Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary - Premium resource

The most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. Access in your library or from home using your library card.

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Dictionary.com

Basic dictionary and thesaurus. Includes an online translator and foreign language dictionaries.

Chambers 21st Century Dictionary and Chambers Thesaurus

Online version of the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary and The Chambers Thesaurus

Your Dictionary.com

A comprehensive portal for language which contains links to more than 1,800 dictionaries and covers 250 languages.

One Look Dictionaries

A search engine for words and phrases. More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by One Look. Includes a reverse dictionary.

Strange and Unusual Dictionaries

Resources for Scrabble games, bar bets, and other trivial pursuits. Includes the Dictionary of All-consonant words and the Dictionary of all-vowel words.

Acronym Finder

A comprehensive database of acronyms and abbreviations.