DICT(7) (bowell,murray) DICT(7) NAME dict - look up words in English dictionaries SYNOPSIS dict [ -p ] [ dictionary [ word ] ] DESCRIPTION Dict looks up words in the specified dictionary, webster by default. Words are read, one per line from the standard input, and entries are written on the standard output. Characters other than letters, digits, and space are ignored. A single word may be specified in the command. The options are -p Find all entries of which the specified word is a pre- fix. -r Print raw form, including diacriticals, font marks, etc. Different for each dictionary to which it applies. Dictionary is one of webster Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Seventh Edition, full text. No option -p. web7 Same, words only. etym[ology] Inverted index to `webster' by root words. web2 Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition, unabridged, words only. oed The Oxford New English Dictionary, or OED, full text. No option -p. oxford The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Con- temporary English, full text. No -p. slang New Dictionary of American Slang (Harper). Field identifiers: me main entry (perhaps flagged @), nu sense number (also given as *n*), pr pronunci- ation, ps part of speech, vr variations la prove- nance, df definition, dx definition by example, ex example, ed editorial note, et etymology, xr cross reference, xx indirect address, sq sequence number in original text. names The Oxford Dictionary of British surnames. DICT(7) (bowell,murray) DICT(7) thesaurus Collins Thesaurus. thesaurusa Same, augmented with complete backreferences among words. places USGS Gazetteer of populated places in US and pos- sessions, with standard county code, latitude, longitude, year of listing, altitude (feet), 1980 population, topo sheet code. For full name search, use thus: dict places 'new york, ny'; without state, use prefix search: dict -p places 'new york'. towns A shorter gazetteer (PICADAD) of US populated places with latitude, longitude, zip code, and population class (0:0-1000, 1:1000-2500, 2:2500- 5000, 3:5000-10,000, 4:10,000-25,000, 5:25,000- 50,000, 6:50,000-100,000, 7:100,000-250,000, 8:250,000-500,000, 9:500,000+), and something else. spell Word list of spell(1). acro[nym] 17000 AT&T acronyms anything else Print list of available dictionaries. The dictionaries are copyrighted and must not be copied without permission, except for `web2', `spell', and `acro'. FILES (/n/bowell) spell or web7, depending on machine (/n/kwee) overcome the trouble.