Here you can search for English glosses in the current state of the of the lexicon.

A simple search searches only the primary glosses of each headword. To search subsidiary glosses, check the appropriate box. For headwords, the search will return all entries beginning with the English letters (minimum: 3) you specify. A subsidiary gloss search will also return all entries including this word anywhere in any gloss. Click on the link in the list of entries to see a complete entry.

You may also use this page to search for usages in specialized fields by using the links in the table below. For other approaches to issues of semantic fields, we suggest you take advantage of such online resources as thesaurus.com.

NB: Please be aware that this is a "live" display of the database, which is constantly being added to, modified, and corrected.

NB: To limit your results to a complete word rather than words beginning with the letters you enter, append a pound sign (#) to the word.