Dictionaries and Such
Merriam-Webster’s WWWebster Dictionary
The Merriam-Webster dictionary, with links to their thesaurus.
Roget’s Thesaurus
Use this to find another way of saying “thesaurus.”
Rhyming words
Find rhyming words the way you use a search engine in the RhymeZone, courtesy of Lycos and Carnegie Mellon University.
The Word Detective
Articles from the syndicated column, which looks into the origins of all those odd words or phrases, like “scapegoat.”
Wordnet
1.6
From Princeton University, a fascinating approach to synonyms and word relationships. Worth it just to read their very academic definition of the site. (Missing a few modifiers? You’ll find ‘em here.)
Abbreviations, Technical, and Jargon
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Lookup
A very good, flexible search engine and more acronyms (international, too) than you ever wanted to imagine.
OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
Browse or search hundreds of on-line dictionaries covering technology, science, religion, finance, sports, cooking, just about anything you can think of. Bookmark this one.
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
From abstract class to ZyXEL, a great dictionary of computing terms.
BioTech’s Life Science Dictionary
From Indiana University. Also searches for fragments of words.
Translations
FreeTranslation.com
Altavista Translations
These are both very good translation sites that cover the major European languages and then some; Altavista also covers the several major Asian languages.
Quotations
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
An old edition at the Project Bartleby Archive. The latest person quoted died in 1871.
The Quotations Page
A great resource created by Michael Moncur. Search for quotes using sentence fragments. Or see the links to other quotation sites.
Good Quotes by Famous People
“I worship the quicksand he walks in.” — Art Buchwald. This is a growing list of interesting quotes submitted by site users.