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Construction Dictionaries

• Building Glossary
• Construction Glossary
• Glossary of Building Pathology
• Glossary of Composite Materials
• Glossary of Roofing Terms (PDF file; begins on p. 27)
• Glossary of Windows
• HTML Glossary of Composite Materials Technology
• Index of Composite Material Glossaries
• List of Roofing Terms
• See also Architecture

Cooking Dictionary Resources

• BBC's Food Glossary
• Cooks Recipes Cooking Dictionary
• Culinary Dictionary
• Gastronomical Dictionary (Italian, English, French, Spanish, German)
• Glossary of African Cuisine
• Glossary of French Cuisine
• Glossary of herbs and spices
• Glossary of Indian Cooking Terms
• Glossary of Terms Common Used in the Food Service Industry
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Foods
• Italian Cooking Glossary
• Pasta Glossary
• Pearl's Food Lovers' Glossary (a biggy and a goody)
• Southern Food and Cooking Terms
• Spices Encyclopedia
• Vocabulary of Indian Food
• Index of Cooking Glossaries
• See also Chocolate
• See also Food
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Craft Dictionary List

AROMATHERAPY & ESSENTIAL OILS Dictionaries

• Oil Profiles

BEADWORK Dictionaries

• Beading Dictionary

BOOKBINDING Dictionaries

• Bookbinding Glossary
• Glossary of Bookbinding Terms
• Glossary of Pertinent Bookbinding Terms

CALLIGRAPHY Dictionaries

• Speedball's Calligraphy Glossary (PDF file)
• Simple Stroke Calligraphy
• Japanese Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary

CANDLEMAKING Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms
• Glossary of Candlemaking Terms
• Candle Making Glossary, Terms and Definitions

CERAMICS AND CLAY Dictionaries

• Ceramics Terminology Word List
• Glossary of Ceramics and Clay Terms


• See also Art

GLASSMAKING Dictionaries

• Illustrated Glass Glossary
• Corning Museum of Glass | Glass Dictionary
• Bureau of Land Management Bottle Glossary Page

JEWELRY Dictionaries

• All About Jewels Glossary
• Illustrated Glossary of Jewelry
• More Jewelry Dictionary Resources

LIBRARIANSHIP Dictionaries

• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians: English with indexes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish; also, English entry words and definitions, plus equivalent terms in all aforementioned languages (Be patient - 188-page pdf file that loads slowly

MOSAICS Dictionaries

• Glossary of Mosaics Terms
• Mosaic Art Source mosaic terms glossary

NEEDLECRAFT Dictionaries

• The Stitch Glossary
• Embroidery Glossary
• Machine Embroidery Glossary
• See also Textiles

ORIGAMI Dictionaries

• Origami Glossary
• BOS Academic Origami Glossary
• Robert J Lang Origami Glossary

PAPERCRAFT Dictionaries

• Glossary of Prints and Original Graphics Terms
• Washi (Japanese Handmade Paper) Glossary

QUILTING Dictionaries

• Glossary of Quilting Terms
• Quilting Glossary
• Quiltaholics Glossary
• Quilting Terms

RUBBER STAMPS Dictionaries

• Rubber Stamping Glossary

Criminology Dictionaries

• Criminology Vocabulary
• Forensic Glossary
• Glossary of Police Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terminology
• Polex International Police Lexicon in 7 Languages

Crossword Dictionary References

• Amo's Online Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
• Crossword Puzzle Dictionary Tips
• Jumble and Crossword Puzzle Solver
• One Across Crossword Puzzle Helper
• Crossword-Dictionary.com

Dance Dictionaries

• American Ballet Theatre's On-line Dictionary
• Ballet Vocabulary
• Glossary of Contemporary Ballet Technique and Usage
• Ballet Glossary
• Tap Dance Dictionary

Dentistry Dictionaries

• A Glossary of Dental and Orthodontic Terms
• Dictionary of Dental Terms
• Dental Dictionary
• See also Science

Dialect Dictionaries

AUSTRALIAN SLANG Dictionaries

• Australian English Glossary from A to Zed
• Aussie Slang Dictionary
• KoalaNet Australian Slang Dictionary
• Hippocrene Dictionary of Australian English (Book)
BRITTISH SLANG Dictionaries

