Phrase Hound found 238 phrases and 88 compound words that contain words. The most common are listed below. Open words in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 238
- in other wordsStated or interpreted another way; phrased differently Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.
- last wordsplural of last word: The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- war of wordsA heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.
- bag of wordsThe collection of words from an unprocessed text without regard to grammar; a collection of word unigrams.
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- lost for wordsSpeechless from surprise, shock, or confusion.
- play on wordsA pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
- key-wordsplural of key-word: Any word used as the key to a code.
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- beyond wordsTo such a great extent that it is inexpressible.
- mark my wordsListen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
- play of wordsThe ordering of words in a text, speech, etc., taking regard for both the individual words (their meanings, sounds, etc.) and the interplay between them.
- seven last wordsThe seven short phrases uttered by Jesus during his crucifixion, as recorded in the four canonical gospels.
- bags of wordsplural of bag of words: The collection of words from an unprocessed text without regard to grammar; a collection of word unigrams.
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- use your wordsUsed by educators or caregivers to encourage an upset child to express the problem verbally instead of misbehaving physically.
- turn of wordsSynonym of turn of phrase: An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.
- words of institutionThe pronouncements “This is my body” and “This is my blood”, said by the celebrants at the climax of most eucharistic liturgies and held by many churches to be essential to the performance of the rite.
- spoken wordsplural of spoken word: An oral art form, usually consisting of performance poetry, although sometimes overlapping with storytelling or rap.
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- bad wordsplural of bad word: A vulgar word.
- big wordsplural of big word: An erudite word, especially a Latinate or multisyllabic one; a word used by scholars, intellectuals, etc., but that is not commonly known outside of academia.
- code wordsplural of code word: A string representing an encoded piece of text.
Compound words 88
- wordsmanA man who is a wordsmith.
- keywordsplural of keyword: Any word used as the key to a code.
- passwordsplural of password: A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
- crosswordsplural of crossword: A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
- WordsworthA habitational surname from Old English.
- buzzwordsplural of buzzword: A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
- codewordsplural of codeword: A string representing an encoded piece of text.
- stopwordsplural of stopword: A word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, etc.
- headwordsplural of headword: A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
- afterwordsplural of afterword: an epilogue.