Here's an incredibly useful site for you. DictionaryWords.net is a fantastic reference resource. Do a search for a single word or term and it will pull up results from several sources, including The CIA World Factbook (2002), WordNet, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, The Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms, The Jargon File, Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary, The Collaborative International Dictionary of English, The U.S. Gazetteer, The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Elements Database and Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Want to see something even cooler? Click on ANY word on this page that is not a hyperlink. For example, click on this word ---> coupon
If you are using Internet Explorer, you will instantly see a pop up window with the found results for this word.
You can add this feature to your OWN web page very easily. If you want more info, let me know. It only takes one line of code to make it work.
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March 3, 2004 09:15 AM
Very cool Joel, I am interested in adding this dictionary feature to my new blog. If you are willing to share this line of code, I'd be grateful.