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Dictionary - an alphabetically arranged reference work

A Dictionary is a reference work on a particular subject, the items of which are typically arranged in alphabetical order.
Dictionaries can/are utilized in Open Data including:
Open Health Data Dictionaries
Dataset Dictionaries
Example: City of Chicago's Data Dictionary

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Library containing dictionary definitions

I'm looking for some sort of library (preferably .NET, XML, or JSON) that can provide me with words and their definitions. But, I would prefer for it to be local on my machine. I've looked into the Webster's online API, but again, I would prefer it…
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Free abbreviation dictionary for commercial use

Is there any abbreviations dictionary that I can use for free in a commercial application? There are great sources of English abbreviations like https://www.abbreviations.com/ https://abbreviations.woxikon.com/ that I used as a student, but back…
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How to get ngram frequency lists from Google's dataset?

Is it possible to download this dataset somehow? I get linked to here, but there is also the ngram viewer. Working With Google Ngrams: A Data-Wrangling Tale tells the story that it's no longer really possible to download it I guess, but can't…
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