List of palindromes based on the words file in *nix systems.

palin_list.py

a = []
b = []
i = 0
z = 0
for line in open('/usr/share/dict/words', 'r').readlines():
     while i < len(line)-2:
         a.append(line[i])
         i = i + 1
     while i > 0:
         b.append(line[i])
         i = i - 1
     if a == b and len(a) >= 1: 
         print line,
         z = z + 1
     a = []
     b = []
print "There are %d palindromes!" % z