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Onelook (http://www.onelook.com). Simultaneously searches up to 900 dictionaries including general purpose, art, business, computing, medicine, miscellaneous, religion, science, slang, sports, technology and foreign language. Provides translation and reverse lookup; supports wild cards. Origin: C. Type: D. Audience: A.

 

Miriam Webster’s Word Central for Kids (http://www.wordcentral.com/). Includes access to student dictionary, games and fun, plus teacher resources including lesson plans and activities. Origin: C. Type: D. Audience, K, Y, T.

 

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition (http://www.bartleby.com/62/). Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index. Origin: C. Type: D. Audience: A.

Legend

C-Commercial. G-Government. N-Nonprofit.
P-Portal. L-Link. D-Destination.
A-All. K-Kids. Y-Young Adults. T-Teachers

 

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