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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: more research tools #132682 09/06/2004 4:22 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass librocubicularist, one who reads in bed -- this was easy enough to find here with an AND search; here's the link: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=education&Number=70985 OneLook has a reverse dictionary (Beta version) which can be pretty funny to use. I tried the "reads under covers" string and got results such as "equal rights amendment", "conjunctiva", "leningrad cowboys", and "underpants"! Googling ["librocubicularist" dictionary OR glossary OR words OR terms OR lexicon] revealed Christopher Morley's "The Haunted Bookshop": http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/romance/TheHauntedBookshop/chap10.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ballycumber (hi, tsuwm!) Wordwind 09/06/2004 10:56 AM Re: ballycumber (hi, tsuwm!) amemeba 09/06/2004 12:35 PM Re: more research tools tsuwm 09/06/2004 4:22 PM Re: more research tools Wordwind 09/06/2004 7:35 PM Re: more research tools belMarduk 09/06/2004 8:24 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,287 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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