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General and specific French dictionnaries and encyclopedia of different time periods: from 1400 to 1930. Fields include : law, history, science, philosophy,history, economics, aesthetic,languages, latin, vieux françois … Online browsing via pdf microfiches. From the welcome page, select "découverte" then "dictionnaires". Also contains classical ... View more

Geographical Dictionary German, English, Norwegian and Dutch

Comprehensive searchable dictionary E<>G on geological mapping, surveying, cartography, topography

Recht umfangreiches Lexikon mit Schlagwortregister, Wörterbuch (engl.-dt.-engl.) und thematischer Einteilung.

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It's always useful to have a complete list of official country names, I guess as translators we've all come across the most unusual country names... The list you can download from the above quoted URL was published by the German Foreign Ministry. It's based on the "Terminology Bulletin" (TB) issued by the UN Secretariat and contains the official co... View more

Latin placenames. Older edition of Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor: Orbis Latinus; Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit

The GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated ! Secondly, you can browse the HortiPlex plant database if you're looking up names of plants !

Glossaries for many specialized fields.

Database-driven site with search box and alphabetical index. 980 terms, 52 diagrams. • This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. The dictionary includes definitions compiled from a variety of... View more

Nice and short introduction into hydrology, in dictionary-style, (almost) everything from simple rain to "potamology"

Over 120,000 terms with definitions. Composed of 22 specialized dictionaries, including the online Commercial Dictionary. Fields: social sciences, industries, astronomy, agrarian history and geography, genetics, geomorphology, spatial planning, environment, hydrology and meteorology, photography... View more

Most complete weather related glossary.