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Merriam-Webster Online offers quick word look-ups in both the WWWebster Dictionary and the WWWebster Thesaurus.

dictionary.com provides English word definitions from several online dictionaries.

At thesaurus.com you can look up a word in Roget's Thesaurus or browse the thesaurus alphabetically or by category.

At Onelook you can search general and specialized dictionaries for word definitions. Indexes over 500 online dictionaries.

Bucknell University resources include links to

• dictionaries in 175 different languages
• specialized English language dictionaries
• multilingual dictionaries
  

Style guides

William Strunk Jr.'s classic Elements of Style remains one of the best introductions to clear English usage.

Big Dog's Grammar calls itself a "bare bones" guide and includes self-tests.

The Capital Community-Technical College Guide to Grammar and Writing offers instruction for the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels, along with online quizzes.

The Writing Styleguide and Dictionary of Plain English not only provides a style guide; it also suggests plain language alternatives for words and phrases considered  too lengthy,  formal, or difficult.