Dr. Alphabet's  Click above link to a longer language reference website  
Quick Reference © BETA  

yourdictionary.com | spelling  Uses the M-W search engine but has a better interface.

Cambridge Dictionaries online  © Cambridge University Press 1999
   Pronunciation guide in IPA -  probably the best on-line dictionary to date except for # words.
   Sample:  cambridge = /'keim-brij 'dik-ò'neri/ | ss keimbridj dicshanery |  Truespel - kaembrij 
   dikshunairree 

Miriam Webster Dictionary  with pronunciation guides in a new ASCII notation [&= schwa] [see below]
   www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mweb  |  www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionarywill correct non-standard spellings
   All dictionaries [below] access all the on line dictionaries..
 

Encarta Talking Dictionary Pronunciation Guide  © MS Encarta www.dictionary.msn.com
   The most  unabridged dictionary on the Net.  If you have an obscure word, check here first. 
   The pronunciation guide includes schwa but also ee, oo, ay, 'n [fash'n], nn, i-macron.

Exploding Dictionary - An SQL data-based of dictionaries with multiple cross references.  Generates
   about 2 pages of data per query. Includes techno-jargon  SQL=structured query language

  | all dictionaries  | dictionary links  | alfa-index  | encylopedia.com  | msn-dict | pron | 2 |

MW window see alfa-index

Search for other dictionaries using several search engines

he following search utility includes 5 search engines - enter your key word, select a search engine, click GO Search for:using: YahooMSNAltaVistaInfoseekLycosSnap

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|  FOLDOC  Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing  | Computer User Dictionary  |
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html   If it is a computer term, this is the best place to look it up.

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tvq twistrz ~ tongue twisters - a test of phonemic scripts
ill eel auto alto ought to high cost of living
ill il oto ol allto ot tu hai cost av living.
yl il oto aol aeltow aot tu hai caost av liviN.  er-pronunciation.htm

English \'Eng  lish\,  a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}

Dictionary Resources Improve

1. Your Dictionary - clean, uncluttered, and quick. uses the m-w search engine
2. Cambridge Dictionary - pronunciation guide uses IPA symbols
3. Merriam-Webster Dictionary - locates mispelled words, accepts fonetic spelling.

1. Encarta Talking Dictionary  - over 70,000 words in the database with audiofiles.
2. One Look Dictionary and All Dictionaries - do simultaneous searches.

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