MakeUseOf Directory » words http://www.makeuseof.com/dir Directory 2.0 : Free Web Applications and Mobile Tools Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 TheNameEngine: Hear Proper Name Pronunciations of Public Figures http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/thenameengine-proper-name-pronunciation/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/thenameengine-proper-name-pronunciation/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:52:33 +0000 kaly http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=14412

TheNameEngine: Hear Proper Name Pronunciations of Public Figures

]]> TheNameEngine is a website where you can find and hear proper name pronunciations of famous athletes, politicians, actors, newsmakers, brands and more. The site was created as a tool to help radio and tv channel professionals when preparing for their segment or an interview. That being said, anyone can freely use and benefit from it.

proper name pronunciation

The names listed on the website are mainly US centric, even the foreign names are presented in generally accepted “Americanized” version.

Features:

  • Find out correct name pronunciations of actors, athletes, politicians, newsmakers, brands, and more.
  • Search and browse names and brands by categories.
  • Currently most of the listed names are names of public figures in US.
  • Free, no registration needed.
  • Similar sites: HowToSayThatName and PronounceNames.

Check out TheNameEngine @ www.thenameengine.com



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Fliptext.org: Write Text Upside Down And Backwards

]]> Fliptext.org is a simple online service that lets you write text upside down and backwards. Simply enter your text into the field and press on the “Flip Text” button. You will get the flipped text instantly.

write text upside down and backwards

Fliptext can come in useful when you need to create strong passwords, encrypt download links or post messages online so that only few people can read it. Similarly, you can “unflip” any text written upside down using this tool.

Features:

  • Flip your text upside down and backwards.
  • Free, no registration needed to flip the text.
  • Similar online tools: FlipMyText and FlipTitle.

Check out Fliptext.org @ www.fliptext.org



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Artwiculate: Learn A New Word A Day Via Twitter

]]> Over the past two days I have been using what could be called a modern ‘Word-a-Day’ calendar. It’s called Artwiculate and its aim is to teach users new words and their meaning each day via Twitter. As a writer and fact enthusiast – I see this as an awesome new Twitter tool.

It works by announcing the Word of the Day on its homepage and on its Twitter account. For example, today the word was ‘maven’; meaning an expert in one’s field who rejoices at passing on his/her wisdom. Then the users must tweet, using the word ‘maven’ in context. So my tweet read:

‘While I like writing, it’ll be some time before I’m looked upon as a maven in my field.’

Tweets appear on the Artwiculate homepage ready to be judged by the community. If it is more popular then you’ll earn more points which in turn will make you rise through the leader boards.

learn a new word a day

Artwiculate has just come out of its Beta phase and is now completely live and has a following of almost 2,000.

I think that Artwiculate is a simple, yet effective way of learning new words. The words that they choose are interesting and you may even use them in every day life. After all, their slogan is “The twitter-based Word of the Day competition that helps clever people look clever and helps the rest of us learn new words.”

If you liked this tool you may also check out similar websites VocabSushi and WordSpy profiled earlier.

Go to Artwiculate @ www.artwiculate.com (by Dean Sherwin)



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Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

]]> Are you lost with all the new technology and new Internet terms you stumble upon while browsing web? The Webopedia is a place to look them up. It is an online dictionary of technology related terms and abbreviations including tech acronyms, Internet slang and any other new terms that were born with new technologies. The site not the best looking, but certainly helpful and does what it says.

internet terms and their meanings

You may search for definitions using the search engine or browse terms by topic like Graphics, Mobile Computing, Open Source etc. Term definition also includes a short history about the term and a list of related terms.

Features:

  • Look up definitions of technology and Internet terms.
  • Search for definitions using search engine or browse terms by categories (Graphics, Mobile computing, Open source etc.).
  • View Top 15 terms and recently added definitions.
  • Similar site: NoSlang.

Check out Webopedia @ www.webopedia.com



Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

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Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings

]]> Phrases.net is an online place to look-up unknown idiom phrases. It is a user contributed resource where you can search for almost any idiom and get its meanings. You can also browse the website alphabetically, learn how idioms should be pronounced and easily translate them into 20 different languages. So next time you hear from someone an unfamiliar idiom look it up on Phrases.net.

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idioms and the meaning

There is also an option to become a contributor and help others. In return the site will reward you with a free t-shirt.

Features:

  • Search for idioms and the meanings in English language.
  • Browse idioms alphabetically.
  • Hear how idioms are pronounced.
  • Translate idioms to different languages.
  • Similar website: IdiomSite.

