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Article #3Re: HELP! Need a Bigger Dictionary! (/usr/dict/words inadequate)
From: Marc Novakowski
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 19:47
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 19:47
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Ron Mayer (mayer@sono.uucp) wrote:
: <Apr.13.08.03.05.1994.19485@math.rutgers.edu> lukeh@math.rutgers.edu (Luke Higgins):
: >
: > I am trying to run a program to find anagrams for certain words and
: > need a bigger default dictionary than the one on my system (i.e.
: > /usr/dict/words.) [...] I would greatly appreciate an ftp site that has a
: > bigger "list" of words.
Or if you want a really big dictionary, check out:
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/unix/security/dictionaries
They have dictionaries of many languages there, and if you have about 3
megs to spare you can even get Webster's!
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Marc Novakowski
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