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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Recommend Dictionary/Thesaurus #178709 08/14/2008 11:15 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 liz54 stranger liz54 stranger Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 I am starting to do some creative writing. The commonly used dictionaries and thesauruses just don't do the English language justice. Can you recommend ones that would help me find AWAD words myself? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Recommend Dictionary/Thesaurus liz54 #178714 08/14/2008 3:03 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA liz: Welcome! Probably you've been there already but if not, http://onelook.com/ dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Recommend Dictionary/Thesaurus dalehileman #178720 08/14/2008 6:45 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA I agree that onelook is probably the best starting point, specifically for dictionaries; however, a good all-around resource is: http://refdesk.com In the upper right corner of the home page, you will see a drop-down box labeled "REFERENCE DESK". It has some nice dictionaries as well as a number of other useful tools. Also remember that you can, in the Google search bar, type "Define curious" for example. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Recommend Dictionary/Thesaurus TheFallibleFiend #178721 08/14/2008 7:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass if you're using IE7 or Firefox, you can define multiple search engines where you (probably) now have Google or Live Search defaulted [in the upper right hand corner]. you might add, for instance, OneLook and refdesk* and Wikipedia and Bartleby and Answers.com and Ask.com and Thesaurus.com etc. etc. etc. now, with all these resources just a click away, you can choose the one which is most applicable to your immediate needs and type the word or concept into the search box et viola's your aunt. I believe many of these that I mentioned can be added directly via the "Manage Search Engine" (Firefox) or "Find more providers" (IE7) browser functions. but you can add most any web resource that you like via these same functions, not just the ones that are "canned"! *Mozilla does have a plugin for refdesk, but it merely results in a refdesk search, which I don't find to be real useful. Last edited by tsuwm; 08/14/2008 11:14 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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