English dictionary as txt or xml file with support of synonyms

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Published on 2010-04-19T11:46:25Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 11:53 UTC
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Can someone point me to where I can download English dictionary as a txt or xml file. I am building a simple app for myself and looking for something what I could start using immediately without learning complex API.

Support for synonyms would be great, that is it should be easier to retrieve all the synonyms for particular word.

It would be absolutely fantastic if dictionary would be listing British and American spelling of the words where they are differ.

Even if it would be small dictionary (few 000's words) that's ok, I only need it for small project.

I even would be willing to buy one if the price is reasonable, and dictionary is easy to use - simple xml wold be great.

Any directions please.

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