Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 10 compound words that contain searches. The most common are listed below. Open searches in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- word searchesplural of word search: A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
- consent searchesplural of consent search: A warrantless search made by United States law enforcement personnel with the consent of the individual whose person or property is being searched.
- strip searchesplural of strip search
- house-searchesplural of house-search: A thorough search of a home or other privately owned real estate as part of an official (notably judicial) investigation.
- image searchesplural of image search: A function of a search engine that allows a user to search for images using keywords, photos or links to images.
- re-searchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of re-search: To search again; to re-examine.
- searches outthird-person singular simple present indicative of search out: To find by searching.
- searches upthird-person singular simple present indicative of search up: To obtain something, especially information, about (something) from a source (especially electronic sources).
- searches and replacesplural of search and replace: A function in text editors and word processors where a string of characters is replaced by another.
- literature searchesplural of literature search: A systematic search through published literature in order to produce a literature review.
- stop-and-searchesplural of stop-and-search: Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.
- stops-and-searchesplural of stop-and-search: Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.
- soul-searchesplural of soul-search: An act or instance of soul-searching.
- body cavity searchesplural of body cavity search: A search performed by law enforcement on a criminal suspect to insure that the suspect is not hiding anything in a body cavity.
- Terry searchesplural of Terry search: A search carried out by the police during a Terry stop.
- binary searchesplural of binary search: A search for a value within a sorted array by repeatedly comparing the target value with the middle element; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the comparison is repeated …
- depth-first searchesplural of depth-first search: An algorithm for traversing a tree or graph where one starts at the root and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking.
- reverse image searchesplural of reverse image search: The querying of the origin of an image by inputting the file into a search engine or database.
- cavity searchesplural of cavity search: A search performed by law enforcement on a criminal suspect to insure that the suspect is not hiding anything in a body cavity.
- human-flesh searchesplural of human-flesh search: Research at an Internet forum where questions may be posed for other people to answer.
- breadth-first searchesplural of breadth-first search: A search algorithm that begins at the root node and explores all the neighboring nodes.
- tabu searchesplural of tabu search: A combinatorial search technique used to solve optimization problems by tracking and guiding the search.
- warrantless searchesplural of warrantless search: A search of someone's body or property conducted by law enforcement personnel without the issuance of a search warrant.
- fingertip searchesplural of fingertip search: A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.
- iterative deepening searchesplural of iterative deepening search: A type of depth-first search in which each row of the tree is searched incrementally, simulating a breadth-first search with less memory usage.
Compound words 10
- websearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of websearch: To perform an internet search using any search engine.
- handsearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of handsearch: To search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.
- metasearchesplural of metasearch: A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
- namesearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of namesearch: To search for a person's name (particularly one's own) on a social media platform for the purpose of obsessively reading and engaging with posts containing it.
- outsearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outsearch: To surpass in searching.
- oversearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of oversearch: To search all over.
- soulsearchesplural of soulsearch: An act or instance of soul-searching.
- subsearchesplural of subsearch: A secondary or subsidiary search.
- undersearchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of undersearch: To search insufficiently.
- wordsearchesplural of wordsearch: A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.