|
|
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:
| capitalize |
to write or print (something) using capital letters or using a capital letter as the initial letter. [1/4 definitions] |
| capital letter |
a letter of the alphabet written or printed larger than and in a somewhat different form from its lower-case equivalent and used to designate a proper noun or initiate a sentence. |
| carbon copy |
a copy of a document, letter, or the like that is made by using carbon paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| cc2 |
abbreviation of "carbon copy," originally referring to a copy of a document, letter, or the like that is made by using carbon paper, now designating a copy or duplicate that is made through any means. |
| cedilla |
a diacritical mark (ç), placed under certain letters in French, Portuguese, Turkish, and Russian to indicate a particular pronunciation, as, in French, the sound of "s" for the letter "c". |
| chain letter |
a letter with a message or money-making proposal that instructs the recipient to copy the letter and send it to others. |
| character |
a mark, letter, or symbol used in an alphabet or in mathematics. [1/7 definitions] |
| chi1 |
the name of the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| circularize |
to circulate (a notice, letter, or the like). [1/3 definitions] |
| Colossians |
a book of the New Testament, consisting of a letter written by the apostle Paulto the Christians of Colossae. |
| consonant |
any letter of an alphabet that is used to represent the sound of a consonant. [1/6 definitions] |
| cover letter |
a letter of explanation enclosed with a document, package, or the like. |
| credential |
(usu. pl.) evidence of such entitlement, usu. in writing, such as a document, license, certificate, or letter of recommendation. [1/2 definitions] |
| cursive |
an individual letter or character written in a cursive style. [1/3 definitions] |
| d |
the fourth letter of the English alphabet. [1/4 definitions] |
| daleth |
the name of the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| date1 |
to write or print the date on (a letter or other document). [1/11 definitions] |
| dead letter |
a letter that the post office is unable to deliver or return, usu. because of an incorrect address or the lack of a return address. [1/2 definitions] |
| dear |
(cap.) used as a conventional greeting that opens a letter. [1/9 definitions] |
| dele |
a mark used to indicate that something such as a letter, word, or sentence is to be deleted. [1/3 definitions] |
| delta |
the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|