Web Finder 101 » online dictionary http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Free Dictionary http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/ http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:31:37 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/ TheFreeDictionary.com is an online dictionary and encyclopedia which gathers information from a variety of sources. This site cross references the contents of Wikipedia, Columbia Encyclopedia, Hutchinson Encyclopedia (subscription), The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, the Acronym Finder database, several financial dictionaries, legal dictionary, and other content.

The site also has a feature which allows a user to preview an article while positioning the mouse cursor over a link. One can also double click on any word and look it up in the dictionary. The site is run by Farlex, Inc./ Ahmed Group.

In January 2006, TheFreeDictionary released a home page which can be personalized by the user. The website used Ajax to provide individual users with a personal window to the web.

Farlex Inc. also maintains the companion title TheFreeLibrary.com, an online library of out-of-copyright classic books and a collection of periodicals of over two million articles dating back to 1984, and Sex-Lexis.com, a dictionary of sexual slang and other terms.

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