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English Language

OED Online
The definitve record of the English language. Learn about the history of the OED and sign up for Word of the Day.
http://www.oed.com/

World Wide Words
English from an international perspective.
http://www.worldwidewords.org

Wordsmith.org
Wordsmith offer a range of resources including Word A Day, the Internet Anagram Server, and an email reference service.
http://wordsmith.org

American Dialect Society
Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society still is the only scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America - and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.
http://www.americandialect.org/

The Word Detective
Useful source for etymological questions.
http://www.word-detective.com/

Banished Words List
Nominations for words that should be banished from the English language...
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

English Teaching Resources

Teachit
A free online library for English, media and drama teachers, offering quality worksheets, lesson plans, online lessons and links.
http://www.teachit.co.uk

Word Games

Wordquiz
Range of interactive word quizzes
http://www.wordquiz.com

Visual Thesaurus
Watch the synonyms unfold.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com

News Puzzles and Crickler Crosswords
http://www.newspuzzles.com/

Linguistics Resources

Oxford University Press Linguistics Pages
http://www.oup.co.uk/linguistics

Linguist Online - Official Journal of the Institute of Linguists
http://www.linguistonline.co.uk

Other Languages

General Reference

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/ref/