Dictionaries

Your Dictionary 
YourDictionary.com provides the most comprehensive and authoritative portal for language and language-related products and services on the web with more than 1800 dictionaries with more than 250 languages.

British/American Dictionary 
The purpose of this dictionary is for use by travellers, armchair, virtual, or otherwise. It provides a fun, handy and useful reference for the Briton in America and the American in Britain.

The Free Dictionary

Editing & Grammar

Find a Cliché
Every cliché you never want to find in your work

Common Errors in English
This site helps you avoid some of the more common errors in the English language

English Plus
An English grammar and editing programme, has a useful and comprehensive guide to correct English usage. Everything you ever needed to know about apostrophes, capitalisation and of course those tricky dangling modifiers.

Websters Grammar
An interactive way of learning about clauses, prepositions and the many and varied parts of sentence construction, this site is ideal for the beginner or the more experienced writer.

Worldwide Words
James Thurber notoriously hated the use of the word 'that' and tried, as far as was possible, to obliterate it from his writing. If you have similar 'that attacks' and 'which hunts' you might be interested in this page.

Encyclopaedia

Google Print
New program lets people looking for information search for relevant words and phrases inside your books.

Self-editing Encyclopaedia 
is an extremely detailed online encyclopaedia, which can be edited and updated by anyone.

Matapihi  
Access to 50,000 images, sounds and objects putting New Zealand's heritage at your fingertips. From art to architecture, birds to battalions, the many faces of our people and the many features of our land explore them all. 

Online Encyclopaedia 
A free, online encyclopaedia with more than 50,000 articles plus links giving you access to millions of articles and pictures.