Need a word, look it up... easy as pie you lucky duck!

Ever just need a word, that right word, you know the one on the tip of your tongue, but you can't spit it out? Well I do all the time, and when I do... I look all over my desk and the dictionary is gone! And who can use a thesurus anyway? Look up the word, look up the number and scratch your head through the whole process cuz it's the wrong thing. Sigh. Well I found a solution.... on-line services!!!!! Below are a few of the various dictionaries and thesauruses available and why I like them.

Dictionaries/Thesauruses of the (mostly) regular sort:

Dictionary

http://www.dictionary.com

-- basic dictionary in English.

Roget's Thesaurus

http://www.thesaurus.com

-- yer basic English Thesaurus.

Merriam-Webster Online

http://www.m-w.com

-- simple and easy to use dictionary and thesaurus together at one site.

Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

http://www.lightlink.com/bobp/wedt/wedt-artfl.html

-- a lexial database of word relations. I typed in "computer" got back definitions for "computer", "computer virus", and "computer worm".

Encyclopedia Mythica

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/

-- An encylopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.

Hacker's Dictionary

http://www.mcs.kent.edu/docs/general/hackersdict/

-- "This document (the Jargon File) is in the public domain, to be freely used, shared, and modified. There are (by intention) no legal restraints on what you can do with it, but there are traditions about its proper use to which many hackers are quite strongly attached...." a sample entry: codewalker: n. A program component that traverses other programs for a living. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new `vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."

Phobias

http://www.sonic.net/~fredd/phobia1.html

-- alphabetical listing from "ablutophobia" (fear of washing or bathing) to "zoophobia" (fear of animals).

Rhyming Dictionary

http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html

-- my best freind some nights... and let's not forget the weekly poll. This dictionary is easy to use and fun too. I typed in "quartz" and it gave me: 33 1 syllable words including courts, sports,& warts; 16 2 syllable words including exhorts & transports; 4 3 syllable words such as jockey shorts; and 3 4 syllable words.