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Technical ENGLISH dictionaries and glossaries

Unless otherwise stated, all glossaries definitions are in English.

• Allwords.com
  English dictionary.
• Dictionary.com
  Incluye Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary and Strunk's Elements of Style.
• New Words in English
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Newbury House Dictionary of American English
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• English - Spain Spanish Dictionary
• English - Afrikaans Dictionary
• English - Chinese Computer Terminology
• English - Chinese Dictionary
• English-Czech Dictionary
• English - Dutch Dictionary
• English - Estonian Dictionary
• English/ Finnish/ English Dictionary
• English - Finnish Dictionary
• English - French Dictionary
• English - German Dictionary
• English - Greek Dictionary
• English - Hebrew - English Dictionaries 
• English - Hungarian Dictionary
• English-Hungarian Dictionary
• English - Indonesian - English Dictionary
• English - Italian Dictionary
• English - Japanese Dictionary
• English - Latin Dictionary
• English - Maori Dictionary online
• English - Norwegian Dictionary
• English - Portuguese Dictionary
• English - Russian Dictionary
• English - Spanish Dictionary
• English - Spanish Dictionary
• English - Swahili Dictionary
• English - Swahili Dictionary
• English - Swedish Dictionary

Acronyms and Abbreviations, Thesauri

• Acronyms and Abbreviations of Chemical Compound Names
• Acronym Finder A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
• Acronyms for Health Information Resources
• BABEL A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology
• Merriam Webster Thesaurus
• Thesaurus Online

   

  Agriculture & Environment

• Glossary of Recycling TermsBy Global Recycling Network.

   

  Astronomy & Aeronautics

• Aircraft Aeronautics terms.
• ALA Technical Dictionary English <>Spanish
• Astronomy Glossary By John F. Hawley.
• Dictionary of technical terms for aerospace useBy Daniel R. Glover, Jr.
• NASA thesaurus
• Physics and Astronomy Glossary  By PhysLink.com
• Pilot / Controller Glossary

   

  Automotive Terms

• Dictionary of Automotive Terms A-Z 

   

  Banking / Business

• BankingWords  By InvestorWords.com
• Merrill Lynch Glossary   
• Nasdaq Stock Market Glossary   
• New York Mercantile Exchange, Glossary of terms
• Stocks Glossary  
• Trading Glossary  By Highlight Investments Inc.
• WashingtonPost: Business Glossary

  Finance

• Barkley's Comprehensive Financial Glossary By Barkley International, Inc.
• Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
• Directory of Financial Glossaries By Equity Analitics Ltd.
• Financial Glossary in English By Department of Finance Canada
• The A to Z Glossary of Financial Terms By MX Moneyextra.

  Futures

• Futures Glossary  By Trade Signal Corporation Ltd.
• Futures Glossary  By Trade10.com
• Glossary - Definitions of Selected Futures Terms  By Roger L. Caldwell
• Glossary of Futures Terminology   

   Insurance

• Glossary of Insurance Terms
• Insurance Definitions
• Risk Management & Insurance   
• The Complete Glossary of Insurance Coverage Explanations  By Lewis-Chester group.

  Investment

• Dictionary of Investment Terms 
• Glossary of Investment Terms By Cigna.
• Investorwords - The biggest Investing Glossary on the Web
• Legal Investment Terms

  Botany / Plants

• Botanical.com - A modern Herbal By Ms. M. Grieve.
• Botanical Glossary   An alphabetical listing of over 800 botanical terms and their meanings, helpfully hypertexed for rapid reference.
• Chihuahuan Desert Plants  Latin- English - Spanish
• Glossary - Terminology  (Common Forest Plants of Northwestern Ontario)
• Herb Seeds Collection

   

  Computing / Internet

• Computers & Computing Glossary   
• FOLDOC Free on-line Dictionary of Computing
• Gensys Computers - Glossary Of Terms   
• Glossary of Computing Terms    
• Glossary of Jave & Javascript   
• Glossary of Java and Related Terms
• Glossary of Oracle Terms
• IBM Glossary of Computing Terms    
• Internetworking Terms and Acronyms By Cisco Systems
• Java & Internet Glossary  By Roedy Green.
• Netlingo Internet terms.
• TechEncyclopedia More than 14,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts
• The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
• Webopedia Online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology. By Internet.com
• Whatis.com

