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Dictionaries by category :

American/British -
Cinema - Clipart - Comicbook words - Commerce - Crime
Death - Disasters -
Education - Electronics - Etymology -
German/British -
History - Homophone -
Idioms - 'Informatique' - Internet -
Monarchy -
Onomatopoeia -
Pronunciation -
Rap - Rhyming -
Slang - Smiley - Surnames-
Use of French words in English -
Victorian - VIDEO dictionary

American/British :

• The English-to-American Dictionary (english2american)

• The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British (effingpot) :
  "The seven sections (Slang - People - Motoring - Clothing - Around the house - Food & drink - Odds & sods) contain over 1000 words and expressions that differ in their usage between the US and the UK."
  
  

Cinema :

• Glossary of Film Terminology (filmeducation)

Clipart :

• Web Clip Art Glossary (about.com)

Comicbook words :

• A Dictionary of Comicbook Words - Ka-Boom! (epe.lac-bac.gc.ca)

Commerce :

• Dictionnaire commercial (dictionnaire-commercial.com)

Crime :

• Criminal Investigation - a glossary (highered.mcgraw-hill)

Death :

• DEATH: Dictionary Entry and Meaning with Matching Terms (and quotations) - (hyperdictionary)
  
  

Dinosaurs :

• DinoDictionary.com - With profiles of over 300 known dinosaurs
  (dinodictionary.com)

  

• Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary (enchantedlearning.com)
  
  

• Dino Dictionary (dinodon.com)
  
  

Education :

• Lexique anglo-français et franco-anglais des termes pédagogiques courants - IUFM de Créteil (creteil.iufm)

Electronics :

• 3D Dictionary (dictionnaire informatique illustré) - (maran.com)
  
  

Etymology :

• Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)

  

German/British :

• German-English On-line Dictionary - (dictionaries.travlang)
  Searchable dictionary for translating English to German and vice-versa.

• Glossary : German / English (ex.ac.uk)

Histoire :

• Historical Dictionary (historyonthenet.com)

• American History Glossary (Social Studies for Kids)

• The Colonial Dictionary (germantownacademy)
  "Students in third grade have been learning about the colonial period in America.
  As they discover the meanings of vocabulary words, they enter these definitions onto web pages of our Colonial Alphabet."
  
  

Homophone :

• An English Homophone Dictionary (rogersreference)

'Informatique' :

• REVERSO Dictionnaire - Informatique Fr-En / Informatique En-Fr
  (dictionnaire.reverso.net)

  
  
  
• WEBOPEDIA - Dictionary for Computer and Internet Technology Definitions
  (webopedia.com)

• FOLDOC - Computing Dictionary (foldoc.org)

Internet :

• The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words.
  - with a list
  (twittonary.com)

  

• WEBOPEDIA - Dictionary for Computer and Internet Technology Definitions
  (webopedia.com)

• French - English / English - French Dictionary of Internet Terms (home.uchicago.edu)
  
  

• NetLingo "is an online dictionary about the Internet.
  It contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the technology and community of the World Wide Web." (netlingo.com)
  
  

Monarchy :

• abc of the Monarchy (royal.gov.uk)

Onomatopoeia :

• DICTIONNAIRE DES ONOMATOPÉES DE BANDES DESSINÉES (dr-belair.com)
  (CARTOONS ONOMATOPOIAS DICTIONARY)

Pronunciation :

• The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (to download) - (speech.cs.cmu.edu)

Rap :

• RAP DICTIONARY (rapdict.org)

Rhyming :

• WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary for poetry and songwriting (writeexpress.com)
  

Slang :

• SlangSite.com is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms. (slangsite.com)

• A Dictionary of Slang (peevish.co.uk)
  
  

• Dictionary of Slang - English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom. (dictionaryofslang.co.uk)
  
  

• Slang City -
  "Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
  
  

• On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang - (avec moteur de recherche)
  "The Indiana Prevention Resource Center on-line dictionary contains more than 3,800 street drug slang terms from the Indiana Prevention Resource Center files, with more than 1,200 additions from the National Drug and Crime Clearinghouse slang term list." (drugs.indiana.edu)
  
  
  
  

Smiley :

• The Smiley dictionary

• LINGO2WORD
  Acronym, Emoticon Dictionary, Lingo Dictionary, Texting Thesaurus, SMS Message Translator and Spellchecker.
  Funny SMS message collection, colorful phrases. Popular Smiley, Chat words and SMS message lists.
  "Lingo2word is devoted to demistifying any shorthand language
  such as SMS messages ,Chat rooms, Legalese ,Computer Jargon and Emails."
  (lingo2word.com)

Surnames :

• Behind the Name - the etymology and history of surnames
  (surnames.behindthename.com)

• The Internet Surname Database
  (surnamedb.com)

• Patronymica Britannica,
  a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom by Mark Antony Lower
  (books.google.fr)
• The origin and signification of Scottish surnames.
  With a vocabulary of Christian names by Clifford Stanley Sims
  (books.google.fr)

Use of French words in English :

• Du bon usage du français en anglais - Speak Chic English : Mots français utilisés en anglais
  "Vous pouvez enrichir votre vocabulaire anglais avec plus de 300 nouveaux mots et manier un langage cultivé, tout cela sans effort.
  Et pour cause, je vous propose ici une liste de mots que l’anglais a empruntés au français.
  Mais attention aux faux amis, le sens du mot peut avoir changé au fil du temps.
  Chaque mot est discuté et replacé dans son contexte.
  Les nuances sont exprimées, et les autres traductions possibles sont explicitées.
  Bonne lecture !"
  (knol.google.com)

Victorian :

• The Victorian Dictionary - a guide to the social history of Victorian London. (victorianlondon.org)

VIDEO dictionary :

• Wordia Video Dictionary = a text and video dictionary.
  Users upload short videos to explain definitions of different words.
  (wordia.com)