• The Dialect of the West of England (Somersetshire 1869)
• American-British Searchable Glossary
• English-to-American Dictionary (same as above)
• British/American Dictionary
• Canting Glossary (Thieves' Argot of 1736)
• The [Updated] GonMad Dictionary of Cumbrian Slang
• Glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect
• Norse Words in the Yorkshire Dialect
CANADIAN SLANG Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Newfoundland English
INDIAN REGIONAL Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Colloquial Indian-English Terms
IRISH SLANG Dictionaries

• Everyday Slang in Ireland
• General Irish Slang
NEW ZEALAND REGIONAL & SLANG Dictionaries

• Kiwi Words and Phrases (New Zealand Slang)
SCOTTTISH REGIONAL & SLANG Dictionaries

• Dictionary of the Scots Language
• Scottish Vernacular
• A Scots Dictionary
US SLANG Dictionaries

• The Phantom Linguist's Glossary of Quaint Southernisms
• Evolution Publishing - American Dialect Links
• Appalachian Dialect of Eastern Kentucky
• Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
• A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases (Henry Yule 1903)
• A Glossary of Gullah (South Carolina, USA)
• On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang
• The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English
• See also Slang

Dinosaur Dictionaries

• Anatomical Dictionary of Dinosaurs
• Children's Dinosaur Dictionary
• The Dinosaur Dictionary
• Dinosaur Glossary
• DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia
• Dinosauria On-Line Dinosaur Omnipedia (Encyclopedia of dinosaur words)
• Plesiosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide

Economics Dictionaries

• Economics A-Z at Economist.com
• Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary and Glossary
• Dictionary of a New Economics
• A Dictionary of Economic Terms, Concepts, Theories & Theorists
• See also Science

e-Commerce Dictionaries

• Electronic Commerce Dictionary
• BX.com Dictionary of eCommerce
• Ecommerce Dictionary
• Roger Clarke's EC Definitions

Education Dictionaries

• Glossary of the Humanities
• Glossary of Distance Education Terminology
• Dictionary of Terms Used in Special Education
• Learning Glossary
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Electronics Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Electronics
• Electronic Glossary at Allwords
• Electronic Warfare Lexicon
• Glossary of Electronics
• International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) Online Database: English, French, German
• Mobile Electronics Glossary
• Technical Dictionary (Electronics)

Elections Dictionaries

• Australian Electoral Commission Glossary of Electoral Terms
• Elections Canada Glossary
• Glossary - US Department of State
• Election Glossary
• Glossary of Election Terms at U.S. Election Assistance Commision
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Glossary of Election Terms

Energy Dictionaries

• Solar Electric Glossary
• Glossary of Energy Terms
• Glossary of Solar Power Terms
• Glossary for Transport Statistics (PDF file)

Engineering Dictionaries

• English-French-Romanian Civil Building Pathology Dictionary
• Gears Glossary (Be patient - slow-loading pdf file)
• Glossary of Data Acquisition
• Dictionary of Engineering Power Terms

Entomology Dictionaries

• A Glossary of Entomology
• Glossary for Social Insects
• The Social Insects Web
• Dictionary of Entomological Terms
• Coleoptera: Glossary of Entomological Terms
• Gordon's Entomological Glossary

Environmental Dictionaries

• About Glossary of the Environment and Nature
• Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Word List
• Chemistry and Environmental Glossary
• Environmental Dictionary
• Environmental Economics Word List
• EPA Glossary of Environmental Terms
• Environmental Health and Safety Monitoring Glossary
• Glossary of Environmental Terms
• The Urban Conservation Glossary (illustrated)
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Etymological Dictionaries

Leiden University Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries
• Pokorny's Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
• Frisk's Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
• Vasmer's Etimologicheskij slovar russkogo jazyka
• Albanian Inherited Lexicon
• Baltic Inherited Lexicon (in progress)
• Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress)
• Slavic Inherited Lexicon
• Old Frisian Etymological Database
• A Dictionary of Tocharian B
• Rgvedic Word Concordance
• Bloomfield's Vedic Concordance
• Lycian Lexicon
• A Dictionary of the Iranian Verb
• Cuneiform Luvian lexicon
• Etymological Tables of Various Language Families
• American Heritage List of Proto-Indo-European Roots
• Dictionary of British Surnames
• English Words from Greek-Latin Sources
• The Etymology of First Names
• Latin-Greek Roots Used in English
• Roots of English: an Etymological Dictionary (download)
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Film Dictionaries

