Acronyms and Abbreviations
Very fast searcher and useable even with Lynx.
Acronym Finder
"...all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military."
Anagram Generator
"Over 1143888 anagrams served!"
Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
"...dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities."
WWWebster Dictionary
From the time-honored Merriam Webster company.
DICT
Uses "...several freely available dictionary databases, with over 300,000 total headwords..." Ongoing project.
LOGOS
Multi-language translating dictionary.
ARTFL Dict.
"1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary"
Internet Public Library
Search for internet, world wide web documents.
InfoMine
Incredible scholastic resource by the University of Riverside, California.
Australian Libs.
Another tremendous library source from the folks down under searching multiple libraries.
National Lib. of Australia
Search specific to the National Libraries of Australia.
Clearinghouse
Guides to specific topics on the WWW/Internet.
babyOIL Library
"...unified interface to common resource discovery sources."
Vassar Libraries
Search by subject or keyword.
San Francisco Public Lib.
Search by keyword, subject, author, title, call number, "et cetera."
Roget's Thesaurus
Use a categorical or alphabetical index or a search form .
Penn. Lib. Web
Lists the 15 libraries at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mythology
"a site dedicated to making your search for myths, legends, folklore, and religions both past and present easier and more enjoyable."
Biographical Dict.
"...more than 27,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world"
Slanguage Dictionary
All those words that give English it's flavor.
The American Memory
"Historical Collections for the National Digital Library"
Today in History
Pick a date and get a list of historical events for it.
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RootsWeb
Large list of genealogical database searchers.
Surname Search
"Trace the History of Your Family Name".
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
"...pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions."
Sociological Subjects
Use the search form or browse through a huge alpha list of categories.
Bibliomania
Keyword search allows search through all or each of 5 categories or literature.
Abraham lincoln
As the title says, honest Abe pages and info.
Symantic Rhyming Dict.
"...use it to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more."
Language Identifier
"...will attempt to identify automatically the language of a sentence, phrase, or word..."
Library of Congress
By both keyword and alpha index.
SOSIG Catalogue
"... the Internet equivalent of an academic research library for the social sciences."
Internet Classics Arch.
"Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation."
Online Medeval and Classic Lib.
"...ollection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization."
Surname Search
Surname searches in four countries. (Multiple popups)
Recent Ovidian Bibliography
"...publications relating to Ovid from 1990-present."
Encyclopedia.com
"...more than 14,000 diverse articles to the resources available on Infonautics' popular online research service."
Koran
Use either the search or browse link.
Quote Search
Search options include multiple quotations databases.
Web of Online Dicts.
"...linked to more than 1,000 dictionaries in 200 different languages."
Word Central
"...offers kids a student dictionary, Word of the Day, and interactive word games. Includes homework help and lesson plans for parents, teachers."
Crossword Solver
"...finds only single English words, not phrases, names, or proper nouns (yet), and it only supports words up to 10 letters long (so far)...."
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