Changes in the wordlists used by "spell" -- March 1987 (a) Words to be added to /usr/dict/words: (a1) First, the straightforward cases: useful words not previously accepted by "spell". Most were obtained by reading issues of Natural History Magazine (and also one book on India) at the terminal, and typing in words that I guessed might be missing but that seemed common enough to be worth including. Others came up in different ways, such as thinking about the algorithms "spell" must use to get derived forms, guessing at loopholes, and testing them out. Whenever I had a list of twenty or thirty words, I would run "spell" on it, and add the results to my collection. abhor abjure abnegation abscond absurdum acacia acetaminophen Achaean acidify acidulate acrimonious acrimony acrophobia acrophobic acupuncture Adlerian adrenalin adoration aerie aerofoil Aesop afreet Afrikaans Afrikaner afterbirth agar agog agribusiness agronomist agronomy airbrush Aladdin Alasdair Alastair albino alchemist Aleutian Algonquian alimentary allmsgs alpaca amoeboid Amharic ammonite amnesia amnesiac amnesty amniocentesis amniotic Anacreon Analects anatomist Andalusia androgen anaphora anaphoric animist annelid anoint anticonvulsant anthropocentric anthropoid anthropomorphism Antilles antipodal antivenin aphrodisiac apiary apical apoplectic apoplexy apostasy aquifer Arapaho arborescent Argentine Argentinian aria arthropod ashram astrologer astrology astrophysicist asymptomatic atoll atonic Attlee auspice austral autochthonous autopilot auxin Avernus avian Avignon avowal Azores bacchanalian backpedal backscatter backslash backslide backwash Baja bannock baobab bareback Barnum baryon basaltic basilica basketry Basque bassoon beagle bedevil beeswax bedfellow befriend begat begot Belize bellyaching bellyful beluga Benares bestiary Bhagavadgita bigamy bighorn bike Bilbao billfold bipedal birdcage birthrate Blackfoot blackguard blacktop blitzkrieg bloodletting blunderbuss blurb bogeyman bookmark bookworm boreal Bosporus bossy bottlecap bouillabaisse bouillon bountiful bowerbird brainchild brakemen breakneck Brie brigand bristlecone bristly broadminded brushstroke bubonic buccaneer bucketful bulbous bullrush bumpkin bumpy bushland businesswoman businesswomen busload busywork butterscotch buzzard caching cacophonous Caesarian Cajun calabash callosity calyx Camembert Cameroon canoeist Canopus capuchin carapace Carboniferous cardigan cardioid Carlsbad carousel carpal carpetbag carpetbagger carpetbagging cassava castrate cataleptic Catalonia caudal catwalk ceasefire celebratory Celt centripetal cetacean Chandigarh chapati charcuterie chauvinism chauvinist Cheddar cheesemaking Chelsea chewy chickpea childbearing childrearing chintz chintzy chitin chitinous Chloe choline chondrite chopstick choryza chromosomal chromosome chrysalis circadian clavicle clef Clemens cloaca cloacal clownish cob cockfight codex coevolution cognoscenti coldhearted colic collocate cologne comestible commensal compunction condominium conspecific constipate construal contraindicate contrapositive coprocessor copulate corolla corpuscle corset Corsica Cortez cottontail coterie countermand countermeasure counterrevolution counterrevolutionary counterthreat counterweight couplet crampon crinoid cropland crore crossword crowbar crunchy crustacean crusty cubicle cubby cubit cultivar cuneiform curmudgeon Cuzco Cuvier cygnet cymbal daemon daguerreotype dal Damocles damselfly datura dawdle decapitate decapod decoy defoliate Deimos Deirdre deliveryman deliverymen Demeter demographer dentition deplane depredation dermatology determinacy detritus deuteron diagrammed diagramming diatribe dieresis digamma diminuendo dimorphic dimorphism Diocletian Diogenes doddering dogmatist domesticate dormouse dorsal downy drably Draconian Dravidian drawstring drayman driftwood drupe duckbilled duckweed dumpling dugong dumbly dumpster duodenal duodenum dyestuff earshot Earthman Earthmen echolocation effusion Egyptology eightyfold elevenfold eliminable elver emacs embitter emblazon emetic emigre emigree emissive empathic emptyhanded endemic endometrial endometriosis epiphyte epiphytic epilepsy epiphany eponymous equivocate ermine escarpment estrogen estrous estrus ethernet ethnomusicology Etruria euglena eukaryotic euphony euphonious eutrophication Everglade eviscerate exactitude excrement exfoliate exoskeleta expatriate expiry extramural extracurricular extraterritorial eyesore faience Falkland Fallopian falsetto faunal fecal feces feckless feisty femoral fennec fervid festoon fiddlehead fiftyfold Fiji Fijian filamentous fingerling finitude flan floodwater floruit flunk flunky