This API allows the user to access a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The user can search words, get random and daily words, get the part of speech of a word, and get similar words. The copy of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was obtained from https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765.
https://api.msmc.cc
Endpoint: /dictionary/define/:word
Method: GET
Options:
:word - specify a word to searchDefine a Word – ‘apple’ can be replaced with any word in the dictionary. See glossary.html for complete list
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/define/apple
{
"word": "APPLE",
"pos": "n.",
"definitions": [
"The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.",
"Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.",
"Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.",
"Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold."
]
}
Word not found (404)
{
"message": "word not found",
"suggestion": "similar words below",
"similarWords": ["appl", "ape", "apply"]
}
Endpoint: /dictionary/random
Method: GET
Querys:
You can only use one search query at a time
?pos= = specify a part of speech?letter= = specify a letter search’Random Word
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/random
Random Noun – ‘n’ can be replaced with any part of speech. See glossary.html for abbreviations
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/random?pos=n
Random Word Beginning with A – ‘a’ can be replaced with any letter
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/random?letter=a
Random Word
{
"word": "PAPESCENT",
"pos": "a.",
"definitions": [
"Containing or producing pap; like pap. [R.] Arbuthnot."
]
}
Random Noun
{
"word": "TRIALITY",
"pos": "n.",
"definitions": [
"Three united; state of being three. [R.] H. Wharton."
]
}
Random word beginning with ‘A’
{
"word": "AURISCOPY",
"pos": "n.",
"definitions": [
"Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope."
]
}
Invalid part of speech (404)
{
"message": "invalid part of speech. options below",
"suggestion": "a, adv, conj, interj, n, p, prep, pron, v"
}
Invalid letter (400)
{
"message": "Error: Please provide a valid letter"
}
Endpoint: https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/daily
Method: GET
Options:
/:pos - specify to pull the word of the day of a certain part of speechPull word of the day
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/daily
Pull Adverb of the day – ‘adv’ can be replaced with any part of speech to pull a different daily word, for example the noun of the day. For a complete list of abbreviations, see glossary.html
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/daily/adv
Word of the Day
{
"word": {
"word": "SONNITE",
"pos": "n.",
"definitions": [
"See Sunnite."
]
},
"date": "2025-01-10"
}
Adverb of the Day
{
"word": {
"word": "ABACK",
"pos": "adv.",
"definitions": [
"Toward the back or rear; backward. \"Therewith aback she started.\" Chaucer.",
"Behind; in the rear. Knolles.",
"Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens."
]
},
"date": "2025-01-10"
}
Invalid Part of speech
{
"message": "invalid part of speech. options below",
"suggestion": "a, adv, conj, interj, n, p, prep, pron, v"
}
Endpoint: https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/related/:word
Method: GET
Options:
:word - specify a wordDetails: This endpoint returns words with similar spelling or definitions to the specified word.
Get related Words – ‘apple’ can be replaced with any word in the dictionary, see glossary.html for a complete list
https://api.msmc.cc/api/dictionary/related/apple
{
"word": "APPLE",
"relatedWords": [
"ADAM'S APPLE",
"APPLE",
"APPLE",
"APPLE-FACED",
"APPLE-JACK",
"APPLE-JOHN",
"APPLE PIE",
"APPLE-SQUIRE",
"CHESS-APPLE",
"CRAPPLE",
"DAPPLE",
"DAPPLE; DAPPLED",
"DAPPLE",
"ENGRAPPLE",
"GRAPPLE",
"GRAPPLE",
"GRAPPLE",
"GRAPPLEMENT",
"INGRAPPLE",
"KNAPPLE",
"MAD-APPLE",
"OTAHEITE APPLE",
"PINEAPPLE",
"SCAPPLE",
"SCRAPPLE",
"SEA APPLE",
"SHELLAPPLE",
"STRAPPLE",
"THRAPPLE",
"VI-APPLE"
]
}
Word not found (404)
{
"message": "word not found",
"similarWords": ["appl", "ape"]
}
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