Links for Word Lovers

...human beings have the most elaborate forms (language, math, music, art) because they have the most effective abilities for the construction of meaning. ~ The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and The Mind's Hidden Complexities

Websites on words

Princeton University's Word Net

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/, an online lexical reference system inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.

Word of The Day from Merriam-Webster online

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl, sends you an interesting word every day, giving you examples of use and telling you curiosities about it.--M. I. de Carvalho from São Paolo, Brazil

Martha Barnette

http://www.funwords.com/. News from the World of Words, Fun Words Archive, Wacky Word of the Week!, chatroom

Robert Beard,

A Web of On-line Dictionaries, http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Douglas Beeferman

Lexical FreeNet: http://www.lexfn.com/, the Connected Thesaurus, allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts, and people. It combines the functions of a thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator. Use it to find words that fit the needs of whatever writing endeavor you've undertaken, or just to browse concept space.

Craig Conley

Strange & Unusual Dictionaries: http://blueray.com/dictionary/index.html

Alan Cooper,

Homonyms, http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html

Ojo Eberz,

Broken Rules Page, http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/broken.rules.html

Charles Ellis

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.html, the Heteronym Homepage. Heteronyms are words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently. For example: Lead, pronounced LEED, means to guide. However, lead, pronounced LED, means a metallic element.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html, Antagonyms. An antagonym is a single word that has meanings that contradict each other.

Tracy Finifter,

The Homonym/Homophone Page, http://www.finifter.com/tracy/homonym.html

Lois Fundis....angry, hungry, ...?

Question: Which three words in the English language end in –gry?
Answer: http://www.geocities.com/loisnotlane/gry.html, the Web page of librarian Lois Fundis of the public library in Weirton, Virginia.

Anu Garg,

A Word A Day, http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

Paul V. Hartman

http://www.naciente.com/reader.htm, Things Useful To The Educated Reader or to Those Wishing to Become More So

Richard Lederer,

Verbivore Page, http://www.verbivore.com

Antony Lewis

Word Web: http://www.x-word.com/thesaurus/ is a free software thesaurus and dictionary for Windows computers

Mindy McAdams,

A Spelling Test, http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

Dave Mellinger

http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/AB/dave/wordplay.html Word Oddities

Jeff Miller

http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html, A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia

Michael Quinion,

World Wide Words, http://www.worldwidewords.org/

Jesse Sheidlower,

Science Fiction Citation project http://www.jessesword.com/sf

Roger Smith

Spelling It Right: http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/index.html
Created by a retired English teacher, this site is aimed at parents who are concerned about their children’s spelling and are keen to help them improve. Currently it comprises sixty eight pages of advice and worksheets, all available for free download. Although based in England and favoring British spelling, many people using the site are in the United States - parents, teachers and adults with spelling problems.

Samuel Stoddard

http://rinkworks.com/words/, Fun With Words, A Celebration of the English Language... We use it every day, but we never learn all there is to know about it, nor do we ever finish mining all the pleasure that can be had with it. The English language is fraught with fun. What's the longest English word whose letters are arranged in alphabetical order? What words are their own antonyms? What word means "to cause a frog or toad to fly up in the air"? These questions and many more are answered in Fun With Words.

Judi Wolinsky,

Word Play, http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm

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