|
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:
attachment |
a bond that gives one fondness for or loyalty to a person, place, thing, or idea. [1/6 definitions] |
bond |
something that joins, ties, or fastens together. [1/3 definitions] |
bondable |
combined form of bond. |
bonded |
of goods subject to government duty, placed under bond, as in a warehouse. [1/3 definitions] |
bondholder |
one who holds or owns bonds; one who receives payment of interest on a bond or bonds. |
bondman |
a male bound as a slave or serf; bond servant. |
bond paper |
a high-grade paper with some proportion of rag content, used for stationery and documents; bond. |
bondwoman |
a female bond servant. |
cement |
to bond or glue with, or as if with, cement. [1/6 definitions] |
chelate |
to form a ring compound by forming at least one hydrogen bond. [1/7 definitions] |
clad2 |
to bond or attach a metal to (another metal) in order to strengthen or protect it. |
coupon |
one of several dated certificates that can be detached periodically from a bond to claim interest. [1/3 definitions] |
covalence |
covalent bond. [1/2 definitions] |
covalent bond |
the chemical bond between two atoms, each of which supplies one half of each pair of shared electrons; covalence. |
cysteine |
a sulfur-containing, semi-essential amino acid occurring in proteins. One cysteine within a protein can react with another to form a disulfide bond. |
debenture |
a corporate or government bond that pays fixed interest and that is backed by the issuer's credit status. [1/2 definitions] |
dissolution |
the annulment or severance of a bond or tie, esp. a formal or contractual connection. [1/5 definitions] |
electronegative |
having the ability to attract electrons in order to form a chemical bond. [1/2 definitions] |
electropositive |
tending to form a chemical bond by releasing electrons. [1/2 definitions] |
escrow |
a bond or deed, money, property, or the like put into the keeping of a third party for delivery to the intended receiver after specified conditions have been met. |
junk bond |
a low-rated, high-yield corporate bond, often issued to finance the takeover of a company. |
|
|