Phrase Hound found 46 phrases and 23 compound words that contain dictionary. The most common are listed below. Open dictionary in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 46
- Online dictionary
- dictionary attackAn attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords.
- dictionary formThe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
- picture dictionaryA dictionary that includes pictures to help identify things.
- translation dictionaryA multilingual dictionary assisting translation between two or more languages.
- pocket dictionaryA small portable dictionary.
- dictionary definitionA descriptive definition specifying one of the commonly used meanings of the defined term.
- reverse dictionaryA dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.
- Medical Dictionary
- data dictionaryA document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.
- e-dictionaryA dictionary in electronic form (software or hardware).
- walking dictionaryA person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms; a person with an extensive vocabulary.
- encyclopedic dictionaryA form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often notable people and places), usually with images or illustrations.
- historical dictionaryA dictionary on historical principles.
- law dictionaryA dictionary designed to give information about terms used in the world of law.
- visual dictionaryA dictionary that primarily uses images or drawings to illustrate the meanings of words.
- bilingual dictionaryA translation dictionary in two languages.
- explanatory dictionaryA monolingual general dictionary, a book that explains the meaning of a language's words using synonyms and definitions in that language.
- swallow the dictionaryTo speak using long or obscure words.
- rhyming dictionaryA reference work that provides lists of rhymes for any given word.
- dictionary attacksplural of dictionary attack: An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords.
- frequency dictionaryA dictionary listing the most frequently used words in a language.
- rhyme dictionaryA Chinese lexicon arranged by tones and rhyme rather than radical, frequently without definitions.
- pronunciation dictionaryA dictionary that provides pronunciation of words, usually in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
- sleeping dictionaryA sexual partner who also serves as a native informant or language teacher for a person visiting the region from outside.
Compound words 23
- WiktionaryA collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project.
- PictionaryA board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players.
- dictionaryeseThe style of language used in dictionary definitions, characterized by dry, straightforward, and occasionally awkward phrasing.
- dictionarilyIn terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.
- superdictionaryAn exceptionally comprehensive dictionary, which includes all other dictionaries.
- hyperdictionaryAn electronic dictionary that uses hypermedia technology.
- minidictionaryA small, compact dictionary.
- dictionarizationThe act of adding (something) to a dictionary.
- dictionarizeTo add (something) to a dictionary.
- metadictionaryAn online dictionary portal that allows searches on multiple lexicographical databases at once.