Free words of encouragement software for linux

ddc-concordance is a search engine for linguists. It lets you search for words or sequences of words together with morphological patterns.
This project was created to help linguists find a particular collocation or word in a given context.
Enhancements:
- New features include the output of word annotations and an interface for regular expressions libraries.

GNOME Word of the Day is a GNOME applet that displays a new vocabulary word each day.

No one likes to be lost in a sea of unknown words. With GNOME Word of the Day Applet, your vocabulary will evince perennial growth. Its a must when preparing for the SAT or GRE tests and for improving both reading comprehension and writing precision.

GNOME word of the day sits in your notification area as a whole word or as a small icon. You can retrieve words from a selection of online sources.

FallingWords is a simple QT game that can help anyone to improve his/her typing skill.

The goal of the game is to type the falling words before they touch the bottom of the screen.

According to the difficulty you choose, words will fall at different speed.

The score is calculated according to the selected skill.

Define Word is an extension which allows you to look up definition of selected text.

Look up definition of selected text using any of several search engines. The list of engines is configurable.

JRainWords project is a utility which aids in teaching children how to use a computer keyboard.

JRainWords is a small educational tool I have developed for my nephews.

JRainWords is a Java program useful in teaching children how to use a computer keyboard.

It works with Linux, Windows and with every other platform supported by the SUN Java 2 Virtual Machine 1.4.0. The words in the default list are English, but can be easily replaced (a file with Italian words is included).

Memorize word Flashcard System is a Leitner Flashcard English learning tool.
Memorize Words Flashcard System was originally based on the idea of jMemorize although it is totally new written code with much more features and specially designed to learn words rather than being a general purpose flashcard program.
Main features:
- Creating multimedia cards with sounds and pictures.
- Learn cards randomly from a basket which can be created from expired, learned and unlearned cards.
- Start a time based and/or card based learning sessions.
- Automatically retrieving cards meanings from Internet (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
- Automatically retrieve any words pronunciations in a audio format from Internet.
- You can decide to include pictures from Google image search results which are of course related to the word. (Can you imagine how much this visualization feature will help you learn the new language faster and easier?!)
- It automatically retrieve English sentences from internet which have used the desired word and then shows them in your learning process as practical words usage examples.
- You can categorize the cards.
- You can set the expiration date of the cards based on their current learning position.
- This program has been written in Java and therefore could be run in any operation system with JRE 1.5+
- and much much more.

Solving word problems is an area where elementary students overwhelmingly display difficulties. Master Math Word Problems program can help sharpen skills through practice. Third through fifth graders learn to watch for key words and translate those into mathematical operations.

Students can learn new math skills, practice logic, get extended practice with word problems, but most of all they learn that they must read the problem. With regular practice your students may become master math word problem solvers.

Download and try out Master Math Word Problems.