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Acronyms and
Abbreviations
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- "This is the original World Wide Web
Acronym Database, which started in 1991 as an email service with an
interactive interface on BITNET, and migrated to the Web in 1992"--site. |
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American Sign
Language Dictionary
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-Very cool use of animated hand images to learn
sign language. "This site is designed to
help you and me learn more about ASL and the Deaf
community."--site. |
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BabyNames
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- "Dedicated to maintaining an
ethnically diverse database of names and meanings, and to keeping the site a fun
and family-oriented place to celebrate life and children.
"--site. |
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
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- This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable
quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be
published after his death in 1905—the new editor, however, choosing more to
supplement than revise the work of the first name in quotations. |
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Dictionary of Law
Terms
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-"Researched, written in plain language and
provided free of charge by lawyer Lloyd
Duhaime."--site |
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Dictionary of Style
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-"Asserting that one must first know
the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for
any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the
practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives
in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and
concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition
most commonly violated."--site. |
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InfoPlease World
Almanac
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-"Combining the contents of an
encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several up-to-the minute almanacs
loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Infoplease places
the resources of an entire reference information center at your
fingertips."--site. |
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Merriam-Webster's Online
Dictionary
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-Keyword searchable on-line version of the
popular Dictionary and other reference materials. |
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SlangSite.Com
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- a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up
words, and colloquialisms. Browse our listings, or submit your own words to our site. |