for help on isletool.LexicalTool.search(), see see isletool.search()

def search(self, matchStr, numSyllables=None, wordInitial='ok',
               wordFinal='ok', spanSyllable='ok', stressedSyllable='ok',
               multiword='ok', pos=None):
        '''
        for help on isletool.LexicalTool.search(), see see isletool.search()
        '''
        return search(self.data.items(), matchStr, numSyllables=numSyllables,
                      wordInitial=wordInitial, wordFinal=wordFinal,
                      spanSyllable=spanSyllable,
                      stressedSyllable=stressedSyllable,
                      multiword=multiword, pos=pos)