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Dictionaries that, given a word in one language, will show the identical or related word in another language.

Resources in this category are:

Acronym Finder

http://www.AcronymFinder.com/

"The Acronym Finder (AF) is a world wide web (WWW) searchable database of common acronyms about computers, technology, and telecommunications, with an emphasis on Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force, Army, and Navy acronyms." This site has copyright information, updates, features, contributors, a disclaimer, other engines, and tips for users.

Author: Mountain Data Systems (mmolloy@mtnds.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: acronyms; language

The Alternative Dictionaries

http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/

"These pages contain words and expressions you most likely won't find in a normal dictionary" including slang, insults, racial slurs, and terms for bodily functions and sexual acts. "This is an experimental 'internet collaborative project', which means that all entries are made by internet users. There are now dictionaries for English, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Esperanto and several other languages." All definitions are in English.

Author: Hans-Christian Holm (hcholm@notam.uio.no)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

Keywords: Slang; Curse; Swear; English; Dutch; German; Portuguese; Spanish; Catalan; French; Italian; Polish; Russian; Esperanto

AskOxford.com

http://www.askoxford.com/

THis site is for "questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage; to search a dictionary of words, names or quotations; for help with writing; for crosswords and puzzles; and to learn about language."

Author: Oxford University Press

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Reference--Quotations

Keywords: dictionary; quotations; words; spelling; grammar

Compendium of Environmental Acronyms (CEA)

http://www.umr.edu/~aeg/arco/arco.html

An alphabetical listing of acronyms (and what they stand for) related to the environment.

Author: Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG@UMR.EDU)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Keywords: acronyms

The DICT Development Group

http://www.dict.org/

A dictionary search tool that allows natural language searching for definitions from multiple dictionaries.

Author:

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Dictionary; Word; Words; Definition; Definitions; Language

foreignword.com

http://www.foreignword.com/

"Foreignword.com has created a site that centralises the access to on-line dictionaries and glossaries, gives an overview of the latest translationsoftware products, allows exchange of knowledge among translators and offers web-space to interested translators. The more theoretical issues oflinguistic technology also have a special place in foreignword.com." Features include a meta-search dictionary that searches 109 on-line dictionaries in 54 languages, and a machine translation engine that supports over a dozen MT systems. There are also resources for translators and for people who are looking for translators.

Author: Stephan Böhmig and Alberto Fontaneda (team@foreignword.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics

Reference--Dictionaries

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

Keywords: translators; machine translation; interpreters

The Glossarist

http://www.glossarist.com/

A subject organized and searchable directory of glossaries available on the Internet.

Author: Warwick Bone (info@glossarist.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY

http://shoga.wwa.com/~rgs/glossary.html

An extensive collection of poetic terms and their definitions, with numerous cross-references and examples. Browsable by letter of the alphabet.

Author: Robert G. Shubinski (rgs@wwa.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Poetry; Poems; Dictionary

OneLook Dictionaries

http://www.onelook.com/

A fast dictionary search tool which allows you to look up a word in 350 different dictionaries simultaneously, or pick specific dictionaries from a grouping of subject-specific ones. Includes Internet/computer, science, technology, business, sports, religion, acronym, and general dictionaries. You can also browse the dictionaries individually.

Author: Robert K. Ware (bware@onelook.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: English

Pharma-Lexicon

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/

Medical and Pharma Abbreviations Dictionary

Author: Christian Nordquist

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: abbreviations; medical dictionary; dictionary; pharmacy

Pharma-Lexicon

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/

Medical and Pharma Abbreviations Dictionary

Author: Christian Nordquist

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: abbreviations; medical dictionary; dictionary; pharmacy

SYMBOLS.com -- Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms

http://www.symbols.com/

"The world's largest on-line encyclopedia of graphic symbols. SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. Use the Graphic Index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. If you want to see an ideogram with a certain meaning, use the Word Index. You may search for both meanings and names of signs."

Author: HME Media (webmaster@symbols.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Symbols; Pictograms; Ideograms

TransHub: The Encyclopedia of Terminology

http://transhub.cjb.net/

A site with a large number of links to all types of web dictionaries, translators, and word-related web sites. Manipulate the drop boxes at the bottom of the page to find links. Link guides include science terminology, law terminology, business terminology, slang, translation, and more.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics

Reference--Dictionaries

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

VoyCabulary

http://www.voycabulary.com/

"VoyCabulary is a powerful web tool which will link web pages or phrases to online references like dictionaries or thesauruses -- This provides a convenient and speedy way to lookup words quickly and efficiently, without disrupting your normal web browsing... If you don't want to process a webpage, but have some text (maybe from a word processor), you may simply cut and paste it into the textbox and VoyCabulary will process it as well." Voycabulary includes an English Dictionary/Thesaurus as well as Medical, Acronym, and Computer dictionaries. Translations are available to and from English to Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian, and Welsh.

Author: Voyager Info-Systems (vcgen@voycabulary.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Reference--Dictionaries--English

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

Keywords: thesaurus

The World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server

http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html

An index of over 17,000 acronyms and their expansions. You may search the acronym itself, the first word which makes up an acronym, or submit an acronym for inclusion in the database. The database is updated weekly.

Author: Peter Flynn (webmaster@www.ucc.ie)

Subjects:

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Acronym

yourDictionary.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

"yourDictionary.com (YDC) was founded in 1999 to provide the world's most comprehensive, and authoritative portal for language, and language-related products and services on the world wide web. yourDictionary.com has the widest and deepest set of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages)... Come here to lookup a general or specialized word in English or foreign-languagedictionaries." This site also has information on grammars, links to language identifiers (sites which can identify which language a given text is written in), a library of language-related articles, and scientific research related to linguistics.

Author: Robert Beard (rbeard@bucknell.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Languages; Thesaurus; Lexicography

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