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Acronym Finder   
Searchable database containing thousands of acronyms and abbreviations.

A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
Definitions and examples of forty-five traditional rhetorical devices provided by the University of Kentucky Division of Classics

Lycos RhymeZone
RhymeZone is an “online tool that aspires to be the best and fastest way for writers to find words.”

Merriam-Webster Online
Includes online version of the 10th edition (1994) collegiate dictionary and thesaurus.

OneLook Dictionary Search
Use this site as a search engine for "more than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries." You can define words, translate words, and find words by typing a pattern consisting of letters and the wildcards * and ? to retrieve a list of words matching your pattern. The asterisk (*) matches any number of letters or symbols. The question mark (?) matches exactly one letter or symbol. (More info on wildcards).

Roget's Thesaurus   
1911 edition provided by the Gutenberg Project.

Visual Dictionary Online
Definitions of "more 20,000 terms ... [and] more than 6,000 stunning illustrations of a wide variety of objects from all aspects of life." Also includes audio clips of pronunciations. From Merriam-Webster.

WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary   
Find rhyming words with five types of rhymes: beginning, ending, first syllable, last syllable, and double.

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Encyclopedias
Bartelby.com  
Reference sources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations and verse.

Encyclopedia.com   
Provides more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, 3rd Edition.

How Stuff Works
Series of articles that explore the workings of electronics, computers, autos, finances, health, and scientific and social phenomena.

NC Live Encyclopedias   
(Off-campus use restricted to RCC community).

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Non-English language dictionaries
The following sources may provide simple translations for individual words or may provide definitions in foreign language of foreign-language terms. Some links are to meta-sites, connecting to resources from a wide variety of external resources.

AltaVista-Babel Fish Translation  
Translate a single word, block of text, or website. Thirteen languages represented.

Foreign Languages for Travelers   
Lessons in 30+ languages with sound files for pronunciation.

Language Dictionaries and Translators  
Dictionaries, translator forums and services, and language courses.

One Look Dictionary Search  
Search engine that indexes dictionary sites from across the Web.

yourDictionary.com  
A mega-site with links to dictionaries for scores of languages. Also other language resources.

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