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grigioverde
07-17-2014, 07:19 AM
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Calidore
07-17-2014, 10:12 AM
The standard used by editors and proofreaders is Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
tailor STATELY
07-17-2014, 03:36 PM
I prefer http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ because of the multitude of options that include:

• Thesaurus
• Medical dictionary
• Legal dictionary
• Financial dictionary
• Acronyms
• Idioms
• Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia

(below is a random word I selected for comparison):

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hypatia

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypatia

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY