Dictionaries, thesauri & quotations

Banque de dépannage linguistique
From the Office Québecois de la langue française.

Bilingual Canadian Dictionary
The Comparitive Lexicography Project of French and English in Canada, University of Ottawa.

Duhaime's Law Dictionary
The law in plain language" compiled by a lawyer for the World Wide Legal Information Alliance.

Language Portal of Canada
Language tools that will enable Candians to use and understand both official languages more easily.

Le grand dictionnaire terminologique
From the Office Québecois de la langue française.

Merriam-Webster Online
Includes links to a number of word-related features including "Word of the Day" and "Lighter Side of Language".

OneLook Dictionaries
A one-stop search of 449 indexed online dictionaries

Roget's II: the new thesaurus
Contains 35,000 synonyms, searchable both alphabetically and by category. The host site, Bartleby.com links to a number of other word-related tools.

yourDictionary.com
Includes multilingual and specialized English dictionaries as well as thesauri and grammars.

Quotations

"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation." - George Bernard Shaw.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
A famous source of literary quotations, this 9th ed. was published in 1901.  Includes an author index and a chronological index of authors, starting with Chaucer. Plus search Shakespeare's works separately.

Canadian Conservative Forum
Approximately 3500 political quotations. Search by author or keyword.  Most quotations provide a source. Don't miss the new quotations.

Quotations Page
Originally developed as a catalog of quotation resources on the Internet, it has evolved into a large-scale quotation site with numerous original resources.

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