   

  Culinary/ Food

• A Gastronomic Glossary, Petit Vocabulaire Gastronomique, Liten Gastronomisk Ordlista   
• Cafe Creosote Dictionary of Cooking Terms
• Cooking & Wine Dictionary By Partyfun.com.
• Culinary café Dictionary
• English - French Gastronomy
• Epicurious Dictionary
• Ethnic Food Glossary   
• Filipino Food Glossary   
• Food and Beverage Glossary   
• Glossary of Culinary Terms
• Gorton's Fish Glossary
• Home Cooking Glossary of Cooking and Food Recipes from A to Z   
• Indian Asian Food Glossary    
• Japanese Food Glossary   
• Japanese Food Glossary   
• Mexican Food Glossary  By Mexican Food To Go.
• Spanish English Bilingual Food Dictionary   
• Spanish Wine and Food Glossay Sp < En

  Wine

• A Wine Taster's Glossary from the book Wine with Food By Barbara Ensrud
• Glossary of Beer and Wine Making By Brewsupplies.com.
• Spanish-English Wine Glossary By TRINOR.
• Wine Glossary (click on "Service", then "Lexicon") 
• Wine Glossary By Vinsouth.

  Electricity

• Electrical Terms Dictionary
• Glossary of Battery Terms
• Glossary of Electric Motor Terms By Rockwell Automation.
• Glossary of Electricity Industry Terms  By Essex Power Corporation
• Glossary of Electricity Terms  By Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

  Electronics

• Acronyms
• Dictionary of Electronics
• The Electronics Glossary   
• Electronic Glossary
• Glossary of Electronic Terminology By Ensil

  Energy

• Detailed Glossary of Nuclear Terms and Phrases   
• Electric Power Industry Glossary 
• Glossary of Energy Terms
• Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms   
• Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms  By Justin Matis.
• Radiation Related Terms    

  Forestry

• Forest Glossary    
• Glossary of Forestry Terms
• Glossary of Forestry Terms   
• Glossary of Forestry Terms
• Glossary of Forestry and Wood   
• Online Glossary of Physical Geography   
• Understanding Forestry Terms

  Geology / Mining

• Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms  Hacettepe University Department of Mining Engineering
• Geologylink Geologic Glossary
• UCMP Glossary of Geological Terms
• Volcanic and Geologic Terms By Volcano World.

  Water

• Encyclopedia of Water Terms   
• Glossary of Water   
• Glossary of Water Resource Terms
• Water Science Glossary of Terms 
• Water Words Dictionary By Nevada Division of Water Planning.

   

  Law

• A Law Dictionary By John Bouvier
• Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology By Bernstein Krawec & Wymard, P.C.
• Duhaime's law dictionary By Lloyd Duhaime.
• Glossary of Law Terms (USA)
• Glossary of Legal Terms   
• Glossary of Terms
• Glossary of Union Terms (Australia)
• International Law Dictionary & Directory
• Legal Glossary From Ninth Judicial Court (Florida).

  Real Estate

• Duhaime's Canadian Real-Estate Law Centre: Glossary
• Glossary of Real Estate Terms

  Marketing

• ExhibitorNet Glossary

  Medicine

• A genetics glossary
• Dental Terminology
• Diet Pills Glossary  
• Droogs2CB, Alcohol, Ayahuasca, Cocaine, DMT (dimethyltryptamine), DXM (dextromethorphan, "robo"), GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate), Ibogaine, Ketamine, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA (extasy), Mescaline, Miscellaneous, Nitrous oxide (laughing gas), Opiates (opium, morphine, heroin, etc.), PCP, Psilocybin, THC (tetrahydrocannibinol, from cannabis)
• Glossary of Genetic TermsBy National Human Genome Research Institute
• Glossary of Medical and Pharmacological TerminologyBy PharmInfoNet
• Glossary of Oncology Terms
• Glossary of PCa Related TermsBy Ed Piepmeier
• Glosstar Aventis Pasteur's bilingual French/English dictionary; more than 4 000 terms related to vaccinology, it covers the areas of Immunology, Genetics, Clinical Development, Statistics, Quality Control and Quality Assurance.
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation
• JHPIEGO GlossaryCervical Cancer Terms, General Family Planning Terms, Learning and Training Terms, Maternal and Neonatal Health Terms, Performance Improvement Terms
• Medical Glossary By American Medical Association
• Medical Dictionary
• MedicineNetMedical Dictionary and Pharmacy/Drugs Index.
• Pharmacology Glossary
• Pregnancy Glossary
• Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology
• The On-line Medical Dictionary

