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UniFoxOs
19th Feb 2013, 16:29
Having been fed up with SWMBO's continual challenging of my scrabble efforts (pitot, for example - she is not technically inclined) I have decided to try to get a dictionary we can use when travelling, so that we can have a definite reference. Ideally we want an electronic one that can be loaded on to her phone or pad (both Android). Trouble is that all the decent dictionary makers (Collins, for example) only seem to do paper editions, or an online edition, neither of which are particularly useful on holiday when you need to keep weight down (baggage allowance, not waistline) or are out of WIFI range.

Any ideas anyone? PDF would be OK, or other e-book forms that can be read on Android. Not a Google store app, though, I don't have good enough blood pressure to install them.

Cheers
UFO

mixture
19th Feb 2013, 17:43
Offline Oxford Dictionary is available on the Apple App Store. :E

mike-wsm
19th Feb 2013, 19:17
Scrabble Words for Windows
SOWPODS (SCRABBLE) Dictionary 2.0.0.2 - free SOWPODS (SCRABBLE) Dictionary download (http://www.findsoft.net/SOWPODS-SCRABBLE-Dictionary/)

Official Scrabble Words Android App £4.99
Cult of Android | Breaking news for Android fans (http://apps.cultofandroid.com/#android/scrabble-dictionary/id/com.merriamwebster.scrabble)

Chambers
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38538)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38699)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38700)

Websters
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Various - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765)

Sailor's
The Sailor's Word-Book by W. H. Smyth - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26000)

Welsh
A Pocket Dictionary by William Richards - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19704)


If you download the epub versions these can be read on Aldiko or Moon+
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UniFoxOs
20th Feb 2013, 09:17
Thanks Mike, didn't expect to find the Chambers for free (my preference as it's what I use at home for crosswords). I would have gone for the Android app, but it's Webster's which I assume is in Americanese rather than English. I'll be putting the Chambers on my server and readers on the house PCs and tablets too.

UFO