Interesting assignment.
I'll do better than list the words for you (which would be awfully
cumbersome -- there are more than 700 words in English alone that
contain the three-letter sequence "ass").
Instead, here is the tool that you can use to quickly and
comprehensively generate all the words that contain any word of
interest to you:
http://www.allwords.com/
Simply enter the word you are interested in, into the search box, and
select "Words Containing" from the options. (There is also a "words
beginning with" option if that is more useful to you).
You'll be taken to a results page that tells you how many word contain
your word, (based on a search of several sources) and then lists them
for you. For instance, there are a total of 11 words similar to
"Cushite", if you get my drift.
Note, though, that although some proper nouns will be included, many
will not. I'm afraid there's no easy way to get around that
bottleneck.
I hope this is the information you need, but if not, please let me
know by posting a Request For Clarification. I'll be glad to assist
you further.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
adamx-ga
on
30 Apr 2003 09:12 PDT
Do you have any ideas for performing the same kind of search for
proper nouns?
Is there a way to use google to search for strings instead of words?
e.g. *ass* would find "ass" in other words . . .
Allwords is very helpful, so that's a good start. I'm still concerned
about city/town names, so I would appreciate any leads you could give
me on that. If you can't don't sweat it too much.
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Clarification of Answer by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Apr 2003 09:29 PDT
I'll look into it (I have some ideas) but it will probably be later
today before I can get back to you, so hang tight...
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Answer by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Apr 2003 12:58 PDT
Hello again.
Here's a tool for the geographic names, but I warn you, there's an
awful lot of them.
Go to:
http://gazetteer.jrc.it/
and select "United States" from the country chart (or you can pick any
other country that you want...there's also an option a bit further
down the page for an "EU Only" selection).
Type in your word of choice in the "TownName full or partial match"
box.
Select the "anywhere" button
Select "Go".
And yer off and running. Here's what the first hundred results look
like when I searched on your three-letter posterior:
185 Monmouth Parkway Associates Helistop
A M Classics Heliport
A W E Bassette Elementary School
Abagadasset Point
Abagadasset River
Abbeville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Abbot Pass
Aberdeen Assembly of God Church
Aberdeen Bypass Ditch
Abraquidassat Point
Abundant Life Assemblies Church
Abundant Life Assemblies Pentecostal Church
Abundant Life Assembly Church
Abundant Life Assembly of God
Abundant Life Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Center Assembly of God
Abundant Life Center Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Chapel Assembly of God Church
Abundant Life Christian Assembly Church
Academy of the Assumption
Acharan Passage
Acharan Passage
Acomita Indian Asssembly of God Church
Adams Pass
Adel Assembly of God Church
Adin Pass
Adolph Clark Pass
Advent Christian Church of Tallahassee
Agape Assembly Church
Agassa Lake
Agassiz Bay
Agassiz Col
Agassiz Creek
Agassiz Elementary School
Agassiz Glacier
Agassiz Glacier
Agassiz Lakes
Agassiz Mine
Agassiz Mountain
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Agassiz Number 1 State Wildlife Management Area
Agassiz Number 2 State Wildlife Management Area
Agassiz Peak
Agassiz Peak
Agassiz Pool
Agassiz School
Agassiz School
Agassiz School
Agassiz School
Agassiz Station (historical)
Agassiz Valley Vocational School
Agassiz, Mount
Agassiz, Mount
Agassiz, Mount
Agassiz, Township of
Agate Pass
Agate Pass Bridge
Agate Passage
Agness Pass
Agnew Pass
Agort Pass
Agua Dulce Pass
Aguirre Pass
Ahern Pass
Airport Assembly of God
Airview Assembly of God Church
Akabluak Pass
Akins Assembly of God
Akins Sawgrass
Akoliakatat Pass
Akularak Pass
Akunik Pass
Akurekvik Pass
Akutan Pass
Al Brass Creek
Alabama Bluegrass Music Park
Aladdins Lamp Pass
Alakanuk Pass
Alanmwassal
Alaska Packers Association Chignik Dam
Albemarle Crevasse
Albuq Indian Assembly of God Church
Alburg Passage
Alcoholic Pass
Alder Pass
Aleon Pass
Alexai Pass
Alger Pass
Alhambra Assembly of God Church
Ali Wua Pass
All Nation Pentecost Assembly Church
All Peoples Assembly of God Church
Allan Pass
Allatoona Pass
Allens Class Methodist Church
Alligator Pass
Have fun!
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Request for Answer Clarification by
adamx-ga
on
30 Apr 2003 13:35 PDT
The analyze example is exactly why I need this list. I am going to
have two arrays (lists) of words.
One of them will include words that should always be deleted.
The other will include words that should be deleted only when they're
on their own.
BTW, I discovered that the OED online will allow searches with
asterisks, so for regular words, that's the best source.
Thank you for you help!
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Clarification of Answer by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Apr 2003 15:05 PDT
Adamx,
Thanks for the kind rating, and I'm glad the commenters and I were
able to assist you. Good luck in your project.
pafalafa-ga
P.S. I *really* did know why analyze was bounced...I guess I'll have
to start adding winking emoticons to my comments.
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