary of diabetes
• Glossary of differential geometry and topology
• Glossary of ecology
• Glossary of entomology terms
• Glossary of environmental science
• Glossary of experimental design
• Glossary of field theory
• Glossary of fuel cell terms
• Glossary of game theory
• Glossary of gene expression terms
• Glossary of geological terms
• Glossary of group theory
• Glossary of machine vision
• Glossary of nautical terms
• Glossary of plant morphology terms
• Glossary of quantum philosophy
• Glossary of probability and statistics
• Glossary of Riemannian and metric geometry
• Glossary of rail terminology
• Glossary of ring theory
• Glossary of robotics
• Steam locomotive components
• Glossary of systems theory
• Glossary of topology

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SIGN LANGUAGE
5 Language Translator: Sign Language Web Site ( frames version)
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms with videos
Deaf Sign Language global world links
Multimedia Sign Language Dictionary: Boystown.org

^ DICTION

SLANG

Activities for ESL Students (a4esl.org)
• Self-Study Idiom Quizzes

Dave's ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com)
• Slang Page

ManyThings.org
• Slang

^ DICTION

SPANISH
Freedict.com, English to Spanish Dictionary
My-Spanish-Dictionary.com some english/spanish words with matching photographs
Spanishdict.com English/Spanish

TravLang.com, Dictionaries
• SpanishEnglish

Verba @geocities.com, local dictionary translates words Latin => English, Spanish <=> English
WordReference.com

^ DICTION

SPELL-CHECKING
SpellCheck.net Use It!

online spell check

^ DICTION

SPORTS
Sports Glossaries On-Line Reference Guide

^ DICTION

STATISTICS
(also see... Mathematics )

Glossary: HyperStat Online: Introductory Statistics Book & Online Tutorial.. Virtual Lab in Statistics, Rice U
Sep 245 Glossaries: Systematiek en Biogeografie, Institute for Systematics and Ecology, U Amsterdam
SurfStat glossary: SURFSTAT australia

^ DICTION

SYMBOLISM
Dictionary of Symbolism U Michigan

^ DICTION

TAX
Tax Glossary

^ DICTION

THESAURI
ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form public domain: MICRA, Inc. & Gutenberg Project
• Roget's Thesaurus (1911)

Lexical FreeNet Connected thesaurus connect, intersect, related, rhyme, spell check, substring
Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms Search

Thesaurus.Reference.com

Wiktionary
• Roget Thesaurus Classification Use It!

WWWebster Thesaurus
Wordsmyth (registration optional) educational integrated dictionary-thesaurus About, FAQ, Links

^ DICTION

TRANLATORS
Babelfish Use It!

words, phrases, web pages.. from AltaVista.com
FreeTranslation.com foreign language text & web pages
Ultralingua.net Use It!

^ DICTION

TRIBOLOGY (LUBRICATION)
Glossary: Automotive and Industrial Lubricants

^ DICTION

VOCABULARY
( also see...Games & Fun )

13 Easy Ways to Increase Your Vocabulary Short disussion, Links & references: Niagara U
Number2.com Free Test Prep SAT, GRE, Vocabulary
Vocabulary.com articles, gift shop, schools, puzzles
Weekly Word Search Puzzle Puzzleconnection.com
WordCentral.com daily buzzword, build your dictionary, Student Dictionary
Word of the Day NY Times Learning Network
Word Power: Test Your Vocabulary ReadersDigest.com

Wordsmyth (registration optional) educational integrated dictionary-thesaurus About, FAQ, Links
• Anagram Solver
• Crossword Puzzle Helper
• Glossary Maker
• Quiz Builder
• Vocabulary

^ DICTION

WATER
also see.. §WATER§

Bioguard Glossary: Swimming Pool chemical treatment terms
Dictionary/Glossary Blue Marlin Pools water treatment

Glacier Antarctica & global earth systems, Education About, Links
• Glossary

Glossary: HydroLab.com

Glossary of Chemical Terms Use It!

Learning Library, Hach.com

Glossary of Terms: Advanced Water Systems Inc.

Glossary of Water-Related Terms Use It!

Missouri Watershed Information Network, U Missouri

Glossary of Water Resource Terms: Edwards Aquifer Homepage San Antonio & Barton Springs Texas
Glossary of Water Terms: Aqua Science water & well treatment products
Glossary of Water Words: Division of Water Rights, Utah
Lake and Water Word Glossary North American Lake Management Society

USGS
• Science in Your Watershed Glossary
• Water Basics Glossary
• Water Science Glossary of Terms

Water Dictionary Use It!

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine

The Water Dictionary: EPA
Water Quality and Waste Management Glossary North Carolina Coop Ext Service

Water Science for Schools, Water Resources of Georgia, US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Water Science Glossary of Terms

WATERSHEDSS decision support system/nonpoint source pollution control, About, Glossary, Links
• from the NCSU Water Quality Group
• Educational Use It!

^ DICTION

WEATHER
Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality Glossary: Sam Houston State U
Windows to the Universe - Glossary of Solar Terrestrial Terms

^ DICTION
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