function searchList(query)
	results_table = {}
	local skip_regular = false
	for _, v in pairs(arg) do
		if v == "-i" or v == "--id" then
			skip_regular = true
			local id = tonumber(query)
			if words[id] then
				local word = {id,words[id]}
				table.insert(results_table,word)
			end
			break
		end
	end
	for i=1, #words do
		if skip_regular then break end
		local exit = true
		local all = true
		for _, v in pairs(arg) do
			if v == "-r" or v == "--raw" then
				all = false
				word = string.gsub(words[i][1],"%p","")
				if  string.find(word, query) then
					exit = false
					break
				end
			end
			if v == "-e" or v == "--english" then
				all = false
				word = string.gsub(words[i][2],"%p","")
				if  string.find(word, query) then
					exit = false
					break
				end
			end
		end
		if all == true then
			for j=1, #words[i] do
				word = string.gsub(words[i][j],"%p","")
				if  string.find(word, query) then
					exit = false
					break
				end
			end
		end
		if not exit then
			local word = {i,words[i]}
			table.insert(results_table,word)
		end
	end
	if #results_table ~= 0 then
		results_table = adjustTableSizes(results_table)
		printOutputTable(results_table)
	else
		if skip_regular then
			print("no word found for id #" .. query)
		else
			print("no words found for query <" .. query .. ">")
		end
	end
end