folic folksinger folksinging folktale foment foolscap foothold foraminifera forgather forgo forgone forswore forsworn fortyfold forwent foxtrot fractal freedman freeload fridge Friesland Frisian frizzy frolicked frolicking frond Fulbright fumarole fundraiser fundraising funerary funky Galilean Galileo gamesmanship gamete Gandhi Gandhian garnish gases gastronomic gatekeeper Gautama gauzy gazebo gazpacho Geminid gemsbok gentlewoman gentlewomen genuflect geode geothermal gestation gestural Ghanian gibberellin gimlet girt gizmo gizzard gjetost glibly gluten gluttonous gluttony Gobi gonad gonadotropic gramophone grasshopper gravitometer graviton gridlock grimy grotto grottoes grouch grouchy groundhog grouse grump grumpy Gruyere Guinevere Gujarat Gujarati gulch gunpoint haggis hagiography hairspring harebrained halftone hallucinatory hallucinogen hallucinogenic hamstrung handpicked handprint hangdog hangnail hardbound hardcover hardhearted hardwire harken hatchery Hausa haversack headcount headlong headman headmen heartland heartthrob heartrending heavyset Hebrides Heidegger heifer Hellespont herbarium herbicide herbivore herbivorous herdsmen hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermit hermitage hernia hidebound hindquarters Hindi Hindustan hippie hoax hollandaise homeobox homeopathic homespun hominid honky hoofprint Hopi hormonal hornpipe Hottentot hotfoot housemate hubcap hullaballoo hullabaloo humdrum hunchback hydrocyanic hydrophone hyperthermia hypothalmus hypothermia hypotonic icecap iceman incisor iconography ideogram idetic idly ignominy immunology inchoate inauthentic inchworm incognito Indochinese Indus inebriate inedible inessential infanticide inflorescent info infusoria ingrained innard insectivore insolate instar insectivorous interdigitate interferon intestinal intuit invocable Iranian Iraqi ironbound irreconciliable islet isthmus itchy jackal java Johanna Judaica juggernaut jukebox Jung Jungian Jutland Kampuchea Kannada Kashmir katydid Kerouac keto Kilimanjaro kinkajou kinsman kinsmen Knossos krill krummholz Kumar labium lachrymose ladybird ladybug lakh lama Lancelot lancet landlady landlocked landlubber landmass landowning langur layperson lectern Leibniz lemur lepidopterist leviathan lexicographer liana Libra Lieberman lightfooted likeable limerick limnology linchpin Linnaeus linoleic Linton littermate llama loanword loch Lobelia longwinded loris lorry lox lugubrious lumbago lumberjack lycee lyre lyrebird Macadamia macaw macerate machete MacMahon Madhya maelstrom Mafia Mafioso Magellanic maharaja Maharashtra mainframe Majorca Malthus Malthusian maltster mammary Manchuria mandible mango mangy mangrove manicure manifesto manioc mannitol mantelpiece marmoset marshy marzipan matriarchy matrilineal mayfly meadowlark megalopolis Meiji melanism meltdown Mendelian menopausal menopause Menorca menstrual meow messiah messianic mestizo metazoa metazoan metonymy mezzanine miaow midyear militiaman millionfold mimicry mimosa Minotaur mocha Moghul Mohammed moldy mooch moonbeam mortuary mosquitoes motorcade motorcar mountaintop mountebank mousse mouthpart mozzarella mudhole Muenster mukluk Multics mummify musky mycoplasma mycorrhiza Mysore narwhal narrowminded nawab Nebuchadnezzar nefarious neigh nematocyst nematode neoteny nepotism nepotistic neutronium nifty nightshade ninetyfold noisome Nordic Norse nosy novae nucleon nudibranch numbly nurturant oatcake obstetrician obtuse oceanographer oddball odyssey oedipal oenology offprint Ojibwa okapi okra Olduvai Oligocene Olivier omnivore omnivorous oracular Orca origami ornithology ostentation oviduct oviparous ovipositor ovoviviparous ovulate ovum owlet oxbow paleoanthropology palaeontology palp palpate Panamanian Pangaea panicking pantaloon pantothenic papacy paralytic Paraguayan parallelogram parka Parmesan paroxysm Parsi Parthia passarine passim passbook pathbreaking patois patrilineage patrilineal Pavlovian pawnbroker pawpaw payload peahen pelagic pellucid Peloponnese pencilled pendulous peninsular penumbral Pentateuch pentatonic peon peppercorn peregrine perigee permafrost Perseid Persephone perspicacity peter petiole pH phalanges phantasm pheromone Phobos phosphite phosphorous phylogenetic phylum pianoforte Pict piloerection pincer pinniped pipetting pirouetting Pizarro placemat plait plasmid plaudit playpen plaything plebiscite plectrum pleurisy plowmen ploy policewoman pollywog polyandrous polyandry polygamous polygamy polygyny Polynesia polysemous polysemy pomelo pomology ponderosa pontification postmodern potsherd Pradesh praline predacious prehensile preparator priestess primordial probationary probosces proboscis