Dictionaries / Glossaries

Dictionaries

• Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
  The dictionary consists of 2,464 pages and contains a total of 133,007 entries, making it the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled in the English language. Included among these 133,007 entries are 112,227 main entry words and 20,780 secondary entries. Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science
• Biology Dictionaries
  List of on-line biology-related dictionaries.
• Biotech's Life Science Dictionary
  Contains 8300+ terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. Also has some terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine. Search by term or definition.
• Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
  Provides quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered in reading the modern biology literature. There were 7072 entries and 7168 cross-references in this edition.

Glossaries

• Bryological Glossary
  Terms relating to mosses and lichens.
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  From Portland Press. Search alphabetically or for a particular term.
• Glossary of Botanical Terms
  The GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated.
• Glossary of Genetic Terms
  A "talking glossary" designed to better explain genetic research.
• Glossary of Terms and Symbols used in Pharmacology
  From the Boston University School of Medicine.
• A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
  Contains 612 entries. Search for a term or pick from an alphabetical list of terms.
• Microbiology Dictionary
  From the Microbiology and Immunology Department at University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
• Pharmaceutical Information Network - Glossary
  The Glossary is useful for the explanation of medical and pharmacological terminology, but it also includes links back to articles for further information.

Encyclopedias

• NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life
  A source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on common plants and animals too.

Back to Biology Index