|
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:
adjust |
to bring to a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, relationship, position, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
adjustable |
able to be adjusted; able to be made into a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, position, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
asset |
a useful or desirable quality or thing. [2/3 definitions] |
best |
most satisfactory; most desirable. [1/11 definitions] |
better |
with more success or excellence. [1/11 definitions] |
dangle |
to offer or seem to offer (something desirable) so as to tempt or motivate. [1/3 definitions] |
desert1 |
a place deficient in some desirable quality. [1/5 definitions] |
desolate |
without the things that are necessary or desirable for life. [1/3 definitions] |
eligible |
fit, worthy, or desirable, esp. for marriage. [1/2 definitions] |
enrich |
to provide with more of any valuable or desirable thing or quality. [1/2 definitions] |
gold |
something comparable to gold in being regarded as beautiful, desirable, valuable, or the like. [1/11 definitions] |
gold mine |
(informal) a source of something very desirable or valuable, such as information or money. [1/2 definitions] |
good |
having qualities that are desired, enjoyed, or beneficial; desirable. [1/25 definitions] |
goody |
(informal; usu. pl.) something that is very pleasing, delightful, or desirable, esp. something sweet or delicious to eat. [1/2 definitions] |
loquacious |
containing more words or dialogue than desirable; wordy. [1/2 definitions] |
lure |
anything that attracts by some desirable quality. [2/3 definitions] |
made-to-order |
exceptionally fitting, suitable, useful, or desirable. [1/2 definitions] |
make good time |
to travel at a very desirable pace. |
manly |
possessing qualities that are considered to be desirable in or befitting a man; masculine. |
margin |
a limit beyond which something is no longer desirable or beyond which something no longer exists. [1/9 definitions] |
optimal |
most wanted or desirable; producing or likely to produce the best result; optimum. |
|
|