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Is there an online dictionary/ library one can consult that stores all english words. So for instance if I want all words that start with letter 'a' or if I want english words that have 9 letters ...etc Do you know of any API support written in python?

Thanks in advance,

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If you are using *nix environment, you can always refer

/usr/share/dict/
/var/lib/dict/
Abhijit
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While it is not open source, if you are looking for an API, take a look at Wordnik. It has a API for the Dictionary. Check out their Developer console to live test the API methods.

They have client libraries in a variety of languages including Python.

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