profiteer programmatic prokaryotic pronghorn pronominal prosciutto proselyte prostaglandin Protista protractor Provence prude prudish prussic pseudonym pseudonymous punctilious Punjab Punjabi punctilio pupa pupae puree pushover pushy putdown putrefaction putrefy putrid pyridoxine quadrupedal quadruplet quarto Queensland quern queueing Quichua quintessence quintessential quintuplet quipped quitter quizzed quizzing rabbinate rabbinical racemose Ragusan rainwater rambunctious ramshackle rapacity raptor raptorial raunchy reclusive recrudescent redolent reductio rennet returnee rhizome ricotta rife roadrunner roguish Romanesque rootstock ropy rote Rubaiyat ruminate runny sacristan salaam Salton salutory samurai Sanskrit Sappho saprophyte saprophytic Sardinia sarong sashimi sauna saunter savanna scad scaly scarp scathing Scheherazade schoolyard scrappy screenful screwy scriptwriter scrubby scruffy seabed Seaborg seashell seawater seaworthy sebaceous seething senescent sericulture servitude seventyfold sextic Seychelle shaman sharecropper shebang sheepherder shellfish shepherdess shipload Shiva shorebird shorefront shortcake Shoshone sickbed sidestepped Sikh Sikkim silicosis simian Simla Sinbad singleminded Sinology sixtyfold skateboard skein skeleta skinflint skintight slapdash sleazy slink slipshod slunk slush slushy smelly smite smote snakebite snowbank snowshoe sociolinguistic softcover Somalia songbird sonorant soupy sowbug spartan spasmodic speciate spermatozoon spermatozoa sphygmomanometer spillover spindly spinel spirochaete Spirogyra spunky squatted squatter stalagmite starry statuesque stingray stinkbug stoat storefront storytelling stratus stupa suckle sudorific suet sugary sukiyaki supplicant supernovae supremum surah surefire surly Svetlana swampland sweatpants sweatshop sweatsocks sweetbread sweetie swidden swill switchback switchmen symbiont symbiote synecdoche syphilis syphilitic tabletop tachyon taciturn taiga taillight Talmudic tamarisk Tamil Tanganyika tankard Tantric tapioca taproot taro tarsier taxa taxidermist taxidermy taxon taxonomic taxonomist telltale tenderhearted testosterone thermophilic thirdhand thirtyfold thyself teak telephoto TEX theocratic Thessalonian Thessaly thimbleful thoracic thorax thousandfold Thrace Thracian thumbprint thundercloud tightwad tinny tithing titmice Tito tizzy toddy toehold tollbooth tomahawk toothache toothpick toothy topheavy toponym toponymy torrential torpedoes toto tracheae trafficker trailblazer trailblazing trainload transonic transudate Transvaal tremolo trillium trilingual triphammer triploid triploidy Trobriand truckload truffle Truk trunkful trusty tuberous tugboat turmeric tussock Tutankhamen Tutenkhamon twelvefold twentyfold tyke tympanum Tzeltal ulna unctuous underivable underived ungulate unisex upstage upstart upwell Urdu urinate urology urushiol Urquhart uterus varsity vasoconstriction venetian ventral ventriloquism ventriloquist Vesuvius Vikram vinaigrette Vinci viper viral viscid viviparous vivisection vodka volcanoes vole vs wagonload walla Warburton warehousemen watchworks watercress waterfowl waterhole watertight waxwing wellwisher whalebone wheelbarrow whey whimsy whitish whodunit whomever whoopee whorl wildebeest wildflower windblown windswept wingbeat wingspread wintergreen Wittgenstein wolverine woodchuck Woodstock Worcestershire workforce wraparound wrasse wren writhing wysiwyg Xhosa yeomen yew Yorkshire zillion zinnia zither zooplankton Zulu (a2) Words previously in /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/local, being added to /usr/dict/words. The former file is being removed (see point (f3) below); the following words which it contained are being added to /usr/dict/words because they are common English words not already in that file: aardvark backgammon cribbage ex exec id and the following because they seem to be of interest to the general unix user as computer-related terms ascii grep login nroff termcap troff tset tty (a3) The next set of words are presently accepted by "spell" for reasons which might change, and are therefore being added to /usr/dict/words as a precaution. For example, "microbe" is accepted as the combination of the prefix "micro-" and the entry "be", but it might be decided at some time in the future to revise spell so that 2-letter words are not combined with prefixes. Similarly, if the bug that presently causes "happyly", "dayly" etc. to be accepted by spell were fixed, "shyly" and "coyly" would also be rejected. coyly forthcoming has microbe shyly wasting (a4) The next set of items are not words themselves, but prefixes which occur fairly commonly in hyphenated