Check out Phrases @ www.phrases.net



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VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary

]]> Memorizing new words is easier when you see them used in a real world context. VocabSushi lets you do just that. It is a free interactive vocabulary builder, which lets build your vocabulary by seeing word usage in the daily news.

You can practice words by filling out the sentence completion questions and learn the correct word pronunciations by playing the MP3 files. Words have been compiled from the actual word sets used in ISEE, ACT, GRE and other standardized tests that feature vocabulary sections.

build your vocabulary

System tracks progress of your overall vocabulary, skips the words you know and suggests words that are most challenging for you based on your learning curve. The service is free, and you need to sign up to get started.

interactive vocabulary builder

Features:

  • Interactive vocabulary builder.
  • Learn new words by their usage in daily news.
  • Words are taken from actual word sets used in GRE, ISEE, ACT, SAT and other standardized tests.
  • System tracks progress of every word and suggests the most challenging words based on your learning curve.
  • Practice new words by filling out sentence completion quizzes.
  • Download printouts, MP3s and podcasts to learn words while you are offline.
  • Similar website: WordAhead.

Check out VocabSushi @ www.vocabsushi.com



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Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool

]]> Wordnik is a comprehensive word search tool similar to a dictionary but provides a lot more than what a dictionary does. Whenever you search for a word, it not only provides its definition from four different dictionaries but also examples (sentences where the word is used), related words- not only synonyms antonyms, but words that are used in similar context, images from Flickr, audio pronunciation and more.

word search tool

Anyone can contribute valuable information to Wordnik just by signing up. Wordnik reserves the right to delete inappropriate contributions.

Features :

  • Comprehensive word search dictionary.
  • Aggregates definitions from four different dictionaries.
  • Real example sentences to show words in context.
  • Related words—not just synonyms and antonyms, but words that behave in similar ways.
  • Other features include images, pronunciations, etymology and more.
  • Just sign up and contribute valuable information to Wordnik.
  • For more similar services check MakeUseOf  “dictionary” section.

Check out Wordnik @ www.wordnik.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)



Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool

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WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information

]]> Wordsift is a new tool which can help you get more information about a word or a sentence by displaying the related images from Google, visual thesaurus showing word relationships and more information about the text, all on one page. The tool was created primarily for teachers so that they can visualize text vocabulary structure and share it with their students.

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visualizing text
visualize text

Here’s how it works:

    1. You enter a word or text in the big box on the Wordsift homepage and press ‘ Sift ‘.
    2. On the next page you get a tag cloud which has important words in the text.
    3. You can click on any of the words and it displays Google image search result and visual thesaurus results below it.
    4. It also displays more sentences created from that word on the same page.

For more info watch demo video below:

You might also want to check other similar apps for visualizing text and words which we have profiled earlier. These are Lexipedia, VisuWords and Wordle.

Check out Wordsift @ www.wordsift.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)



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Common Errors In English: Lists Commonly Misused English Words

]]> There are quite many words in English language that are confusing in their usage, so many people make mistakes using them. This site contains a list of common misused English words and phrases like affect/effect, amoral/immoral, adviser/advisor etc. and explains the correct way to use these words along with examples in different sentences. The site is basically an online version of the book called ‘Common Errors in English Usage‘ by Paul Brians.

common misused english words

Users may browse words alphabetically or search using the search option.

Features:

  • Directory of misused English phrases words with explanations and correct usage.
  • Browse words alphabetically or search by keyword.
  • The site is an online version of the book “Common Errors in English Usage” by Paul Brians.
  • Similar websites: WebSourceIt.

Check out Common Errors  @ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors



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FlipMyText: Flip Text Upside Down

]]> FlipMyText is an online resource that lets you flip text upside down easily. Just type your desired text into provided box and flip text will be automatically generated for you as you type. This can be helpful while encrypting links and creating strong passwords. You can even use it on your online profile pages, blogs and conversations.

flip text upside down

Apart from flip text, it also provides you with great tools for performing different operations. The wide range of tools include HTML Editor, 3D Text, Tattoo Maker, Word Count, Acronyms, Ice Text, Symbols, Text Reverse, CSS codes etc.

Features:

  • Flip text upside down.
  • Other tools include Word Count, Acronyms, Ice Text, Symbols, Text Reverse etc.
  • Free and easy to use, no registration required.
  • Other sites where you can flip text online: TextTop.us and FlipTitle.

