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Specialty Dictionaries by Topic
Archeaology
and Anthropology
Anthromorphemics:
Anthropology Glossary
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/glossary/index2.html
This searchable glossary created at the University of California
at Santa Barbara, provides definitions for terms in archaeology
and physical and cultural anthropology.
Arts
American Ballet
Theatre's Online Dictionary
http://www.abt.org/library/dictionary/
An interactive resource "designed to bring dance to the Web
and make it accessible to everyone." Descriptions and sometimes
QuickTime movies are provided for terms pertaining to ballet.
Art
and Architecture Thesaurus Browser
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/
"The AAT is a structured vocabulary containing around 125,000
terms and other information about concepts. Terms in AAT may be
used to describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture,
and archival materials. The coverage of the AAT ranges from Antiquity
to the present, and the scope is global."
Artlex
http://www.artlex.com/
Over 3,300 terms are defined, with links to illustrations and related
Web sites. Artist's names and titles of individual works are included
in the definitions.
Business
Business
Dictionaries
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/business/bizdict.html
Includes a dictionaries of financial terms, advertising, and real
estate and a mutual funds glossary. Created by the Galileo Initiative,
a project initiated by the University of Georgia.
Financial Glossary
http://www.investorwords.com/
Hypertext dictionary of more than 4,000 investing terms, from InvestorGuide.
Computer
Computer
User Hi-Tech Dictionary
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/dictionary.html
Commercial site, with advertising, that provides a fairly good dictionary.
FOLDOC
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
More than 13,000 entries, cross-referenced to each other and to
related resources elsewhere on the net.
NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
http://www.netlingo.com/
This online free commercial dictionary about the Internet "contains
thousands of words and definitions that describe the technology
and community of the World Wide Web." Search by category, keyword,
or letter
TechWeb
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
More than 20,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts make
up this very useful and authoritative site.
Culinary
Epicurious
Food Dictionary
http://www.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/home
A commercial site that offers a valuable, searchable dictionary.
The comprehensive definitions of over 4,200 food, wine, and culinary
terms, come from the Food Lover's Companion, 2nd edition.
This site also provides a Reference Guide to herbs and spices and
metric conversions
Law
Legal Lexicon's Lyceum
http://www.lectlaw.com//def.htm
Most comprehensive legal dictionary found yet. Thousands of terms
Medical
Medterms.com
Medical Dictionary
http://www.medterms.com/Script/Main/art.asp?li=MT&Articlekey=12914
Medical dictionary that is both searchable and browsable, this work
provides lenghty definitions for scientific terms, abbreviations,
acronyms, jargon, symptoms, syndromes, and medical history.
On-line Medical Dictionary
- Cancer Web
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Part of the Cancerweb website, over 100,000 terms are defined here,
relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular
biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science, and technology
Scientific
A short Dictionary
of Scientific Quotes
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html
Quotations from Archimedes to Einstein.
Life
Science Dictionary
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html
This dictionary contains over "8300 terms which deal with biochemistry,
biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics." Included
are also "medically- and biotechnologically-relevant organisms
such as bacteria, worms, fungi, and some plants." There are
"some terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology,
and medicine."
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