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[h1]Online Dictionary[/h1]
this one is free for everyone to use. i thought i would just share it with you all
just add this into the body of you document where ever you like to.
this creates you box

Code:

<!--dictionary lookup box by TheFreeDictionary.com-->
<style>#dictionarybox TD, INPUT, SELECT {font-size:10pt;}</style>
<table id=dictionarybox cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border:1px #FF3300 solid;font-family:;width:230px;background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000000"><tr>

this is where you will pull your info from for you search of the net's website

Code:

<script language=javascript>function dictlookup(form) {
var url='http://www.thefreedictionary.com/';
for (i=0;i<form.Set.length;i++)
if (form.Set[i].checked) url='http://'+form.Set[i].value+'.thefreedictionary.com/';
url+=escape(form.Word.value)+form.mode.options[form.mode.selectedIndex].value;
top.location=url; return false;}</script>
<form action="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/partner.aspx" method=get target="_top" name=dictionary
onsubmit="return dictlookup(this)">
<td bgcolor="#CC3333" style="border-bottom:1px #FF3300 solid">[img src="http://img.tfd.com/HeLp.gif" width=25 height=25][/img]</td>
<td bgcolor="#CC3333" style="border-bottom:1px #FF3300 solid" colspan=2 nowrap><a
style="text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com"><div style="font-size:12pt"><b>Online Reference</b></div>
<div style="font-size:8pt">Dictionary, Encyclopedia & more</div></a></td></tr>
<tr><td align=right>Word:</td><td colspan=2><input name=Word value="" size=26></td></tr>
<tr><td align=right>Look in:</td><td colspan=2 style="font-size:8pt" id="boxsource_td"><style>#boxsource_td A {color:#000000;text-decoration:none}</style>
<!--[if IE]><style>#boxsource_td INPUT {height:12pt}</style><![endif]-->

this is all the options you may wish to enter for you search criteria

Code:

<input type=radio name=Set value="www" checked><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com">Dictionary & thesaurus</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="computing-dictionary"><a href="http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com">Computing Dictionary</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="medical-dictionary"><a href="http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com">Medical Dictionary</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="legal-dictionary"><a href="http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com">Legal Dictionary</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="financial-dictionary"><a href="http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com">Financial Dictionary</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="acronyms"><a href="http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com">Acronyms</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="encyclopedia"><a href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com">Wikipedia Encyclopedia</a><br>
<input type=radio name=Set value="columbia"><a href="http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com">Columbia Encyclopedia</a></td></tr><tr><td align=right>by:</td>
<td><select name=mode><option value="">Word<option value="?s">Starts with<option value="?e">Ends with<option value="?d">Mentions</select></td>

this is how to build your button for box that does the search for you

Code:

<td align=right><input type=submit value="Look it up"></td></tr></form></table>
<!--end of dictionary lookup box-->

Example Page:
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Online Dictionary HTML