Check out FlipMyText @ www.flipmytext.com/ (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas )



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WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

]]> Every day new words and phrases enter our daily lexicon (retweeting, flash mob, crowdsourcing etc). If you hear some new phrase repeated over and over but never really get what it means, you should visit WordSpy to find out. It is a dictionary of new words words and phrases with example citations for each term.

Search new words using the WordSpy’s search engine or browse by category such as business, culture or technology. Read definitions and view in what context the new words were commonly used in the media.

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Features:

  • Modern dictionary of new words and phrases with example citations.
  • Find out what different words mean and in what context they were used in the media.
  • Subscribe by RSS for latest words and phrases.

Check out WordSpy @ www.wordspy.com



WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

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Google Language Detection Tool

]]> Have you ever come across some text or documents and not sure what language it is written in? Here is a language detection tool for Google which is capable of identifying the language the text is written in. It gives you the ability to quickly and easily identify the language of any submitted text.

To detect the language, simply paste the text into provided field and click the “Detect Language” button. It will analyze the text you have provided and tells you which language matches along with reliability of the result.

language detection tool

Features:

  • Language identification tool .
  • Quickly and easily identifies the language of your documents.
  • Provides results along with its reliability.
  • Free and easy to use, no registration required.
  • Similar tools: LangId

Check out Google Language Detection Tool @ www.google.com/uds/samples/language/detect.html (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)



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PronounceNames: Learn Correct Name Pronounciations

]]> PronounceNames.com is a website for those moments when you find yourself in the situation where you look at some name and have absolutely no idea about how to pronounce it correctly. On PronounceNames you can lookup different names and learn correct name pronounciations. If the name you’re looking for is not listed there is an option to request the pronunciation for it.

pronouncing names

Furthermore, users who are willing to contribute to the site may unlisted names by recording correct pronunciations for them.

correct name pronunciations

Features:

  • Provides correct name pronunciations.
  • Search names and browse alphabetically.
  • Contribute by adding and recording correct pronunciations of names.
  • No registration needed.
  • Similar websites: HowToSayThatName.

Check out PronouncNames @ www.pronouncenames.com (via Lifehacker)



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RhymeZone: Find Rhyming Words & Phrases

]]> RhymeZone is an easy-to-use rhyming dictionary. It lets you find rhyming words and phrases to use in poems, riddles, rap songs etc. Just type in a word and click on the “Go get it!” button to get a list of rhymes. The results can be sorted by a number of word syllables and letters.

find rhyming words

Apart from rhymes, you can use the site to look up synonyms, antonyms, definitions, words with similar sounds, search the works of Shakespeare and more. If you plan to use the service primarily for one of those features there is an option to customize it for that functionality from the top-right corner.

rhyming dictionary

Features:

  • Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
  • Find word rhymes and rhyming phrases, sort results by number of word syllables and letters.
  • Find synonyms, antonyms, definitions, words with similar sounds, search quotations and works of Shakespeare and more.
  • Customize the dictionary from the top-right corner.
  • Similar sites: WriteRhymes and Online Rhyming Dictionary.

Check out RhymeZone @ www.rhymezone.com



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WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site

]]> WordAhead is a free video vocabulary website. Instead of just reading a definition of the word, you get to see a video illustration and hear how the word is used in different sentences.

It makes learning hard words both fun and interactive for everyone. Especially useful for those preparing for SAT/ACT verbal tests.

video vocabulary

Currently site features a total of 515 vocabulary videos and aims to include videos for several thousands of SAT/ACT level words.

Video content is uploaded by the site and registered users. At first videos are kept in the “Videos” section where they get rated by users. Top rated videos are then promoted to the Study room, which also includes Flashcards for last minute preparation.

Registration is not needed for searching and watching videos, however registering on the site lets you rate, discuss and upload your own vocabulary videos.

Features:

  • Hundreds of vocabulary videos for SAT/ACT level words.
  • Fun and easy way to memorize words through video illustrations.
  • View top rated, most viewed and most discussed videos.
  • Wordlist contains the list of words of the uploaded videos. Browse words by letters.
  • Free, register to rate, discus and upload your own vocabulary videos.
  • Alos see 30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary.

Check out WordAhead @ www.wordahead.com



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Shahi: Online Dictionary with Pictures

]]> Shahi is a cool online dictionary with pictures. It combines Wiktionary content with Flickr, Google and Yahoo images. When you search for a particular term it presents you with its definition and shows related images on the sidebar.

dictionary with pictures

You can further extend the search by clicking on related words and easily switch between Flickr, Google and Yahoo image searches.

