Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

WordWeb

by Rob - March 21st, 2006.
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There are lots of programs for the PC, the Palm, and other platforms that make use of Princeton’s WordNet database, turning it into a dictionary (which isn’t what it was meant to be, but still …). Of all the Windows ones, I like WordWeb best — and it’s free. It lives in my system tray, and I use it for quick word lookups.

(In case you didn’t know, “sawyer” means: 1. One who is employed to saw wood, or 2. Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers.)

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