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../ Biographical Dictionary
Host: S9 Technologies
Language(s):   English
Features:   Free Access to 28,000 entries; it can be searched by birth dates, death years, professions, literary and artistic work, etc.
Notes:   Free online service
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../ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Host: Cambridge University Press
Language(s):   English
Features:   Int. Dictionary of English, Learner's Dictionary, Dictionary of American English, Int. Dictionary of Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Notes:   Free online access
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../ CMU Pronunciation Dictionary
Host: Carnegie Mellon University
Language(s):   North American English
Features:   The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary is a machine- readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions
Notes:   You can download the CMU dictionary V.06 for free via their FTP
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../ LDC AESL - American English Spoken Lexicon
Host: LDC
Language(s):   American spoken English
Features:   Contains pronunciations captured in individual audio files; phonetic transcription of most words in a reference American pronunciation
Notes:   Set Parameters for your search, browse alphabetically; free online service
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../ LEO Dictionary
Host: TU München
Language(s):   English, German, French
Features:   Includes a vocab-trainer, a PDA Version and is now available through Goggle.
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../ Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Host: Longman
Language(s):   English
Features:   "Search any word using the power of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - the quickest and easiest way to look up any word while you are working on the web."
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../ M - W: Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus Online
Host: Merriam Webster's Language Centre
Language(s):   English
Features:   Online-Up-to-Date-Dictionary and Thesaurus
Notes:   A geographical dictionary and an encyclopedia are also available.
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../ RAP Dictionary
Host: Patrick Tricky Atoon
Language(s):   English (RAP)
Features:   All you ever wanted to find out about Rap-language
Notes:   The RAP Dictionary now uses the WIKI system, which allows you to edit anything and everthing.
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../ Thesaurus.com
Host: thesaurus.com
Language(s):   English
Features:    
Notes:   This site also provides a dictionary.
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../ TU Chemnitz Online Dictionary
Host: TU Chemnitz
Language(s):   English German
Features:   "A simple dictionary containing over 180,000 entries."
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../ Wikipedia - the free Encyclopedia
Host: WIKI
Language(s):   English
Features:   "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit . In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 537886 articles."
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