"odesa" hidden in books

outcry defiance execration salutation acclamation

ANT: Clamor, vociferation, bawling, outcry, defiance, execration, salutation, acclamation.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

of direct effects such as

Friedrich Ratzel with his "thorough training as a naturalist, broad reading, and travel" and above all, his comprehensive knowledge of ethnology, recognized the importance of direct effects, such as cultural isolation.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

optare dementis est subvenire autem

Quare in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est, subvenire autem tempestati quavis ratione sapientis, eoque magis, si plus adipiscare re
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

of drinking eating singing and

"On language such as this being addressed to me, my feelings of commiseration naturally burst forth; and I brought him here, and bade him, first of all, carefully peruse the records of the whole lives of the maidens in his family, belonging to the three grades, the upper, middle and lower, but as he has not yet fathomed the import, I have consequently led him into this place to experience the vision of drinking, eating, singing and licentious love, in the hope, there is no saying, of his at length attaining that perception."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

of death except such as

Crushing the corner-stone of the Union, the independence of the States, the Federal Government assumed toward us a position of haughty arrogance, refused to recognize us otherwise than as insurrectionists and "rebels," who resisted and denied its usurped sovereignty, and who were entitled to no amelioration from the punishment of death, except such as might proceed only from the promptings of mercy.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

one Dropping eye Sidenote an

Haue we, as 'twere, with a defeated ioy, With one Auspicious, and one Dropping eye, [Sidenote: an auspitious and a] With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole[1] Taken to Wife; nor haue we heerein barr'd[2] Your better Wisedomes, which haue freely gone With this affaire along, for all our Thankes.
— from The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by William Shakespeare

of different expressions showed and

He waited for perhaps ten seconds, and in that time a variety of different expressions showed and vanished on his ugly face.
— from Charles Rex by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

of dyeing each successive article

In the process of dyeing, each successive article immersed in the dye weakens it; but it does not follow that the dye each time is affected in the same degree, or that the coloring matter by repeated immersions can be wholly extracted.
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

of direct economical struggle against

This association developed very rapidly and adopted a policy of direct economical struggle against capitalism, without interfering in the political parliamentary agitation, and this policy was followed until 1871.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

omnipotentis dei et sub anathemate

6. 'Prohibeo vobis ex parte omnipotentis dei et sub anathemate,
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke

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?

Color thesaurus

Literary notes

Word games