This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. If you actually seek a phrase, or don't care, see the "phrase requests" tag too.
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A word to express “removing some parts of history from history books by authorities”
In some countries some parts of history books of students have been removed by authorities of the time. For example, it has happened for Achaemenid Empire (a part of ancient Iran history) 2 years ago ...
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Is there a word which describes the experience of not being able to comprehend new sensory input?
Is there a word which describes the experience of not being able to comprehend new sensory input?
Specifically, I am trying to find a word which describes my experience whenever I listen to a new ...
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Single word for the phrase “Investing more money to save the money already invested”?
People do that, they put in more money to save their money at stake.
I'm guessing there's a single word for it.
Thank you.
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Single word for the phrase “friends at high places”
A person's "jack" is the slang for "friends at high places" in the part of the world where I belong to.
Thank you.
Edit: I split the long question as I was asked to.
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Word for “Intellectual Prankster”
I want to express concisely an impish attitude some clever scientists have. I want these properties:
Explicitly playful (or maybe mischievous)
Intellectual, but in action: Not always verbal, as in ...
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What's a word I can use to describe “putting a collar on a pet” in a comical way? [closed]
I thought of something like "stick a collar on" but "stick" doesn't satisfy me. What are my other options?
Anything with some "edge" will do if comical is too hard.
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Hence vs Therefore in casual conversation
Trying to be concise, I have been using hence instead of therefore for some time.
In the context of a casual conversation, which should be used (and why)?
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Rather unusual usage of the word “churn”
I came across this sentence in a book:
"One especially strategic family room, where all these dark socio-cultural and political dimensions are dramatized brilliantly, is the kitchen, where the ...
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Word to describe someone who rarely gets upset
Is there a word to describe someone who rarely and almost never gets upset/angry? The words first came to my mind are non-confrontational and stoic, though they relate, they are not exactly what I'm ...
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Is there a word for “a point in time”?
I'm looking for a simple word for a point in time for the name of a database column. The column is for "datetime" objects and it feels wrong to call the column "date", since that implies that the ...
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Word for a portion of house for guests
Is there any specific word for a portion of a house either attached with main building or at the back of the house having one or two rooms specifically for guests?
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Single word for “unqualified truth”
Suppose someone (let's call him Alex) is bad at playing soccer, but he does not want to hear that.
Now if someone says to Alex in his face, "you are a really bad soccer player", what would be an apt ...
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Is there an adjectival form of “levity”?
Can anybody tell me the adjectival form of levity? I've found levitious here, but not sure whether it’s a dictionary word.
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What is this type of argument called?
There is a kind of argument that goes like this:
x is good because if x were not there, y would be bad.
What is this kind of argument called? I learned about this in school but forget the name ...
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Single word for “personal vocabulary”
I find that I have a sort of "personal dictionary" of words that I like to use. I use "salient" a lot. I use "hence", "perhaps", "incapable", "fortuitous" frequently. I store a sort of "cache" of ...
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Single word for undo / redo capability
I'm looking for a single word that describes an application that provides the capability to redo or undo steps. My first thoughts were something like modifiable software, which doesn't really suit my ...
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The correct word for adoption of a law by the National Assembly?
Since I am not a native English speaker I am not sure what word should I use for adoption of a law. The closest to my language is "adoption", but "promulgate", "enact" or some other word may be more ...
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What is a person who hallucinates called? [closed]
What do you call a person who sees illusions or hallucinates?
Crazy?
Hallucinator? (Is this even a word?)
Insane?
Freak?
Something else?
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Which word (adjective or noun) best describes the idea of doing something anywhere, anytime and with anyone?
The ideal word, which can be either an adjective or a noun, should describe (or at least allude to) the idea that doing something anywhere and anytime with anyone, or that something is done anywhere, ...
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What’s the word that encompasses both creating something and editing it?
I want to use a term to covers both creating and editing some entity, say a blog post or a comment in a blog. Which word should I use?
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How do you say “the test was redone”?
I'm documenting some test cases and this sentence in particular bothered me:
After the problem was fixed, the test was redone.
The thesaurus wasn't helping much.
Can it be reworded in a ...
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word for false nostalgia
Is there a word to describe nostalgia for things that never existed? For example, a 1950s-style diner is supposed to reconstruct a cultural archetype, but there never existed such a diner. John Wayne ...
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word for the act of each person in a group put in some money combined to buy something
What's the verb/phrasal verb to describe the act of giving/putting in a share of money towards a total amount to buy something as a group where each of the other members in the group put in their ...
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Word meaning relating to or involving humans or people
I need a word to fill the blank in this sentence: "The hurricane was one of the most blank-deadly events in history."
The human death count was recorded, but not the death count not for other ...
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Stoblify - To state the obvious [closed]
Stoblify means to state the obvious
Stoblification means the act of stating the obvious
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Is there an adjective for “originating and persisting continuously until now”?
I'm looking for a word that would fit the space below:
Even as a(n) [adjective] city-dweller, I recognize the importance of the haystacks.
I have searched to no avail and restructured the ...
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What is a word meaning in a way inconsistently unsuitable? [closed]
For example, there is a list of platforms a computer game is available for.
Computer
iOS
Xbox 360
Every listing is in fact a computer platform making it seem redundant to list "Computer" although ...
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Opposite of “verbose”
One definition of verbose states:
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
Some (including the above link) suggest that the opposite is concise or laconic, ...
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Word for someone who overly nurtures their online image
I have a friend who sometimes removes comments from his Facebook posts that are slightly off-topic or detracting from the point of his post where the post is intended to boost his reputation and kudos ...
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Is there a name for someone that accepts a risk and then complains when it occurs?
Example:
Frank is going to buy a house
The real estate developer, Jim, warns him, there's a 30% chance your house will drop a lot in value in the next year.
Frank buys the house.
The value of his ...
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A word for the beginning of a street?
Is there a word for the beginning of a street? What word would be used to describe where a street begins? I have a friend who says that in Persian, it's described as the "head" of the street, but I ...
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Correct translatation of the German word “Folgeverhalten” in the technical domain of control feedback systems
I have asked various online dictionaries about the translation of the German word Folgeverhalten.
At these dictionaries it is translated as "subsequent behaviour" or "following behavior". I am in ...
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What is a name for a unit of measure and value
I'm trying to find a word that describes both the unit and value of something. The unit types and values are arbitrary.
For instance "10 meters" and "52 inches" are examples of (the word). "10 ...
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Is there a single word to describe the belief that one's actions can affect unrelated outcomes
Is there a single word to describe the belief that one's actions can affect unrelated outcomes, especially relating to luck.
e.g. Every time I bet against Team A, they win.
Or
If I wear my blue ...
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Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple? [duplicate]
I forget what the word for 5 times is. I know it is single, double, triple, quadruple but forgot what the one for 5 is.
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A word for a “cleaning schedule”
Is there a (British) English word for a printed week-by-week cleaning schedule?
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A single or double word that describes a group of casual but important guides or scouts [closed]
The word needs to describe group of people that you choose to influence you. It would be nice if the word was reasonably simple or hip as well.
examples: guides, advisors, council, brain trust, ...
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What’s the word for the habit of writing “play’d” or “revolv’d”?
I’m working on an 18th-century manuscript, and I’m trying to explain to others the use of ’d in past tense verbs.
Is there a word that encompasses the usage of ’d in early 18th-century manuscripts? ...
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Is there a word for start and end of a time period? [closed]
Is there a word used to describe the extremities of an arbitrary time period? The word "weekend" refers to the end of a week, but it's limited to the week and it only describes the end, but not the ...
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What is a single word for “Out of our control”
I'm looking for a word that defines that something is out of our control in a business sense. For example, we can't control the postal delivery time, so it is... (out of our control).
Needs to be ONE ...
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Does a truism need to be true to be a truism?
I frequently hear people quoting widely-used idioms or proverbs as if they are fact, simply because they are used frequently by many people. For example, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
Can ...
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What is a term that means “to force into a particular form”?
I'm looking for a term that describes "forcing into a particular form", "forcing into looking like something else", or even "forcefully fitting into a category"
Ex:
"We (word) the ...
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Is there a noun for a used credit token?
It's possible to informally use the word credit to mean a token that can be exchanged for something.
Is there a noun that means a used credit token?
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Word for something that easily breaks with competitive barriers?
When something is so innovative that it makes obsolete the competence and gains marketshare easily when prior to that invention the competitive barriers were high.
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What is the opposite of a “one-trick pony” or a “one-hit wonder”?
I'm thinking of "a one-shot gun" vs. "an automatic machine gun", or vs. "an all-purpose tool" (although tool lacks oomph). Any ideas?
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English word for the comma between three digits
The common number formatting convention uses a decimal point between the integer part and the fraction, and a comma between every three digits of the number:
1000000 -> 1,000,000
12345 + 1/5 ...
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A noun to describe character sequences between words
I'm creating a formal system in which a sentence can be formed by four types of sequences of characters:
Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Sequences in between words
What noun would you use to describe a ...
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Hypernym for “business”, “company”, “organization”, “institution”
Is there a hypernym for the following terms?
Local business
Company
Organization or institution
Edit
I am building a website where one can create a profile that will either be a Local Business, ...
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Can you “cram” a liquid?
I heard a joke last night about cramming one's mouth with a liquid. I've looked at several definitions, including this one, which seem to allow cram to be used in this way by saying something like:
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Is there a word like cardinal or ordinal but for the “single, double, triple” series?
The words one, two, three, and so on are the cardinal numbers.
Similarly, first, second, third, and so on are the
ordinal numbers.
Is there a similar term for the words single, double, triple, ...