  Military

• Glossary of Information Warfare Terms
• US Department of Defense: Dictionary of Military Terms

  Political

• A Glossary of Parliamentary Procedure By the House of Commons, Canada.
• Glossary of Legislative Terms
• Political Dictionary

  Science

• Life Science Dictionary
• Science on line  Mathematics, Computer science, Life Sciences, Matter and energy, Sciences of the Universe, Technology, Science and Society.
• Short Glossary of General Biology Words By Harold Eddleman.
• UCMP Glossary of Botanical Terms

  Slang

• (Singapore) Singlish Dictionary
• Tankalanka(Trinidad & Tobago Dictionary)
• The Ultimate Silicon Valley Slang Page

  Australia

• Australiana - An Insight into Australian Slang
• Australian English Glossary from A to Zed
• Australian idiom and slang
• Australian Slang
• Australian slang dictionary By koala net.
• Larry's Aussie Slang and Phrases
• Samantha's Aussie Slang Dictionary  
• Strine - Australian slang

   

  Canada

• Canadian American Dictionary
• Canadianisms
• Canadianisms By Emily Way
• Canadian/US Slang Words and Phrases
• Canadian words
• Cornerstone's Canadian English page
• How to speak Canadian eh?  

   

  Great Britain

• A Dictionary of Slang
• BritSpeak: American-British Dictionary
• BritSpeak: British - American Dictionary
• Cockney Rhyming Slang
• Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary By Jeremy Alderton.
• Lancashire dialect
• London Slang
• Norfolk dialect dictionary
• The Geordie Dictionary By David A Simpson
• The school Gaelic dictionary
• Victorian Slang Glossary British Slang - Lower class and underworld, 19th century
• Welsh - English Dictionary
• Ye Olde English Sayings

  Ireland

• Everyday English and slang in Ireland
• Some Irish Slang

  Scotland

• Glaswegian dialect
• Scottish Slang Productions

   

  New Zealand

• Kiwi - Words & Phrases
• NZ - US Dictionary
• N.Z English to U.S English Dictionary
• OZ Slang
• The blokes glossary

   

  United States

• Alaskan Slang
• A Lexicon of New Orleans  
• American Slanguage Slang from USA, by cities. Other: Australia, Canada, UK, New Zealand and Southafrica
• An El-Speak Glossary For Our Torst Friends   By Kevin Trostle - Gettysburg, Pa
• A Seattle Lexicon
• Eastern Shore Speak  Phrases from that area of Maryland and Virginia
• Hawaiian Language
• Las Vegas Lingo
• Lexicon of Bawlamarese  Baltimore dialect
• Philly Tawk Philadelphia slang
• Pittsburghese  Pittsburgh dialect
• Pittsburghese Dictionary
• South Louisiana sayings   
• Texas talk
• The College Slang
• The Hawaiian Dictionary
• The Online Slang Dictionary
• The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English

  Bilingual Spanish <>English

• Chilean Vocabulary // Phrases Chilean Spanish slang - English
• Ticotalk Slang from Costa Rica.

  Sports

• Soccer Dictionary By Coach Cameron
• Soccer Glossary Check: Ice hockey, Footbal, Basketball glossaries

   

  Telecommunications

• AT&T Guide-Glossary
• Telecommunications Acronym List

  Miscellaneous

• A Glossary of Literary Terms
• Barkley's OASIS™ Comprehensive Technology Glossary By OASIS management
• Dream Dictionary
• Glossary of Film Terms By Joel Schlemowitz
• Lexika  De <> En ...Deutsches Hörgeräte Institut
• Online Nautical dictionaries
• Operations Accelerator Glossary Index
• Sebastian's Technical Glossary Building pathology & construction technology, architecture, civil, structural, forensic, mechanical, pavement and materials engineering.
• Specialty Steel & Forge's SteelLog glossary

   

  ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Britannica.com
• Encyclopedia.com
• Wikipedia