combinations, e.g. "pre-Columbian". When "spell" encounters a hyphenated word, it looks for the separate elements, and will flag any of these that it does not find. Hence the following common items will be added to /usr/dict/words even though they are not full words, because many hyphenated combinations in which they occur are correct co crypto de demi hyper Indo intra neo pre proto Sino trans un (There are many other commonly hyphenating elements that one can think of, but most are already in the dictionary as words, e.g. post, Anglo, Franco, self.) (b) Words being deleted from /usr/dict/words: (b1) The following words previously in /usr/dict/words are being removed because they are misspelled. The correctly spelled version is shown in parenthesis; it is included in the list of words to be added (a1) if it is not already present: bellyfull (bellyful) bucketfull (bucketful) earthmen (Earthmen) gingko (ginkgo) belvidere (belvedere) sepuchral (sepulchral) snyaptic (synaptic) alterman (alderman) lukemia (leukemia) cardiod (cardioid) mantlepiece (mantelpiece) (b2) The following words are being deleted because they are not English (nor commonly used in English contexts). They seem to come from titles of journals; but there are so many important journals with Latin, German etc. titles that it would be excessive to include a complete list of words from such titles in /usr/dict/words. Names of journals in particular fields might be included in local lists on machines with users in the such fields: Mathematik Physik Biometrika Numerische Atlantica Econometrica Informatica (b3) The following are being deleted because "spell" can derive them from words in /usr/dict/words (in some cases, words now being added): Buzzard Cologne De Freedman Graves Grimes Hollandaise ID Limerick Maelstrom Odyssey Oedipal Salaam Albanian Everglades innards intuitable palpable collocation vis aging ambling angling belying clinging edging presuming suckling emissivity gentility polity rebelled rebelling rebut rebutted rebutting recent recession recur recurred recurring reeve Reeves regale rehearse relate reman remark remedial remember remiss remission remitted remitting Remus renegotiable repeal repeat repent repetition replaceable report republic request requited reredos resent reserve reside resign resin resolute resolution resolve resonant resort respire respite restrain restrict retail retire retort retract return reveal reverse reversion revery revet revile revise revision revisionary revolt reward (c) Changes in the stoplist. The program "spell" will accept a word if it can be derived from a word in its "dictionary" using certain prefixes and suffixes; e.g. it accepts "happiness" because "happy" is in the dictionary, "doing" because "do" is there, "preoccupied" because "occupied" is there. This also leads it to accept enormous numbers of non-words, such as "magnetohandkerchiefism", "waterly", "overundermetasillierererererity". Most of these are harmless, but some are possible misspellings of correct words, and so are put into a list called the "stoplist"; words on that list and words which can be derived from them by the same prefixes or suffixes are rejected by spell even if they would otherwise be accepted. (c1) Here are some new words to be added to the stoplist. The end of the list consists of forms that could be typos for commonly occurring sequences of words, starting with "forevery", a possible typo for "for every". I have not included cases that result from essential errors in the "spell" algorithm for dealing with suffixes, e.g. the fact that it will accept the addition of -ly to words such as "happy", "sticky", etc. without changing the -y to -i-; these should be handled by someone who can revise the source code. engin crystalize crystalise reguard pennance publical renoun pepperment spearment Dudly enroach accompanyist propagandaist revisor entier presense acquaince plummer plumer shily defication determinancy prerequite grammer reden redish metafor metafore presure convokable evokable invokable revokable frolicing froliced panicing paniced wifes wharfs shelfs Argentinan Athenan Ghanan Viennan Indochinan foreswore foresworn foreage foreborn foreborne foreensic foreest foreever forefit foregotten forematted forematting foremica foretress foretune compelable denyable dutyable envyable flamable inflamable pityable plyable remedyable varyable admirality certainity crotchity curiousity cruelity entirity enterity fifity fraility gayity generousity guility humbility impugnity loyality luminousity monstrousity nicity novelity pairity piity pompousity porousity religiousity properity rackity rickity royality