• IMDb Film Glossary Index
• Kodak Glossary of Video Postproduction Terms
• University of California at Berkeley Library Film Resources
• Academic Information Film Studies Gateway

Finance Dictionaries

• Comprehensive Financial Glossary
• Dictionary of Banking and Monetary Acronyms
• Dictionary of Management and Technology
• An English-Spanish Glossary of Social Security Terminology
• Fannie Mae Glossary of Mortgage Terms
• Federal Reserve Glossaries of Banking and Monetary Policy
• Financial Glossary
• Glossary of Financial Acronyms
• NYT Glossary of Financial and Business Terms (registration is free)
• Glossary of Financial Terms
• Glossary of Terms Used in Payments and Settlement Systems
• International Financial Encyclopaedia
• Investorwords Financial Dictionary
• Money Words
• The Money World A-Z Glossary of Financial Terms (British) \
• Multilingual IMF Monetary Terminology
• SmartMoney Financial Glossary
• The Ultimate Financial Dictionary
• Yahoo Financial Glossary
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Fish Dictionaries

• Australian Fish Index
• FDA Seafood List
• Fish and Stream Glossaries
• Fishbase Encyclopedia of Fish and Fish Management
• Fish Glossary from Gorton's
• Fly Fishing Equipment Glossary
• Glossary of Fisheries Terms
• See also Multilingual Dictionaries

Food Industry Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Food Intolerance
• Food Industry Glossary
• Glossary of Herbs
• Glossary of Herbs and Vitamins
• Glossary of Herbs, Vitamins and Minerals
• National Food Safety Database
• Nutrition Glossary

Forestry Dictionaries

• Glossary of Forest Protection
• NILS Survey and Land Glossary
• Silvicultural Terms in Canada
• Glossary of Forestry Terms
• Glossary of Forestry Terms in British Columbia

Furniture Dictionaries

• House Beautiful Furniture Glossary
• Glossary of Furniture
• Dictionary of Furniture Terms
• See also Architecture

Gambling Dictionaries

• Gambling Glossaries
• Gambling Glossary
• Glossary of Gambling
• Gambling Terms
• Glossary of Gambling Terms
• Glossary of Gambling Terms

Games Dictionaries

• Backgammon Glossary
• A Glossary of Poker Terms
• Poker Glossary
• Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary

Genealogy Dictionaries

• Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary (subscription)
• Ancestry's Beginner's Genealogical Glossary
• Danish-English Genealogy Dictionary
• Dictionary of Ancient Healing
• Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death
• FamilySearch Multilingual Genealogy Glossary • Homesite
  (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish)
• Genealogy Dictionary
• Glossary of Genealogical Terms and Abbreviations
• Kinship Dictionary
• Nova Scotia Genealogy Glossary (Back again!)
• ROOTS-L Resources: Genealogical Terms and Definitions

Geography Dictionaries

• Association for Geographical Information GIS Dictionary
• Dictionary of Geographic Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Economic Geography Glossary
• Glossary of Coastal Terms

Geology Dictionaries

• Geologic Glossary by Geologylink
• GeoMan's Glossary of Earth Science Terms
• InfoMine Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms
• List of Chemical Composition of Minerals
• Minerals: A List of Chemical Composition
• Soil Science Glossary
• U.S. Geological Survey Glossary
• Volcanic and Geologic Terms


• See also Meteorology

Golf Dictionaries

• PGA Glossary of Golf Terms and Phrases
• Golf Europe Glossary of Golf Terms
• Golfselect Glossary of Golf Terms
• Worldgolf Golfer's Glossary
• Think Golf - Golf Glossary

Grammar and Stylistic Dictionaries

• Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
• Carnegie Mellon Writer's Style Guide
• English Grammar Usage Tip Resources
• Guide to Grammar and Style
• Common Errors in English
• English Style Guide
• Introduction to Legal Citations
• Punctuation Made Simple
• Sharp Points
• Silva Rhetoricae
• Strunk's Elements of Style
• Writer's Guide
• Writing for the Web
• Writing on the Internet