[etni] Fw: re: A question of a reverse dictionary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Chernobrov" <danicc60@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: RE: A question of a reverse dictionary


Hello Henry,

The OneLook reverse dictionary can help you with what your looking for, it
gives you a list of words that match your defintion. However, the definition 
needs to be concise and accurate otherwise you will get a whole list of
undesired words.

here is the link:
http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

I hope it helps,
Daniel Chernobrov


Henry wrote:
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. 


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