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var url = "https://www.onelook.com/?topic=" + clusterTitle + "&s=cluster:" + clusterId + "&loc=ol_cls"; url = url + "&f_rt=" + encodeURIComponent(query); url = url + "&concept=" + encodeURIComponent(clusterTitle); clslink = "<a href=\"" + url + "\"><button class=\"top-cluster\">" + clusterTitle + "</button></a> "; return clslink; } function toggle_dmapi_res(apifn) { var q = apifn; var max = "100"; if (apifn === "rhy") { q = "arhy=1&sl"; } if (apifn === "idioms") { q = "v=idioms&md=d&ml"; } if (apifn === "cls") { q = "qe=sp&md=c&sp"; max = "1"; } if (apifn === "ml") { q = "md=d&ml"; } $.ajax({ url: "//www.onelook.com/api/words?max=" + max + "&k=ol_related&" + q + "=" + query, context: document.body }).done(function(data) { str = ""; if (apifn == "cls" && (data.length > 0)) { var tag_list = data[0]["tags"]; var clusterTitles = {}; var defClusters = []; for (var j=0; j<tag_list.length; j++) { if (tag_list[j].match(/^cluster_titles:/)) { clusterTitles = JSON.parse(tag_list[j].replace("cluster_titles:","")); 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} if (apifn === "rhy" && data.length >= 99) { str += " (<b><i><a href=\"https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?typeofrhyme=adv&Word=" + query + "&loc=olrhy\">see more...</a></i></b>)"; } if (data.length == 0) { str += "(None found)"; } $("#dmapi_" + apifn).html(str); }); } toggle_dmapi_res('sp'); </script></blockquote> <br><b>Reverse dictionary results:</b><br><table width=90%><td valign=top> 1. <a href=/?w=grease&loc=resrd2>grease</a><br> 2. <a href=/?w=severe&loc=resrd2>severe</a><br> 3. <a href=/?w=shine&loc=resrd2>shine</a><br> 4. <a href=/?w=stink&loc=resrd2>stink</a><br> 5. <a href=/?w=atrocity&loc=resrd2>atrocity</a><br> 6. <a href=/?w=hunchback&loc=resrd2>hunchback</a><br> 7. <a href=/?w=kodiak bear&loc=resrd2>kodiak bear</a><br> 8. <a href=/?w=painstaking&loc=resrd2>painstaking</a><br> 9. <a href=/?w=verismo&loc=resrd2>verismo</a><br> 10. <a href=/?w=abominably&loc=resrd2>abominably</a><br> </td><td valign=top> 11. <a href=/?w=abysmal&loc=resrd2>abysmal</a><br> 12. <a href=/?w=atrociously&loc=resrd2>atrociously</a><br> 13. <a href=/?w=awfully&loc=resrd2>awfully</a><br> 14. <a href=/?w=exceptionally&loc=resrd2>exceptionally</a><br> 15. <a href=/?w=extraordinarily&loc=resrd2>extraordinarily</a><br> 16. <a href=/?w=extremely&loc=resrd2>extremely</a><br> 17. <a href=/?w=incredibly&loc=resrd2>incredibly</a><br> 18. <a href=/?w=remarkably&loc=resrd2>remarkably</a><br> 19. <a href=/?w=rottenly&loc=resrd2>rottenly</a><br> 20. <a href=/?w=terribly&loc=resrd2>terribly</a><br> </td><td valign=top> 21. <a href=/?w=abandon&loc=resrd2>abandon</a><br> 22. <a href=/?w=abate&loc=resrd2>abate</a><br> 23. <a href=/?w=abating&loc=resrd2>abating</a><br> 24. <a href=/?w=ability&loc=resrd2>ability</a><br> 25. <a href=/?w=able&loc=resrd2>able</a><br> 26. <a href=/?w=ablution&loc=resrd2>ablution</a><br> 27. <a href=/?w=accompany&loc=resrd2>accompany</a><br> 28. <a href=/?w=accompanying&loc=resrd2>accompanying</a><br> 29. <a href=/?w=accomplish&loc=resrd2>accomplish</a><br> 30. <a href=/?w=account&loc=resrd2>account</a><br> </td><td valign=top> 31. <a href=/?w=accountancy&loc=resrd2>accountancy</a><br> 32. <a href=/?w=ace&loc=resrd2>ace</a><br> 33. <a href=/?w=achieve&loc=resrd2>achieve</a><br> 34. <a href=/?w=achieving&loc=resrd2>achieving</a><br> 35. <a href=/?w=acquit&loc=resrd2>acquit</a><br> 36. <a href=/?w=acquitted&loc=resrd2>acquitted</a><br> 37. <a href=/?w=act&loc=resrd2>act</a><br> 38. <a href=/?w=act out&loc=resrd2>act out</a><br> 39. <a href=/?w=actin&loc=resrd2>actin</a><br> 40. <a href=/?w=action officer&loc=resrd2>action officer</a><br> <br><a href=/thesaurus?loc=phrcb&s=perform+abysmally><b>More reverse dictionary results &gt;&gt;</b></a><br></td></table><br> <div id="samplesentences"></div> <link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css"> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <script language=javascript type='text/javascript'> var $j = jQuery.noConflict(true); 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}; function genExampleSentences(in_query, in_apiHost, in_domId, in_verbose, in_header, in_maxExamples, in_backoff) { apiHost = in_apiHost; isFullSentenceQuery = false; backoffToSimilarSentence = in_backoff; if (backoffToSimilarSentence) { var botPattern = "(bot)"; var re = new RegExp(botPattern, 'i'); var userAgent = navigator.userAgent; if (re.test(userAgent)) { backoffToSimilarSentence = false; } } $j.ajax({ url: in_apiHost + "/words?max=501&nonorm=1&k=rz_wke&rel_wke=" + in_query, context: document.body }).done(function(d) { data = d; query = in_query; domId = in_domId; verbose = in_verbose; header = in_header; maxExamples = in_maxExamples; layoutResults(); }); } function genExampleSentencesFullText(in_sentence, in_apiHost, in_domId, in_verbose, in_header, in_maxExamples, selector, logged_mode) { in_data = {"query": in_sentence, "selector": selector, "wke": true}; isFullSentenceQuery = true; $(in_domId).html("Searching..."); $j.ajax({ method: "POST", url: in_apiHost + "/sentences?k=" + logged_mode + "&mode=" + selector, contentType: "application/json", data: JSON.stringify(in_data), }).done(function(d) { data = d; domId = in_domId; verbose = in_verbose; header = in_header; maxExamples = in_maxExamples; layoutResults(); }); } genExampleSentences("perform abysmally", "//api.onelook.com", "#samplesentences", 0, "<br><br>Sentences similar to <i>perform abysmally</i>:<br>", 10, 1); </script> You can look up the words in the phrase individually using these links:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=/?w=perform&loc=nophr>perform</a> <font color=red><b>?</b></font> &nbsp; <a href=/?w=abysmally&loc=nophr>abysmally</a> <font color=red><b>?</b></font> <br> (A question mark next to a word above means that we couldn't find it, but clicking the word might provide spelling suggestions.)<br> <br>Not helpful? 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