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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.: Over 90,000 entries, 10,000 new words, and 70,000 audio word pronunciations.
Merriam-Webster Online: Look it up in Webster's! Thesaurus included too.
WordCentral.Com Dictionary: Look it up in Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary or play a word game.
Wordsmyth Dictionary and Thesaurus: Look up a word and get the definition and synonyms. If you aren't sure of the spelling, Wordsmyth can even search for "spelled like."
Roget's Thesaurus: The place to find synonyms.
Grammar Handbook: This Handbook explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage.

English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Browse by letter or by categories such as animals, colors, sports, and body parts.

Click on a letter to browse through the dictionary of pictures and definitions. Easy.

An online American Sign Language (ASL) dictionary where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs. Must have QuickTime to view.

Words in sign language with animated definitions.