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Alan Cooper's Homonym List The best part about homonyms is that they are the raw material for puns, a truly sublime form of humor. With a robust knowledge of and appreciation for homonyms, you will never be embarrassed when a pun-battle breaks out in public. www.cooper.com/ Online Dictionary, Language Guide, Foreign Language and Etymology. www.allwords.com/ AskOxford - the free online dictionary resource from OUP Search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary online; get answers to questions on English, language, grammar, spelling, quotations, and usage; find out about OUP dictionaries; improve your writing skills; try word games, crosswords, and puzzles; win books in prize draw; learn French, German, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Japanese, and Italian. www.askoxford.com/ Babble: The Wordgame Superchild of Scrabble and Boggle Search the puzzle board for words of four letters or more. When you find a word, add it to your list using the form below the puzzle. www.playbabble.com/ Fun-with-words.com - the Wordplay Web Site Dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. www.fun-with-words.com/ RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus A language arts reference tool and comprehensive search engine for words. Includes the functions of a rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling checker, as well as an integrated full-text search engine for all of Shakespeare's works and thousands of quotations and poems. www.rhymezone.com/ World Wide Words More than 1600 pages on the origins, history, evolution and idiosyncrasies of the English language worldwide. New words and words in the news are regularly featured. www.worldwidewords.org/ |