|
|
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:
| Benin |
an African country on the west central coast between Togo and Nigeria. |
| Biafra |
from 1967 to 1970, a secessionist state in Nigeria. |
| Cameroon |
a West African country on the Atlantic coast south of Nigeria. |
| Hausa |
a member of a native people inhabiting southern Niger and northern Nigeria. [2 definitions] |
| kobo |
the smaller monetary unit of Nigeria. (Cf. naira.) |
| Lagos |
the seaport capital of Nigeria. |
| naira |
the chief monetary unit of Nigeria, equaling one hundred kobo. |
| Niger |
a north central African country between Algeria and Nigeria. [2 definitions] |
| Nigerian |
of or pertaining to Nigeria or its people, culture, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| Niger River |
a long river in western Africa that begins in Guinea and flows through Mali and Niger. It then flows along the border between Niger and Benin, through Nigeria, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Yoruba |
a member of a West African people who live mainly in western Nigeria. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|