Dictionary doesn't work

Dashboard dicitonary in Mountain Lion does not work. I have tried trashing the Dashboard prefs and restarting but it still doesn't work.
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I am running ML 10.8.2 I am going to dashboard and entering a word in the widget and nothing happens.
As far as I know the prefs language and text, I have chosen US English.
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