Reverse dictionary

A reverse dictionary is a dictionary alphabetized by the reversal of each entry:

stock (kcots)
diestock (kcotseid)
restock (kcotser)
livestock (kcotsevil)

Before computers, reverse dictionaries were tedious to produce. The first computer-produced was Stahl and Scavnicky's A Reverse Dictionary of the Spanish Language, in 1974. The first computer-produced reverse dictionary for a single text was Wisbey, R., Vollständige Verskonkordanz zur Wiener Genesis. Mit einem rückläufigen Wörterbuch zum Formenbestand, Berlin, E. Schmidt, 1967.

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