[comp.unix.questions] dictionary

jrv@sdimax2.mitre.org (VanZandt) (11/28/90)

Is a file of English language words available for anonymous FTP?  I don't
need definitions for my application.
                                      - Jim Van Zandt

mikey@ontek.com (echo llirk | rev) (12/04/90)

Speaking of /usr/dict/words, I found this odd little word
in the copy that comes with sunos4.1:

  gigaherz

which looks suspiciously like gigahertz.  I like to think
of it as a misspelled billion and third person feminine 
possessive pronoun.

gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/05/90)

In article <1591@ontek.com> mikey@ontek.com (echo llirk | rev) writes:
>Speaking of /usr/dict/words, I found this odd little word
>in the copy that comes with sunos4.1:
>  gigaherz

Obviously this is in error.  I've found many UNIX word lists that are
chock full of misspelled words; I have a theory as to how they got
that way, but the important thing is to fix them.

jwm@SUN4.JHUAPL.EDU (James W. Meritt) (01/11/91)

Is there an ascii dictionary available someplace?  Not just the word
list (/usr/dict/words) but one which contains the definitions?

Thanks


Jim Meritt