|
|
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:
| aid |
to give help to or assist. [1/3 definitions] |
| air sac |
an air-filled space or cavity in a living organism, esp. any of the ends of certain bronchial tubes in a bird's body that connect with the larger body cavity and assist in breathing. |
| attend |
to go along with; accompany or assist. [1/8 definitions] |
| auxiliary |
serving to help, assist, or support. [1/7 definitions] |
| bellman |
one employed to assist with carrying luggage; bellhop. [1/2 definitions] |
| companion |
one employed to assist and often to live with another. [1/3 definitions] |
| deaconess |
in certain Protestant churches, a woman selected to assist the ministry, esp. in social services. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| deputy |
a person appointed to assist and sometimes act in the place of someone else. |
| doorman |
one whose job is to tend the entrance of an apartment house, hotel, or other building, and to assist residents or guests. |
| general staff |
a group of officers who assist a high commander in planning and supervising military operations. |
| help |
to aid or assist. [1/8 definitions] |
| help out |
to assist. |
| hunter |
a dog or horse specially trained or bred to assist in hunting wild animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| intromit |
to allow, cause, or assist to enter; introduce; admit. |
| midwife |
a person, typically a woman, who is trained to assist pregnant women with the delivery of their child. In addition, a midwife often helps pregnant women prepare for childbirth and gives assistance to them after the birth. |
| minister |
a person authorized to perform or assist with religious ceremony and worship; pastor. [1/4 definitions] |
| monitor |
a student appointed to assist in keeping order within a school. [1/11 definitions] |
| paraprofessional |
a worker trained to assist a professional person in a semiprofessional capacity. |
| pawl |
a pivoting lever or tongue, or a sliding bolt, that is made to catch in the notches of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion or assist forward motion. |
| Peace Corps |
a U.S. agency that sends volunteers into developing countries to assist in education, health, agriculture, and the like. |
|
|