When I launch the Dictionary app, no window appears

The Dictionary app's menu appears, and the app appears to be running (has a light in the dock, appears in app switcher etc).
But no window appears and selecting menu items has no effect (ie selecting New Window or Preferences doesn't bring anything up)
Help!

See the following post:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3709462?start=0&tstart=0

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