Web version of this popular dictionary...

Alphabetical listing of nouns that refer to groups of things, such as a "gaggle of geese)...

Abridged dictionary of English, containing about 240,000 entries...

Contains more than 17,000 entries on the origin and development of English words...

A "complete record of surviving Old English" (3047 texts) except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts...

Full text access to some of the essential dictionaries and thesaurii dealing with the English language...

Full text access to some of the essential reference works in English language grammar and usage, published by the Oxford University Press...

The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to three major Middle English electronic resources...

Dictionary of eponyms, words that are derived from the names of individuals, such as Fahrenheit from the name of the man who invented the thermometer...

Second edition (2006) of a standard dictionary of the English language...

Dictionary that describes the origins of English language words...

Contains more than "175,000 words, phrases, and definitions...

Contains "more than 15,000 main entries keyed to over 350,000 synonyms, with accompanying example sentences and phrases...

Contains more than 5,000 entries for "idiomatic phrases and sayings that make English the rich and intriguing language that it is...

Contains more than 8,000 foreign words and phrases used by English speakers...

An online "14,000-word dictionary of obscure and rare words, the International House of Logorrhea, as well as many topical word lists and other English language resources...

Contains "6,000 colour illustrations from 800 subjects across 14 themes...

An online thesaurus of English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs organized into synonym sets...