DICTIONARIES AND REFERENCE RESOURCES

Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com: Includes Bartlett's Quotations, Roget's Thesaurus, The Skeptic's Dictionary, Strunk & White's Elements of Style, and others.
• Merriam-Webster Online: The Language Center: Includes the famed dictionary, thesaurus, and Word of the Day.
• YourDictionary.com: Quick look-up or go for one of the many foreign language versions or thesauri.
• OneLook Dictionary: Lets users run a universal search on more than 200 online dictionaries, English and otherwise.
• Oxford English Dictionary: Mammoth of print dictionaries. Access free through http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/guides/databases/oed.htm

Reference Resources

• Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Searchable database of synonyms.
• Heteronyms: Words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently (e.g., wind or lead).

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