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One Look Dictionaries

Searching the 4285381 words in 746 online dictionaries. Search spell check word lists or online-dictionary web sites with the word.

http://www.onelook.com/

 

FarsiDic

Free English-Persian and Persian- English online dictionary.

http://www.FarsiDic.com

 

Dictionary.com

Searching in Dictionary and Thesaurus and using translation service.

http://www.dictionary.com

 

Babylon

Babylon's single click translation, information access and conversion software provides users with immediate answers to vital questions, from multiple sources. It also offers dictionaries in 13 languages.

http://www.babylon.com/

 

 

Online Versions of Printed Dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Search online version of cambridge dictionaies and access to related terms through hypertext links.

http://dictionary.cambridge.or

 

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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.

 http://www.bartleby.com/61/

 
OXFORD Advanced Learner's

Searching online version of OXFORD Advanced Learner's Dictionary and accessing related terms.

http://www1.oup.co.uk/elt/oald/home_main_2.htm

 

 Merriam Webster Online

Searching online versions of Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus with many added value such as retriving related entries through hypertext links.

http://www.m-w.com

 

 Acronyms Dictionaries

Acronym Finder

One of the web's most comprehensive databases of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials with more than 227,000 entries.

http://www.acronymfinder.com

 

 Dictionary of Initials

Dictionary of Initials Acronyms and Abbreviations

Alphabetical list of initials and acronyms.

http://www.counselingseattle.com/initials.htm

 

Online Encyclopedias

 Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

 Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. 14 days Free trial.

http://www.eb.com

 

Columbia Encyclopedia 

Columbia Encyclopedia

The Columbia Encyclopedia began its existence in the 1920s when Clarke Fisher Ansley and Columbia University Press recognized the need for a first aid for those who read. Now in its sixth edition some 80 years later, The Columbia Encyclopedia continues to serve the purposes for which it was conceived. Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopediæ ever produced.

www.bartleby.com/65

 

Biographies

 Biography.com

Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.

http://www.biography.com

 

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.

http://www.s9.com/biography/

 

World Biographical Index - K. G. Saur Publishing

 Free access to a large biographical database containing over 2 million references to persons. Search by name (or part of name) in combination with occupation, year of birth or death, year cited, and biographical archive.

http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/

 

Directories

College and University Home Pages

This list has over 3000 entries! Several other sites have given special attention to this site, so they are now listed on a recognition page. All schools are currently arranged alphabetically. A geographical listing is available as well. To view colleges under a particular letter, select it below.

http://web.mit.edu/cdemello/www/univ.html

 

Associations on the Net

The IPL Associations on the Net (AON) is a collection of over 2000 Internet sites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.

http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON/

 

International Agencies and Information on the Web

Comprehensive alphabetical directory of international agencies on the web. It also offers search option to retrieve agencies.

www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intlnew.html

 

World Atlas

Atlas of the world offering information on Continents populations and sizes, Country Flags, Find Any Country island or territory and more.

http://www.worldatlas.com

 

World Sites Atlas

Using geography to explore the world - and the web. Maps, hotels, tourist information, weather, photos, links, news. Thousands of pages of information can be found on this site!

http://www.sitesatlas.com

 

Free translation services

AltaVista

Babel Fish Translation Tools

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

 

Free Translation.com

FreeTranslation.com is an easy-to-use site for rapid translations of texts 10,000 character and web sites from English to major languages. It offers free automatic computer translation in 8 language directions. Anyone can translate FROM English to French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Norwegian. Each translation can be of a web page or of up to 4 or 5 pages of text. FreeTranslation.com is very fast and completely free.

http://www.freetranslation.com/

 
Almisbar

Free translation from English to Arabic. . Each translation can be of a web page or of up to 4 or 5 pages of text

 http://www.almisbar.com/salam_trans_a.html

 

 

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