scrupulousity sixity sovereignity subtlity surity suzerainity virtuousity viscousity assesser compresser connecter conquerer consigner contributer counseler depresser errer exhibiter governer intercepter jurer licenser locomoter multiplexer oppresser possesser postprocesser processer professer purveyer senser successer suiter surveyer suspenser transgresser forevery outin outof outthat outthe outto overthe overto underthe underthis underthat underwhich andless areless beless forless getless gotless hadless hasless haveless ifless inless isless muchless noless ofless orless slightlyless somewhatless strictlyless theless wasless wereless withless Incidentally, a dictionary check surprised me as to how many of the forms in -er that I originally had scheduled to add to the stoplist as misspellings of forms in -or are in fact acceptable. E.g., Websters 2nd Int'l prefers "conveyer" to "conveyor"; a "confesser" is one who confesses, as distinct from the "confessor" to whom he or she gives confession; though "mayer" is a possible misspelling of "mayor", it cannot be put on the stoplist because a "Mayer" is one who goes Maying. (And our chairman John Addison Jr., looking over my list, has suggested tongue in cheek that if you are not nice to the exterminator people, they might "enroach" your house.) (c2) Next, forms that are to be *deleted* from the stoplist, because they are in fact correct! inferable referable transferable tranquility idly gayly forebear (c3) The next two forms are presently in the stoplist but are being deleted because, although they themselves are not correct words, the presence of "bely" on the stoplist causes the correct derivative "belying" (form of the verb "to belie") to be rejected, and the presence of "ams" causes "reams" (plural of "ream") to be rejected. bely ams (c4) Finally, the next set of words, although not correct, are being removed from the stoplist because they cannot be derived by "spell"'s algorithms from words in the dictionary! Deleting them will in general have no visible effect, although it will decrease the likelihood of certain kinds of errors by "spell", and in a few cases it will allow correct words to be accepted. (E.g., until now "spell" has rejected "dishes" because it can be analyzed as "dis- + hes", where "dis-" is one of "spell"'s prefixes, and "hes" was on the stoplist. After this cleaning out, "hes" will be off the stoplist, and "dishes" will be accepted.) ator audable bes besoting cheator collapsable colourate colourful combustable comprehensable condensable controvertable credable defensable diffusable dispersable distributory doged doger doging eator edable enbolden entrapable entraped entraper entraping erosable expansable extensable feasable foable forety fusable glomed glumer glumest greator heator hes hily horrable iily imperceptable implausable inaccessable inaudable incombustable incompatable incomprehensable incontrovertable incorruptable incredable indefensable indelable indestructable indigestable indiscernable inexhaustable inexpressable infallable infeasable inflexable infusable insensable irresistable irresponsable irreversable lader moter nes notory ostensable outgaser padable pily plausable plugable preseter preseting refited refiter refiting reknited rekniter rekniting reprehensable responsable reversable risable ruber rubing secretory sensable setable shipable slank spotable stagging stopable subletable subleted subleter subleting susceptable swimable terrable tily vily visable wetable xily revved (d) Changes involving the British and American lists. "Spell" has two wordlists not yet mentioned, one for spellings occurring only in British usage (e.g. "gaol"), which are accepted only when the -b option is used, the other for spellings occurring only in American usage, which are accepted only when the -b option is not used. (d1) The following forms are being added to the "American" list. (The forms corresponding to those in the first line with the ending -logue or the vowel "-ae-" are already in /usr/dict/words, since they are acceptable in both British and American usage. The forms corresponding to those in the second line with the ending -metre are already in the British list.) dialog epilog homolog prolog travelog esthetic paleontology centimeter nanometer (d2) The following words are being added to the "British" list. Those in the first line are variants of words already in the "American" list; those in the next, of words in /usr/dict/words or derivable therefrom; the last word is the British name for the variety of turnip we here call a "rutabaga". (Although the British and American lists in general are supposed to reflect