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is there somthing like a dictionary header file or a database with all the words in it, tht could be used in programs, like suppose i wanted to write a program to list out all possible words with more than 3 vowels in them, how would i do it?
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Not too sure but, try to have a look at aspell (google for more info).
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You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?

I have a file containing over 16.000 Dutch words.
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Jelle wrote: You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?

I have a file containing over 16.000 Dutch words.
I have a few files containing over 8000 English words too. They're called reports.

That's not just a stab. You could try getting a load of plain-text files (try Linux howto's for example) to get a lot of words, then use common filtering techniques (pipe to sort, pipe to uniq) to filter out doubles and that gives you a word list.
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Posted by: Jelle
You don't mention the language, so I guess it has to be in English?...
just to confirm, it is English.
Posted by: Candy
That's not just a stab. You could try getting a load of plain-text files (try Linux howto's for example) to get a lot of words,...........
I don't have a linux os at home ATM. will try it out ASAP.
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rich_m wrote: I don't have a linux os at home ATM. will try it out ASAP.
You can still get their howto's etc from TLDP, The Linux Documentation Project.
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