Definitions Related words Mentions History Easter eggs (New!)
divide dissipate scatter segregate
= KEY: Separate, \v.\. SYN: Part, never, disjoin, disunite, divorce, tear, rend, remove, disintegrate, detach, disconnect, divide, dissipate, scatter, segregate, diverge.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

dear darling she said
"But you must not go to Mount Stanning, my dear darling," she said, tenderly.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

dear darling she said
"My own dear darling," she said, "I know you love me.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

done differently somehow so
" "I know you are acting on your conscience, but perhaps it could be done differently, somehow, so as not to wound anybody.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

demand draft Sichtwechsel sight
simply and safely sicher; Tresor safe sichere Anlage safe investment sichere Annahme safe assumption sichere Aufbewahrung safekeeping sichere Grundlage firm basis sichere Verwahrung safe custody sichere Verwahrung safe keeping sichere Verwahrung safe-keeping Sicherheit collateral Sicherheit safety Sicherheit security Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz industrial safety Sicherheit anbieten offer guarantee Sicherheit des Arbeitsplatzes job security Sicherheit leisten provide security Sicherheit stellen provide bail Sicherheitsanweisungen safety instructions Sicherheitsfaktor factor of safety Sicherheitsfaktoren factors of safety Sicherheitshypothek cautionary mortgage Sicherheitsingenieur; Sicherheitsbeauftragter safety engineer Sicherheitsspielraum margin of safety Sicherheitstechnik safety engineering Sicherheitstransportunternehmen security carrier company sichern secure sichern; absichern; schützen safeguard sichern; Sicherung; Schutzmaßnahme safeguard Sicherungsgeschäft hedge Sicht sight sichtbar visible sichtbare Exporte visible exports sichtbare Importe visible imports sichtbarer Teil des Handels visible items of trade Sichttratte sight bill Sichttratte sight draft Sichtwechsel bill at sight Sichtwechsel bill on demand Sichtwechsel bill payable at sight Sichtwechsel bill payable on sight Sichtwechsel cash order Sichtwechsel demand draft Sichtwechsel sight bill Sichtzahlung sight payment sie
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

dawn disclosed sad sights
The dawn disclosed sad sights, I ween, When heaps on slaughter'd heaps were seen, All weltering in their mingled gore.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

dear dearth slow slowth
There are other abstracts, partly derived from adjectives, and partly from Page 30 [30] verbs, which are formed by the addition of the termination th , a small change being sometimes made; as long, length ; strong, strength ; broad, breadth ; wide, width , deep, depth ; true, truth ; warm, warmth ; dear, dearth ; slow, slowth ; merry, mirth ; heal, health ; well, weal, wealth ; dry, drought ; young, youth ; and so moon, month .
— from A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson

de doux serments Solange
Buloz assis par terre Lui fait de doux serments, Solange par derriere Gribouille ses romans.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic

down draw straight sloping
The cord and versed sine being laid down, draw straight, sloping line from ends of former to top of latter; and to these lines lay two of the rules crossing at the apex.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out by Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas) Hodgson

declined doing so said
“Not a word; he declined doing so,” said the baronet.
— from Won from the Waves by William Henry Giles Kingston

Dawson dear she said
"Dawson, dear," she said, "you must not get vexed with me.
— from Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Harold Whitehead

devotedly Daniel s sisters
Yet when she considered how devotedly Daniel's sisters served him, how minutely they attended to every little detail of his comfort, in a way most men, she was sure, would have found harassing, but which to Daniel seemed essential to his well-being, she knew that he would never be able, without great misery, to live apart from them, and that he certainly would not entertain the idea for a moment.
— from Her Husband's Purse by Helen Reimensnyder Martin

double death soon spread
The news of this double death soon spread through the Castle, and all the servants had fled, saying that the exterminating Angel was in the Castle; the waiting-maid alone remained to carry out her dead mistress’s wishes.
— from The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas

deep dark shadow seemed
A deep dark shadow seemed to hang about it in the far distance below.
— from Tent life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert (Solicitor) Smith

der deutschen Sprache Strassburg
(Kluge "Etymologisches Worterbuch der deutschen Sprache" (Strassburg), s.v. "Kartoffel".)
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

difference Dotty said speaking
"I don't think there's a bit of difference," Dotty said, speaking seriously, and looking at the two girls.
— from Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells


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