differences in spelling, not in word usage, I am putting this in the British list because in an American text it would almost always be a typo for "Swede".) theatregoer theatregoing aluminise hiccough clew shew reflexion inflexion deflexion swede (d3) The words in the first group below are being moved from /usr/dict/words to the "American" list, and corresponding British forms shown in the second group are being put in the British list (except that "gaol" and "behavioural" are already there, and "grey", presently in /usr/dict/words because it is acceptable in America, will remain there): hemoglobin hemolytic hemorrhage hemorrhoid hemosiderin leukemia kinesthesis cognizant decolonize topologize carburetor jail gray graybeard graywacke behavioral haemoglobin haemolytic haemorrhage haemorrhoid haemosiderin leukaemia kinaesthesis cognisant decolonise topologise carburettor [gaol] [grey] greybeard greywacke [behavioural] (d4) The following words are being removed from the American list, the first three because they can be derived from other words on the list, the last one because it is a typographical error (missing h) for a word elsewhere on the list: preprogram colorist watercolorist psycoanalyze (d5) The words on the first line below are being removed from the British list because they are derivable from other words on the list; the word on the next line appears twice, and one of the occurrences (the one out of alphabetical order) are being removed: kilometre preprogramme chequer colourist watercolourist millimetre (d6) The word in the first line below is in both /usr/dict/words and the American list. It is being removed from /usr/dict/words, and the British spelling, shown in the second line, is being put in the British list. louver louvre (d7) The following word is being moved from the stoplist to the British list: colourful (d8) The following word is being removed from the stoplist; it was put there as an incorrect plural of "emphasis", but it is also the correct British version of the verb-form "emphasizes", and its presence on the stoplist keeps that from being accepted with the -b option: emphasises (d9) The next two words are being moved from the British list to /usr/dict/words, since I believe that in some contexts they are acceptable in American use draught nought (d10) The word below is being removed from /usr/dict/words, since it can be derived with the -b option in effect (and the corresponding American form when -b is not in effect) from the word "real". realisable (d11) The words in the first line below are being added to the American list and the versions in the next line to the British list hemophilia hemophiliac cognize pasteurize dichotomize haemophilia haemophiliac cognise pasteurise dichotomise In conjunction with this, the word cognizable is being deleted from /usr/dict/words, since it and the British form in -s- can be derived by "spell" from the corresponding forms without "-able". (e) Some misorderings of /usr/dict/words, involving words introduced last year, are being removed; the file now shows as correctly ordered using sort -cdf. (f) Some changes are also being made in the arrangement of wordlist files themselves. (f1) /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/{american,british,stop} are being made visible to the general user as /usr/dict/{american,british,stop}. (f2) A new directory, /usr/dict/special is being created, which will contain lists of words in various specialized areas, which might be added to spell's hashlists on machines having users in those fields. (However, the most important terms of various specialties will still be kept in /usr/dict/words.) Two files are being put in this directory initially: /usr/dict/special/math, consisting of mathematical terms to technical for /usr/dict/words, and /usr/dict/special/4bsd, consisting of unix commands and system calls, created by a sed script from a listing of /usr/man/man[123n], and the items marked for boldfacing in /usr/man/man1/csh.1. (f3) /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/local is being eliminated. This was an out-of-date version of the material now being put in /usr/dict/special/4bsd. It was hashed with the other wordlists, while the latter file will only be included with these on machines where this is desired. (f4) A directory /usr/local/dict is being created, on which each machine can maintain lists of interest to the users thereof (e.g., for a departmental machine, the surnames of members of the department's faculty which are not in /usr/dict/words; and perhaps lists being developed, which could eventually be submitted for inclusion in /usr/dict/special).