Features:

  • Cool visual dictionary with photos from the web.
  • Combines Wiktionary content with Flickr, Google and Yahoo images.
  • Search for word definitions and expand the search by clicking related terms.
  • Similar websites: VisuWords and Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary.

Check out Shahi @ www.blachan.com/shahi



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Write Like An Egyptian

]]> Write Like an Egyptian as the name suggests is an online tool that lets you write your name using ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Just type your name into the field and press “inscribe”. The hieroglyphs are presented in a vertical form. You can save generated picture on to your computer using right click”Save As” option.

The application is provided by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

write like an egyptian

Features:

  • Write your name in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
  • Hieroglyphs presented in a vertical form.
  • Save name image on to your computer.
  • Free tool, provided by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology.

Try Write Like an Egyptian @ www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi (via Labnol)



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CrossTips: Solve Any Crossword Puzzle

]]> Sometimes when you are solving a crossword puzzle you can get stuck on a word and have absolutely no idea what to fill in those empty slots. CrossTips can be of a great help in this case. It can help you to solve crossword puzzles by listing all of the possible word variations given the already known letters and the number of slots in the word.

solve crossword puzzles

Just provide the number of letters, fill in the slots with known letters and press “Search”. It will list all the existing word variations given the provided input. By default it uses vocabulary from the British English. To change, select options from the left.

Currently it supports words from US English, British English and Swedish language vocabularies.

Features:

  • Helps you to solve crossword puzzles online.
  • Lists all the possible word variations given the already known letters and the number of slots in the word.
  • Supports vocabularies from US English, British English and Swedish languages
  • Clean interface, fast.
  • Free, no registration needed.

Check out Crosstips @ www.crosstips.org



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HotWords: See What Others Are Searching For

]]> HotWords is a website that can be used to see what others are searching for. It can gather the trend of searched keywords across major search engines and give you a host of statistics like daily and monthly top 10 keywords, top losers and gainers of a day etc.

With the help of this tool you can search for keywords rankings, keywords that are gaining or losing position over a period of time. Also it provides an option to view historical reports where you can view keywords rankings for past 3 years. I think this tools can be particularly useful for affiliate marketers searching for hot niche or for bloggers searching for a topic to write on. After all it makes perfect sense to write on a topic that world is searching for.

what others are searching

By default this tool is family safe. But if you wish to search for adult keywords you can always turn Adult Filter off by clicking on Adult Filter On/Off link given on top-right-side.

Other such tools are either paid or show limited data for one search engine only. Hotwords has partnered with major search engines and the trend is gathered on a huge sample of 6 million searches per day.

Features:

  • Tells you what people are searching for.
  • Find hot keywords across a period of time.
  • Daily and Monthly keywords ranking.
  • View keywords rankings for past 3 years.
  • Free and no registration.

Check out Hotwords @ HotWords.com (Contributed by ROW from www.reviewofweb.com)



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Online Rhyming Dictionary: Quick Online Rhyming Tool

]]> If you are interested in songwriting, poetry or simply need to do a composition for your course, check out Online Rhyming Dictionary, it is an online rhyming tool that lets you get rhymes for any English word you want. The application derives data from Rhymer’s massive 93,000-word dictionary.

There are five types of rhymes you can get; end rhymes, beginning rhymes, double rhymes, first syllable rhymes and last syllable rhymes

rhyming tool

Additionally if you do not know the meaning of some specific word you can click-through and read it’s meaning on Merriam Webster dictionary.

Features:

  • Online rhyming engine.
  • Massive database of 93,000 words.
  • No registration needed.
  • Get end rhymes, beginning rhymes, double rhymes, first syllable rhymes and last syllable rhymes.

Check out Online Rhyming Dictionary @ www.writeexpress.com/online2



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SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

]]> Ever wonder about all those rare english words that you only hear from old people? Often these words are quite meaningful and useful for explaining things but for some bizarre reason they become extinct.

SaveTheWords is a website that tries to save all these words from going into oblivion. It is a sleek website where hundreds of rare words displayed in colorful fonts and designs. Clicking on a word brings the meaning of that word along with an example sentence. You can look up those rare words and possibly start using them in your daily conversations.

Features:

  • Lookup hundreds of rare words in english language.
  • Check the meaning of the word and see it used in a sentence.
  • Listen to the pronunciation of the word.
  • Adopt a word and promise to use it in your daily conversations.
  • Word a Day feature that sends you new words on a daily basis.
  • Email words you like to your friends.

