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Concept clusters in the subject Health (Top)
Abnormal menstrual cycles Adhesion Adipokines Aging and longevity Allergic reaction Allergic reactions Amniotic fluid issues Amoebic diseases Anatomy and physiology Angiogenesis Angiogenesis (2) Animal diseases Anti-aging Antibody engineering Anticarcinogenic Antidote Antimicrobial Autoantibodies Bacteria and microbiology Bacterial strains Bacterial toxins Bacterial varieties Bacteriophages Biliary system diseases Biliary tract diseases Bio-medical causation Bio-pigments (2) Biochemical disorders Biochemical imbalance Biochemical imbalance (2) Biochemistry (10) Biochemistry (5) Biological toxins (2) Biology Biomed growth Biomedical phenomena Blood Clots Blood cell abnormalities Blood cells abnormalities Blood coagulation Blood disorders Blood disorders or conditions Blood flow within the body Blood gas levels Body fat or fat storage Body fluid regulation Bone and Cartilage Disorders Bone diseases and disorders Bone marrow diseases Botany Botany (4) Botany or plant biology Brain abnormalities Brain tumors COVID-19 Cancer and oncology Cancer metastasis Cancer research Cancer-causing agents and their genetic effects Cardio-hemostasis Cardiopathies Cartilage and Bone Disorders Cattle diseases Cell adhesion Cell biology Cell biology (2) Cell biology (3) Cell biology (4) Cell biology and pathology Cell differentiation Cell differentiation (2) Cell functions & disorders Cell shapes and types Cell types and cell morphology Cell types in the human body Cell-specific toxins Cellular structures Centromere positioning Chromatin architecture Chromatin architecture (2) Clumping or sticking together Coagulation balance Cooling or reducing fever Cough variants Cysts or cyst formation Cysts or cystic conditions DNA structure and interactions Dermatology Dermatology (2) Dermatology (3) Detoxification Developmental Biology (2) Different types of viruses Digit abnormalities Disease diagnosis and study (2) Disease or medical condition Disease or pathology Disease pathology Diseases Diseases and Conditions Diseases of the mouth and skin Diseases or illnesses Diseases or medical conditions Drug actions or effects Drug therapy Dyslipidemia Dysmorphology Edematous conditions Egg cell formation Egg production and development Embolism Embryo and its development Embryonic Development (2) Embryonic Tissue Development Embryonic development Endocrine disorders Endocrine disorders (2) Endocrine disorders (3) Endocrinology Endocrinology (2) Enzyme activity Enzymes and enzymology Enzymolysis Epithelial tissue diversity Female Reproduction Fever or high body temperature Fever or high body temperature (2) Fibrils Fibroblasts Fungal Sporogenesis Fungal infections Fungal sporogenesis Fungal sporogenesis (2) Fungal varieties Fungi morphology and lifecycle Fungi or mycology Gallbladder Diseases Gamete formation Gene transfer or gene delivery Genetic disorders Genetics (5) Genetics and molecular biology (2) Glands and secretion Glial cells or neuroglia Greek Humorism Gut motility HIV/AIDS Haematology Health issues Heart diseases or conditions Hematologic disorders Hematologic disorders (2) Hematological disorders Hematology (2) Hematology or blood science Hematopoiesis Hematopoiesis (2) Hematopoiesis (3) Hemorrhage Hepatocyte functions Hepatology Hidrosis Hypoxia Immune system interplay Immunization Immunization (2) Immunoassay Immunology Infection Inflammopathies Invertebrate anatomy Joint diseases or disorders Joint diseases or disorders (2) LSDs and metabolic disorders Leprosy Leukemias Leukocyte disorders Leukos or leuco Liposomal DDS Liposomes Liver diseases Liver diseases (2) Localized pain Location within a cell Location within or between cells Lymphatic system Lymphatic system diseases Lymphatic vessels and glands Male reproductive health Managing hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia Medical conditions Medical conditions (2) Medical science or hematology Medicine or medical conditions Metabolic disorders Metabolism (2) Metabolism (6) Molecular biology Morphogenesis Morphogenesis (2) Morphology (3) Motor neuron diseases Movement disorders (2) Mucus or mucous membranes Muscle biology Muscle structure and function Musculoskeletal system Mycology Mycology (2) Mycology (3) Mycology (5) Myelin in neuroscience Myeloid lineage Myelopoiesis and disorders Myogenesis and Neurogenesis Nephrology Nephropathy Neuroendocrine interaction Neurological Disorders Neurological conditions Neurological conditions (2) Neurological diseases Neurological disorders Neurological disorders (2) Neuromuscular diseases Neuromuscular disorders Neuromuscular pathology traits Neurons or neural connections Neuroscience or neurobiology Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitters and hormones Normal bodily levels Nuclear structure and function Nutritional disorders Occupational lung diseases Oncology Onychopathology Ophthalmology (3) Organ transplantation Organ-specific toxicity Organitis Orthopedic Surgeries Osteogenesis Osteogenesis (2) Osteology PTM (2) Pandemic influenza strains Parasitic diseases Parasitic diseases (2) Parasitology Pathogenesis Pathology Pest control Pesticides Phagocytosis Pharmacology (3) Pharmacology or therapeutics Pituitary gland Plague and epidemic diseases Plant Reproduction Plant reproduction Plant tissue and cell types Poxviruses Pre- and Biology Protein function Protein modification (5) Protein trafficking Protein transport Proteinopathy Proteins and enzymes Proteins and lipids metabolism Proteomics Proteomics (2) Proteomics (3) Proteomics (4) Proteomics and metabolomics Rare or unusual disorders Reduction or decrease Relaxation or reducing tension Removal Renal anatomy and development Renal and liver disorders Renal disorders Reproduction and cell division Respiratory diseases Respiratory issues Respiratory issues (2) Rheumatic diseases Rhizo- which refers to roots SARS-CoV-2 variants STDs or STIs Sclerosis or scleroderma Septicemia Sero- in medical terminology Skin Conditions Skin Pigmentation Skin and systemic diseases Skin conditions or dermatology Skin conditions or diseases Skin diseases or conditions Skin diseases or conditions (2) Skin diseases or dermatology Skin or dermatology Specialized or unusual diets Specific protection Spermatogenesis Stones in medical terms Stress response Substance bioactivity Systemic pathology Thromboelastography Thrombosis Healthcare Toxicity Toxicology Toxicology (2) Tropical parasitic diseases Tumors Tumors (2) Vaccination Vaccination and immunization Vacuoles and vesicles Various types of RNA Vascular Development Vascular anatomy Vascular condition Vascular diseases Vascular physiology Vascular physiology (2) Vascular physiology (3) Vasoactivity Viral classifications Viral taxonomy Viruses Viruses and their behavior Viruses and their study Vitellogenesis Zoology (7) Zygosity


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clouds
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push
industrial revolution
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ice cream,pie,cookies
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longest river in the world
original host of Jeopardy
🔆 Solve crossword puzzle clues, or find words if you only know some of the letters.
(Use pattern:description syntax) 		??lon:synthetic fabric
s?nt?:christmas
l*ch*:fruit
??????:hit
c*:board game

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What are letter patterns?

If you know some letters in the word you're looking for, you can enter a pattern instead of, or in addition to, a description. Here are how patterns work:
  • The asterisk (*) matches any number of letters. That means that you can use it as a placeholder for any part of a word or phrase. For example, if you enter blueb* you'll get all the terms that start with "blueb"; if you enter *bird you'll get all the terms that end with "bird"; if you enter *lueb* you'll get all the terms that contain the sequence "lueb", and so forth. An asterisk can match zero letters, too.

  • The question mark (?) matches exactly one letter. That means that you can use it as a placeholder for a single letter or symbol. The query l?b?n?n,  for example, will find the word "Lebanon".

  • The number-sign (#) matches any English consonant. For example, the query tra#t finds the word "tract" but not "trait".

  • The at-sign (@) matches any English vowel (including "y"). For example, the query abo@t finds the word "about" but not "abort".

  • NEW! The comma (,) lets you combine multiple patterns into one. For example, the query ?????,*y* finds 5-letter words that contain a "y" somewhere, such as "happy" and "rhyme".

  • NEW! Use double-slashes (//) before a group of letters to unscramble them (that is, find anagrams.) For example, the query //soulbeat will find "absolute" and "bales out", and re//teeprsn will find "represent" and "repenters". You can use another double-slash to end the group and put letters you're sure of to the right of it. For example, the query //blabrcs//e will find "scrabble". Question marks can signify unknown letters as usual; for example, //we??? returns 5-letter words that contain a W and an E, such as "water" and "awake".

  • NEW! A minus sign (-) followed by some letters at the end of a pattern means "exclude these letters". For example, the query sp???-ei finds 5-letter words that start with "sp" but do not contain an "e"or an "i", such as "spoon" and "spray".

  • NEW! A plus sign (+) followed by some letters at the end of a pattern means "restrict to these letters". For example, the query *+ban finds "banana".

  • On OneLook's main search or directly on OneLook Thesaurus, you can combine patterns and thesaurus lookups by putting a colon (:) after a pattern and then typing a description of the word, as in ??lon:synthetic fabric and the other examples above.

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How does it work?

We use a souped-up version of our own Datamuse API, which in turn uses several lingustic resources described in the "Data sources" section on that page. The definitions come from Wiktionary, Wikipedia, and WordNet. Here are some known problems with the current system.
Much gratitude to Gultchin et al for the algorithm behind the "Most funny-sounding" sort order.

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