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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
WordNet (r) 2.0
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Elements database 20001107
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
CIA World Factbook 2002
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
U.S. Gazetteer Zip Code Tabulation Areas (2000)