reverse dictionary
noun
1A dictionary in which terms or synonyms are given for concepts or definitions.
2A dictionary in which the words are arranged so that they are in alphabetical order when each is read backwards rather than forwards.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Calcutta Christian Observer.
- phagedoena
- phagemid
- phage therapy
- phage type
- Phagiphany
- phagocytable
- phagocytal
- phagocyte
- phagocytic
- phagocytical
- phagocytically
- phagocytic index
- phagocyting
- phagocytisable
- phagocytizable
- phagocytize
- phagocytoblast
- phagocytose
- phagocytosis
- phagolysis
- phagolysosome
- phagolytic
- phagosomal
- phagosome
- -phagous