The Free Dictionary by Farlex

This is a nice learning site that could be used for a student's homepage. The Free Dictionary has the following cool educational stuff:

• Word of the Day with audio
  
• Quotation of the Day - build a quick lesson around understand the
  meaning--equivalent in L1?
  
• Immediate links to a dozen or so dictionaries/thesauri
  
• News items with vocab linked to dictionary
  
• Quick Match Up test of 5 words and their meanings
  
• This Day in History - talk about historical events (past tense)
  
• Today's Birthday (historically famous people)
  
• Hangman game
  
• Local weather -- talk about the weather (present and future tenses)