5. A device that is capable of performing numerical calculations and of storing natural language word information comprising: input means for entering word information and numerical information; memory means for storing information comprising words and characteristic codes each representing a characteristic of a respective word; address means responsive to said entered word information for addressing said memory means so as to read-out therefrom information comprising at least one word and a characteristic associated with said one word; calculation means for performing calculations on said entered numerical information; and display means responsive to the information read-out by said address means and operable to display said one word and to indicate the characteristic of said one word, and, if more than one word is read-out by said address means, operable to display a plurality of read-out words and to indicate the respective characteristics thereof, the display means being further operable to display the results of calculations performed by said calculation means.
6. The invention according to claim 5, wherein said information stored in said memory means comprises a plurality of first words in a first language, a like plurality of groups of translated words in a second language, each group corresponding to a separate one of the plurality of first words, at least a portion of the groups including at least two translated words in the second language, and wherein said characteristic codes indicate a part of speech for each translated word in each of said groups in said second language.