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• Online Etymology Dictionary
  This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
  URL: http://etymonline.com/  Added: August 8, 2008

• Oxford English Dictionary
  The definitive record of the English language.
  URL: http://oed.com/  Added: August 8, 2008

• Specialty Dictionaries
  Technical vocabulary is used only by specialists and so is not generally known by non-specialists. Here you will find dictionaries and glossaries of specialized words in the English language.
  URL: http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5a.html  Added: August 8, 2008

• Dictionary.com
  This dictionary site also includes a thesaurus and international dictionaries.
  URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/  Added: October 9, 2007

• Merriam-Webster Online
  This site contains an easy-to-search dictionary and thesaurus of 160,000 entries.
  URL: http://www.m-w.com/  Added: October 9, 2007

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  This is a nice collection of dictionaries for those who are learning to speak English.
  URL: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/  Added: October 9, 2007

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