PDAs & Software

Phrases/Acronyms/

Abbreviations/Word Usage

• Acronyms and Abbreviations - Look for abbreviations and their meanings

• Acronym Finder - Database of over 60,000 acronyms

• AskOxford dictionary search engine

• American Heritage Dictionary

• Westegg.com - Search from over 3000 cliches

• Dictionary of Slang - From the U.K.

• Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words

• Libraryspot.com - Several general and specialty dictionaries, plus a search engine that gives you common phrases for different words

• MSN's Encarta Dictionary Online

• NetLingo - An online internet dictionary

• OneLook.com - Links to multiple other dictionaries

• Research-It, from iTools Dictionary

• World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server

• Phrase Finder - Enter a search term and get ideas for phrases that go with it, from Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

• Rhyming Dictionary - Simple tool to find rhyming words

• Webpedia - How to use internet terms; searchable

• Wiley Interscience - Scientific and Technical acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations

• Words that are often misused - By Laraine Anne Barker - an excellent, quick look confusing word usage

• World Wide Words - A fun--and serious--site on word usage from the UK

• Xlation.com - Glossaries from multiple fields, including a medical glossary

By the way, check out the List of Banished Words, from the Lake Superior State! University in Michigan--thought-provoking, yet amusing.