|
|
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:
| Abe Saperstein |
U.S. creator, owner, and promoter of the renowned basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters; born in London, England (b.1902--d.1966). |
| Angles |
a people from the lowlands of northern Germany who migrated to eastern England in the fifth century. |
| Anglican |
of or pertaining to the Church of England or churches of the same origin and communion. [2 definitions] |
| Anglo- |
Anglican, or of the Church of England. [1/2 definitions] |
| Anglo-American |
of, pertaining to, or involving both England and America or English and American people. [1/2 definitions] |
| Anglophile |
one who is a great admirer of England and of most things that are English. |
| Anglophobe |
one who strongly dislikes or fears England and most things that are English. |
| Anglo-Saxon |
a person of Germanic descent who lived in England before the Norman Conquest, or a descendant thereof. [1/5 definitions] |
| Augustan |
of or relating to a neoclassic period, esp. the eighteenth century in England and its literature. [1/3 definitions] |
| Authorized Version |
the English translation of the Bible authorized by King James I and published in England in 1611; King James Bible. |
| Big Ben |
this clock or tower, esp. as a symbol of England. [1/2 definitions] |
| Brahmin |
a cultured, socially elite person, esp. a member of an upper-class New England family. [1/2 definitions] |
| Britain |
the main island of the United Kingdom, located off the northwest coast of France and occupied by England, Scotland, and Wales; Great Britain. [2 definitions] |
| Britisher |
a native of Great Britain, esp. of England, or a descendant thereof; Englishman or Englishwoman. |
| Briton |
a native or citizen of the United Kingdom, esp. England, or a descendant thereof; Britisher. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cambridge |
the city in which this university is located, in east central England. [1/2 definitions] |
| Church of England |
the national church of England, which is Catholic in form but incorporates some Protestant beliefs and is independent of the papacy. |
| Co.2 |
abbreviation of "County," an administrative subdivision in other countries such as England and Canada (used in a proper name). [1/2 definitions] |
| coracle |
a small rounded boat of waterproof material stretched over a frame of wood or wicker, used in western England, Wales, and Ireland. |
| county |
an administrative subdivision in other countries such as England and Canada. [1/3 definitions] |
| Coventry |
a city in central England. |
|
|