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English Language Dictionaries

Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
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Full-text access to Encyclopedia Britannica and Book of the Year articles. Includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Audio pronunciation clips included with each dictionary entry.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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Online edition of accepted authority and guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language. Provides comprehensive etymological analysis and listing of variant spellings while tracing the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations.