Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
Possible misspelling? More dictionaries have definitions for pales,  pares,  paries,  parle,  parley -- could that be what you meant?

Peggy and Rita laughed even she
“For once I look just the way I feel,” said Alison, and as Peggy and Rita laughed, even she had to join in.
— from Peggy Goes Straw Hat by Virginia Hughes

peut aisément reconnaitre les Eunectes seul
On peut aisément reconnaitre les Eunectes seul entre les boa, ils ont les narines percées à
— from Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley

passage and remain long enough standing
To apply this method, it would be necessary to temporarily plug up the entrance passage where it passed into the solid rock, to make the stone-work above it very perfect and close fitting, so that whenever occasion arose for making one of the observations we are considering, [Pg 112] water might be poured into the entrance passage, and remain long enough standing at the corner (so to speak) where this passage and the suggested ascending passage could meet, for Alpha Draconis to be observed down the ascending passage.
— from The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various

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