Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries

  • From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:34:53 -0700

I believe you meant Francis. The one I'd talked about was the Random 
House Webster's Unabridged at
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/results.pperl?title_auth_isbn=webster%27s+unabridged+dictionary

It is the CD version, about $20 and the equivalent of the 2,256-page 
hardcover.

Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries


Jerry,

The description states:
How does this compare to a standard dictionary? Well, a standard
desktop dictionary contains about 110,000 words with definitions and
is about 800 pages.
  However, the UTD also includes sentences using each defined word in
context, for every "sense (meaning)" of the word.

PL] Is this feature in the demo? If yes, I cannot find it. Try the
following words
hubris
Bowdlerize
definition
exquisite

Finally, the lookup word combo box does not seem to support copy and
paste? I have tried pasting text into it and nothing happens.

Pranav
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Pranav

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