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Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online: Explore 15 major themes to access
more than 6,000 images in this online visual dictionary.

Dictionary.com: Includes links to translations and other language dictionaries.

WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary: Need to find a rhyme? Type in a word, select the type of rhyme you want, and get a list of words or phrases that match. A great resource for poetry and songwriting.

AskOxford.com: Search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, and the Oxford dictionaries of Quotations and First Names.

Bartlett's Quotations: A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. Search for quotations by keyword.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: "Giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell." Searchable by keyword.

Switchboard: White and Yellow Pages Directory for the United States. Search for people, business, and maps & directions. You can also search by phone number and area and zip codes.

Information Please Almanac: Search the almanac by keyword, or browse by subject or alphabetically.

Old Farmer's Almanac: The classic guide available online. You can even personalize the site based on your own location. Get daily insights such as "Today in History," "Advice of the Day," and "Gardening Question of the Day." Find tide predictions and moon phases, compare weather predictions with actual weather conditions, and much more.

Ask Numbers: Interactive calculators for a wide range of conversions from weight, distance and currency to pressure, viscosity and clothing and shoe sizes, to name a few.

WorldWide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server: Enter an acronym and find out what it stands for; this site is continually being updated. You can even follow the guidelines for submitting your own acronyms.