Dictionaries and other sources
Last updated: 2 March 2001
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Biographical dictionary
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Cambridge Dictionaries Online
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CIA World Factbook - ah well, they're doing a great job when it comes to collecting data on nations. Nothing said on all of their other activities ...
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Dictionaries - this is the ultimate website, connecting you to more than 400 dictionaries in 130 different languages - you want anything more? Oh come on ...
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Dictionary.com - this is special as it offers you access to all kinds of languages including a pretty well designed translation facility - check it out
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Dictionary of (Ecological) Epidemiology
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Eurodicautom - "Originally the
multilingual terminological database of the European Commission's Translation Service,
Eurodicautom has been placed online and made available to the general public. The database
contains approximately five million entries in twelve languages, including technical terms,
abbreviations, acronyms and phraseology"
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Glossary of Political Economy Terms - maintained by by Dr. Paul M. Johnson of Auburn University (USA)
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Herbal Encyclopedia
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List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature - compiled by J.P. Euzéby, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Movie Terminology Glossary - it provides you with explanations for all the terms of movie production you see on the screen and you have no idea what they mean: "best boy", "gaffer" ... you name it
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Online Medical Dictionary
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Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition
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Panic Encyclopedia: The definite guide to the postmodern scene
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Simplicity Online Dictionary
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Terms of Environment - provided by the Environmental Protection Agency of the USA
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The Obituary Page
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UNESCO Thesaurus - "a controlled vocabulary developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation which includes subject terms for the following areas of knowledge: education; science; culture; social and human sciences; information and communication; and politics, law and economics. It also includes the names of countries and groupings of countries (political, economic, geographic, ethnic and religious, and linguistic groupings)" - the Thesaurus covers English, French and Spanish
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Xlation.com - this is an amazing service for all who need to translate text from one language to another ... wish I'd known that service the other day - great stuff
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