|
|
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:
| angiosperm |
a flowering plant that holds its seeds within an ovary. |
| corpus luteum |
a ductless gland which forms within the ovary, resulting from the reorganization of a follicle upon release of its ovum. [1/2 definitions] |
| egg sac |
(informal) an ovary. [1/2 definitions] |
| endocarp |
the inner layer of a ripened plant ovary such as a fruit pit. |
| epigynous |
of certain flowers, having all parts attached at or near the top of the ovary. |
| follicle |
a small cavity in the ovary of mammals, filled with fluid and containing a developing egg or ova. [2/3 definitions] |
| gonad |
a sex gland that produces sperm or eggs; testis or ovary. |
| gymnosperm |
any of a large division of seed plants having seeds not enclosed within an ovary, such as the conifers, seed ferns, and gingko. (Cf. angiosperm.) |
| hardwood |
any of several types of tree, such as the oak, cherry, or mahogany, that have broad leaves, bear seeds enclosed in an ovary, and yield dense, compact wood. [1/2 definitions] |
| ovariectomy |
the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. |
| ovariotomy |
surgical incision into or partial or total removal of an ovary or ovaries. |
| ovaritis |
inflammation of an ovary. |
| oviduct |
a tube that carries eggs from the ovary to the uterus. |
| ovulate |
to release eggs from the ovary. |
| pericarp |
the wall of a ripened ovary or fruit. |
| perigynous |
of sepals, petals, and stamens, attached to the edges of a cuplike structure that surrounds the ovary but is not connected to it. (Cf. epigynous, hypogynous.) |
| roe1 |
fish eggs, esp. as a mass in the female ovary. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|