|
|
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:
| aquiline |
of a nose, curved like an eagle's beak. [1/2 definitions] |
| avocet |
any of several shore birds with long legs, webbed feet, and a long, narrow, upturned beak. |
| beak |
an organ or structure, similar to a beak, on other creatures such as certain turtles or insects. [2/3 definitions] |
| beaker |
a flat-bottomed glass cylinder with a beak or pouring spout, used esp. by chemists. [1/3 definitions] |
| bill2 |
the parts of a bird's jaw that form the beak. [1/3 definitions] |
| cere |
a waxy, fleshy, often brightly colored area at the upper part of the beak in certain birds, such as some parrots, eagles, or hawks, that contains the nostrils. |
| chukar |
a partridge native to Asia and Europe, with red beak and feet and chestnut upper plumage, that has been introduced into the western United States as a game bird. |
| curlew |
any of a number of shorebirds that have long legs and a long, curved beak. |
| falcon |
any of several birds of prey, related to hawks, that hunt during the day and have long powerful wings and a hooked beak. |
| frigate bird |
any of various large tropical seabirds with a hooked beak and esp. long wings, that typically grabs prey away from other birds in flight. |
| gill1 |
(pl.) a fleshy, wrinkled piece of skin or flesh hanging below the beak of a bird or under the chin of a person; wattle. [1/5 definitions] |
| hawk1 |
a bird of prey that has a short hooked beak and curved claws and is similar to but usu. smaller than an eagle. [1/5 definitions] |
| hawksbill |
a sea turtle with a hawklike beak and a horny shell that is a source of tortoiseshell. |
| lore2 |
the portion of a bird between its eye and beak, or an analogous portion of a fish or reptile. |
| nuthatch |
any of various small birds with a short tail, a long, narrow, sharp beak, and agility in climbing about on tree trunks and branches in search of insects. |
| owl |
any of various nocturnal birds of prey that have large eyes set in the front of a large head, a strong hooked beak, and strong, sharp talons. |
| parrotfish |
any of numerous marine fishes that are esp. colorful and have jaws resembling a parrot's beak. |
| peck2 |
to strike, nip, or pick up with the beak. [4/7 definitions] |
| pterosaur |
a flying reptile of the Mesozoic era characterized as having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by an exceptionally long fourth digit of each forelimb. |
| shovel-nosed |
having a broad, flat head, beak, or snout. |
|
|