|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| antiknock |
reducing or preventing knocking in an internal combustion engine, by being added to the gasoline. |
| carbon monoxide |
a colorless, odorless, combustible, and very poisonous gas, produced by the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon, such as gasoline, because of insufficient air. |
| cracking |
the process of breaking down heavier hydrocarbons into lighter ones by heat, pressure, or catalysts, as in distilling petroleum to make gasoline. [1/3 definitions] |
| eosin |
a red crystalline powder, used in staining tissues for microscopic viewing, in coloring gasoline, and in ink manufacturing. |
| ethyl |
a fluid containing tetraethyl lead and other substances, used in gasoline to reduce engine knock. [1/3 definitions] |
| filling station |
a retail establishment that provides automotive products and services, esp. gasoline, oil, and air; gas station; service station. |
| flex-fuel |
of a vehicle, capable of using more than one type of fuel, typically gasoline and ethanol. |
| fuel |
anything that is consumed as a source of energy, such as gasoline or plutonium. [1/5 definitions] |
| gas |
gasoline. [2/14 definitions] |
| gasohol |
a mixture of gasoline with a small amount of ethyl alcohol, used esp. to power cars. |
| high-test |
of or concerning a high-octane gasoline that has an esp. low boiling point. |
| hybrid |
a car or other vehicle with an engine that can run on two different fuels, usually gasoline and electricity, and can alternate between them. [2/6 definitions] |
| hybrid car |
a car with an engine that can run on two different fuels, usually gasoline and electricity, and can alternate between them. |
| island |
an area set apart, usu. on a raised surface, for specialized operations, such as the platform in a service station on which the gasoline pumps are set. [1/3 definitions] |
| jerry can |
a flat-sided, narrow five-gallon container for liquids, esp. gasoline. |
| low-test |
of low-octane gasoline, having low volatility and a high boiling point. |
| napalm |
a highly flammable jelly containing aluminum soaps and gasoline, used in flame throwers and fire bombs. [1/2 definitions] |
| octane number |
a number that designates the antiknock properties of a gasoline, based on the percentage of isooctane in it; octane rating. |
| outboard |
a gasoline motor mounted on the outside stern of a boat, or a boat equipped with such a motor. [1/3 definitions] |
| outboard motor |
a small portable gasoline engine with a propeller, which is mounted onto the stern of a boat. |
| petrochemical |
a chemical derivative of petroleum or natural gas, such as gasoline. |
|
|