|
|
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:
| Abominable Snowman |
a large manlike animal covered with hair, said to live in the Himalayas; yeti. |
| Bhutan |
an Asian country in the Himalayas, between India and China. |
| Himalayan |
of, concerning, or resembling the Himalayas. [1/3 definitions] |
| Kailash |
a large mountain in the Himalayas that is considered sacred in a number of religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In Hinduism, Kailash is believed to be the home of Shiva. |
| Kanchenjunga |
the world's third highest mountain, located in the Himalayas on the border between India and Nepal. |
| lesser panda |
a small reddish brown carnivore related to the raccoon that has a long, bushy, ringed tail and that is native to the Himalayas. |
| nard |
an aromatic plant related to valerian, native to the Himalayas, and used by the ancients as a source of a medicinal balm. |
| tertiary |
of, relating to, or designating the earlier of two periods of the Cenozoic Era, from approximately 65 million to 1.8 million years ago, when high mountains such as the Alps and Himalayas were formed and mammals became prominent. [1/5 definitions] |
| Tibet |
an autonomous region of southwestern China on a high plateau north of the Himalayas, noted as a center for Buddhism since the 7th century. |
|
|