|
|
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:
| auk |
any of a group of web-footed, short-winged sea birds that live in colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere and are skilled at swimming and diving. |
| beast |
any four-footed mammal, esp. as distinguished from humans or from birds and invertebrates. [1/3 definitions] |
| biped |
a two-footed animal. [2 definitions] |
| forequarter |
the front end of one side of a four-footed animal, esp. of a side of meat. |
| gallop |
the fastest pace of a horse or other four-footed animal, in which all four feet are off the ground simultaneously during each stride. [1/6 definitions] |
| giraffe |
a spotted, cud-chewing, four-footed African mammal with exceptionally long legs and neck. |
| murre |
either of two black and white, web-footed diving birds of northern oceans. |
| rodent |
any of various related four-footed mammals, such as mice, rabbits, and woodchucks, characterized by large, sharp front teeth used for gnawing and nibbling. [1/3 definitions] |
| stemware |
vessels for beverages or desserts, usu. made of glass or crystal, that are mounted on long, footed stems. |
| tapir |
any of several related four-footed, hoofed, piglike mammals that have a heavy body, short legs, and a long flexible fleshy snout. |
| tarsus |
the group of bones forming the equivalent of the ankle in the hind legs of four-footed animals. [1/4 definitions] |
| trot |
the gait of a four-footed animal, esp. a horse, in which the left foreleg is moved forward simultaneously with the right hind leg, and vice versa. [1/6 definitions] |
| web-toed |
having webfeet; web-footed. |
|
|