Check out SaveTheWords @ www.savethewords.org (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)



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CountOnIt: Count Words in PDF, Text, HTML, XML & CSV Files

]]> CountOnIt is a free online word count app that lets you quickly count words in PDF, Text, HTML, XML and CSV files without even opening them. All you need to do is select/upload the file you want it to count and then click on “Count” button. The site then processes submitted file and gives you a quick overview including the word and character counts.

count words in pdf

Features:

  • Count words in text, HTML, XML, CSV and PDF files.
  • Max. allowed file size is 1 MB.
  • Counts words, characters (with/without spaces), asian characters, non-asian words.
  • Free, no sign up.
  • Other online tool for counting words in documents is WordCountTool.

Check out CountOnIt @ felix-cat.com/tools/wordcount



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OverThePhone: Online NATO Phonetic Name Speller

]]> If you are having a trouble in pronouncing a name over the phone or the person at the other end is not able to understand what you are saying then OverThePhone might help. It is an online name speller tool that spells any submitted names or words using NATO phonetic alphabet. Simply type in the name you want to spell and click on “Go” button.

name speller

Features:

  • Online word and name speller.
  • Uses standard NATO phonetic alphabet.
  • Simple and easy to use.
  • Similar website: Phonetic

Check out OverThePhone @ www.reviewofweb.com



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WordCountTool: Tool For Counting Words in Text

]]> Looking for online application that can count words in text? Head to WordCountTool.com, it is a simple utility that can count and give you total number of words for any submitted text. Counting words is dead easy, simply copy’n paste text into provided field and click on “Submit” button.

counting words

Features

  • Online word count tool.
  • Simple and clean interface.
  • Free

Check out WordCountTool @ www.wordcounttool.com ( via matteodini.com)



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Phonetic: Helps You Spell Words Over The Phone

]]> Do you get confused when you try to spell words or names over the phone? if so, head to Phonetic. It is a small web app that helps you translate words from plain English into the NATO phonetic alphabet. Just type in the word you want to spell and get a list code words that you can read out. Each word represents one letter for example Alfa for A, Bravo for B, etc.

spell words

If you want to check out spelling of words offline then you can download desktop version of Phonetic and install it on your system (Linux/Windows).

Features:

  • Translate words into nato phonetic alphabet online.
  • Desktop (Linux or Windows) version also available .
  • No registration.

On the other hand, if you just want to print out (or save) the NATO phonetic alphabet somewhere on your PC just grab it from below:

    A – Alpha
    B – Bravo
    C – Charlie
    D – Delta
    E – Echo
    F – Foxtrot
    G – Golf
    H – Hotel
    I – India
    J – Juliet
    K – Kilo
    L – Lima
    M – Mike
    N – November
    O – Oscar
    P – Papa
    Q – Quebec
    R – Romeo
    S – Sierra
    T – Tango
    U – Uniform
    V – Victor
    W – Whiskey
    X – X-ray
    Y – Yankee
    Z – Zulu

Visit Phonetic @ www.geocities.com/phonetic (via downloadsquad.com)



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Tip Of My Tongue: Find the Words You Just Can’t Recall

]]> Tip of my tongue is an innovative web app which lets you find the words you’re sure you know but just can’t remember at the right time. It gives you various parameters to choose from, like what it starts with and contains, what could be the letters it must have or can’t have and also refine the search by maximum and minimum length.

Another cool thing about this site is the real time search feature. As you enter the parameters, it starts showing the search results on the right hand side which includes the possible words along with their meanings. So next time you don’t remember a specific word, try this site out.

Check out Tip of my tongue @ chir.ag [via Lifehacker] ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )



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Abbreviations: Lookup What Acronyms & Abbreviations Stand For

]]> Not sure what HTTP, FTP, NASA, RSVP, KGB, PHP, CSS, QUEBEC or any other abbreviation stands for? It can be a US state, country code, some government agency, whatever. Go to Abbreviations.com – here you can easily search, browse and find the meaning for almost any acronym and abbreviation.

From the Page:

Abbreviations.com is the world’s largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.

search abbreviation and acronym meanings

In addition to searching you can put together your own list of abbreviations and acronyms.

Features:

  • Lookup what acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
  • Create and keep a list of your favorite acronyms.
  • Search, browse alphabetically, filter by category i.e. Computing, Governmental, Medical, etc.
  • Become an editor and help expand the database by adding new definitions.
  • Get an abbreviation search widget for Mac dashboard.
  • Custom button for Google Toolbar.
  • Add Abbreviations.com search to Firefox search bar and Internet Explorer.
  • No sign-up or registration required.
  • Other similar website: AcronymFinder.

Check out Abbreviations @ www.abbreviations.com



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