A
Dictionary of Slang
A British slang dictionary.
Find out what backie, balmcake and barmpots are.
A Web of On-line Dictionaries
If you know how to spell the word, this site will give you its definition. It will translate the word for you into another language.
American Sign Language
Learn sign language at this site.
Ask Dr. Dictionary
Have a question about words, grammar or language? Ask the Dr.
allwords.com
This
sites multi-lingual search ability will prove helpful for
people who speak different languages than their penpals. An
excellent service.
Mirriam
Webster
You can look up words or phrases at this
site.
New
Words In English
Students at Rice University
collect instances of words and word uses that appear to be new
in the language. Very interesting.
The
Newbury House Online Dictionary
"Providing simple
and clear definitions, a wealth of sample sentences, idioms,
and a wide array of cultural facts and figures."
One-Look
Dictionary
Search for definitions of more than 1.8
million words in 303 online dictionaries simultaneously.
Rhyming
Dictionary
This is a great dictionary to use when
writing poems for your pen pals.
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary
The educational dictionary-thesaurus.
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