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Abbreviations.com
Claims to be the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and
search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the
Internet.
Acronym Finder
The Web's most comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Over 300,000 definitions.
Free Dictionary
Contains English language (including idioms), medical, legal, financial,
and computer dictionaries, plus a thesaurus, acronyms dictionary, and encyclopedias.
Logos Multilingual Dictionary
Has some very unique features including a universal conjugator and a collection
of well-known works in various languages. Some are available as audio files.
Merriam-Webster Online
Has a free dictionary and thesaurus for you to use, or you can try their unabridged version if you become a member of their site.
Onelook Dictionaries
More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed
by the OneLook search engine.
VoyCabulary
Makes the words on any webpage into links to a dictionary so you can look
them up with just a click.
YourDictionary.com
Has become the most authoritative and comprehensive Web portal specializing
in information about language— any language in the world. Come here to look
up general or specialized words in literally thousands of English and foreign-language dictionaries.
