Santa Clara University

NPR’S lively language show, with Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.

The surprising histories of words you thought you knew.

The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language, an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Largest free online dictionary with audio pronunciation and translation features.

Online dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and medical dictionary.

A reverse dictionary to liven up your vocabulary.

Enrich Your Vocabulary: Beginning Fall, 2009, each week an interesting, uncommon word will be featured, including its definition, etymology and its use in sample sentences. Students who then use these words in an assignment will be entered in our monthly drawing. (Email completed assignments with the target word or words highlighted to Dolores laGuardia, HUB Director, at dlaguardia@scu.edu).