[etni] Fw: A question of a reverse dictionary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Mullish" <hqm2011@xxxxxxx> 
Subject: A question of a reverse dictionary


Hi there ETNIers,
Some 15 years ago, while I was teaching at NYU, I was friendly with a visiting Israeli professor of mathematics. I taught him an English word which was completely new to him at the time. The word was: "ubiquitous". Its meaning is: to be found everywhere at all times.
Of late I just couldn't recall this word, no matter how hard I tried. It suddenly came to me this morning in bed.
Now I was wondering whether, in these days of such sophisticated computers, there is what I would call "a reverse dictionary", one in which I could enter the descriptive meaning and come up with the single sought-after word. Naturally, I would prefer it if it were available on the Internet, if it existed at all. If such a program doesn't yet exist, I would submit that it would a valuable contribution to the English language. 

Any ideas?

Henry Mullish


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