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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: more research tools #132682 09/06/04 04:22 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ballycumber (hi, tsuwm!) Wordwind 09/06/04 10:56 AM Re: ballycumber (hi, tsuwm!) amemeba 09/06/04 12:35 PM Re: more research tools tsuwm 09/06/04 04:22 PM Re: more research tools Wordwind 09/06/04 07:35 PM Re: more research tools belMarduk 09/06/04 08:24 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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