English-Language Dictionary Resources

The Internet Public Library

This site offers an online searchable English dictionary as well as links to other online English dictionaries, acronym finders, thesauri, slang dictionaries, and more. It also offers online Norwegian, Spanish, and French dictionaries and links to other online foreign-language dictionaries. In addition, it has links to translation tools such as English-German and English-Estonian dictionaries.

Dictionary.com

According to Dictionary.com, "hobbledehoy" is an actual word, meaning "an awkward, gawky young fellow." Beyond fascinating new words of the day, this site is a comprehensive reference for English word meanings, spelling, and pronunciation. New to the site is a translation function, allowing instant basic translation between English and twelve other languages.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th Edition)

This popular dictionary offers audio files for pronunciation of words in addition to standard dictionary information such as definitions and grammatical function for over 90,000 entries.