"spuds" hidden in books

SYN Protraction uncertainty doubt solicitude

SYN: Protraction, uncertainty, doubt, solicitude, cessation, pause, waiting, intermission, discontinuance, abeyance, stoppage, indetermination, indecision.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

sounds produced under different states

But the whole subject of the differences of the sounds produced under different states of the mind is so obscure, that I have succeeded in throwing hardly any light on it; and the remarks which I have made, have but little significance.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

sore plight until deep sleep

But I kept wailing as I beheld my sons in their sore plight, until deep sleep quite fled from my eyes, and straightway came bright morn.
— from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose by of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion

souverain prenaient une de ses

Lorsque le souverain prenaient une de ses femmes dans la famille de Mexico, elle occupait le premier rang, et son fils succédait, s'il était capable.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

septimana per unum diem sicut

[740] The Ramsey Cartulary has simply: 'Et virgatarius arabit et herciabit qualibet septimana per unum diem sicut operarius.'
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

streets peering up dark stairways

He snooped through the galleried streets, peering up dark stairways set in heavy masonry that spoke of historic sieges, and imagined that he was historically besieging.
— from Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis

seen perpetrated upon defenceless slaves

I think to this day, that this act of the overseer was the most inhuman of all those that I have seen perpetrated upon defenceless slaves.
— from Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball

splendidissimi philosophi unanimiter docent sed

In numeris itaque magnam latere efficaciam et virtutem tam ad borum quam ad malum, non modo splendidissimi philosophi unanimiter docent, sed etiam doctores Catholici."—Cornelii
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics 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?

Color thesaurus

Literary notes

Word games