Definitions Related words Mentions Easter eggs (New!)
auctore belli discursante Poppaedio
Inde iam passim ab omni parte Italiae duce et auctore belli discursante Poppaedio diversa per populos et urbes signa cecinere.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

and Blondel de Primaute
Legum, p. 26. and Blondel, de Primaute de l'Eglise, p. 1183.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

across by deep pits
Sometimes they were cut across by deep pits that had to be cleared.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

A b defend protect
v 1 [A; b] defend, protect.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

already been discussed p
This point has already been discussed (p. xxiv).
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

AO Bl drain privy
gandra m. gander , ÆGr ; Ct. ganet = ganot gang I. (e, eo, o, u) m. going, journey, progress, track, footprint , B, Lcd, RB ; Æ: flow, stream, way, passage, course, path, bed , AO, Bl : drain, privy , Æ : (in pl.)
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

and both disappeared precipitately
Then she saw the captain frown, a beautiful young girl who was leaning against him gazed at him with disdainful lips and irritated eyes; then Phoebus uttered some words which did not reach her, and both disappeared precipitately behind the window opening upon the balcony, which closed after them.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

appointed by Divine Providence
As for those miracles which history ascribes to the gods of the heathen,—I do not refer to those prodigies which at intervals happen from some unknown physical causes, and which are arranged and appointed by Divine Providence, such as monstrous births, and unusual meteorological phenomena, whether startling only, or also injurious, and which are said to be brought about and removed by communication with demons, and by their most deceitful
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

and beef dairy products
Electricity - production: 37.885 billion kWh (1999) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 88.4% hydro: 0.07% nuclear: 0% other: 11.53% (1999) Electricity - consumption: 32.916 billion kWh (1999) Electricity - exports: 7.28 billion kWh (1999) Electricity - imports: 4.963 billion kWh (1999) Agriculture - products: grain, potatoes, rape, sugar beets; pork and beef, dairy products; fish Exports: $50.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000) Exports - commodities: machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships, windmills Exports - partners: EU 66.5% (Germany 20.1%, Sweden 11.7%, UK 9.6%, France 5.3%, Netherlands 4.7%), Norway 5.8%, US 5.4% (1999)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Antonio Baccio della Porta
Father Antonio, Baccio della Porta, Agostino Sarelli, the Princess Paulina, Agnes, with her grandmother, and a mixed crowd of citizens and ecclesiastics, who all spoke in hushed and tremulous voices, as men do in the chamber of mourners at a funeral.
— from Agnes of Sorrento by Harriet Beecher Stowe

are burned down perhaps
It may happen, however, that one or another pays no heed to the friendly invitation, in which case war is declared, his villages are burned down, perhaps some of his people are shot, and his stores or gardens are plundered.
— from The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle

ALL BOUT DAT Page
"NOW, MARSTER, YOU DONE FORGOT ALL 'BOUT DAT."— Page 37.
— from A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War by Letitia M. Burwell

aught but death part
Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me."
— from Female Scripture Biography, Volume I by F. A. (Francis Augustus) Cox

accompanied by divine protection
All those who consecrate themselves to this work are accompanied by divine protection.
— from Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá


This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy