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Look up words in the Visuwords online graphical dictionary and thesaurus to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.

also lists 3rd party apps that work well with twitter

In addition to the dictionary, the site also lists 3rd party apps that work well with twitter. Very handy.

online interactive thesaurus/dictionary

Oddly useful explanation of hashtags

Arts & Humanities Asia Pacific Biography Business & Commerce Communications & Media Encyclopedias & Dictionaries Genealogy Law & Politics Librarianship & Archives Science & Technology Social Sciences

In its final form Mysteries of Vernacular will contain 26 entries or "etymological installments," one for each letter of the alphabet. Includes links to other projects.

Create a self-portrait made up of your own words.

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VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save. Select any word on the list and you'll see a snapshot of the Visual Thesaurus map

shows definitions quotes and chart of years the word was used most