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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What is one word for - endlessly spread in all directions?
What is one word for - endlessly spread in all directions? It may be in context of a forest.
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom
I see four people in front of me. One is from Wales, one is from Scotland, one is from England and one is from Northern Ireland. I can say about each one "He is Scottish/Welsh/English". But, how do I ...
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What do you call someone who is always looking for loopholes?
As someone who is always looking to find their way out of or through a situation with the use of loopholes.
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What's the act of darkening windows to disallow visibility?
What's the word to describe the act of darkening windows to disallow visibility from outside yet visibility from inside to outside is possible?
I was thinking of tinting, to tint a window, but ...
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What do you call an indoor water tap?
I always thought water sources were called taps in kitchens, bathrooms etc, but a Google search only returned outdoor taps.
So my question is, what are indoor taps really called? Like this one: ...
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What is one word for “more or less equal” [closed]
The want to convey the meaning of a phrase "more or less equal". The quality being compared is skill. For example: we are more or less equally skilled to code.
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Is there any nice conjunction which fits the meaning of “as a continuation of”?
I want to use it in my thesis. Like secondarily, but I don't want to use that one or similar words, as these specify an order.
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A single word which means to start a company or business
What is the single word which means to start a company or business?
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What word means “the city in which one lives”?
I need to find a word which means "the town or city in which one lives". Words like "residence" or "domicile" appear to have this meaning, but because "residence" and "domicile" can also mean "the ...
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4answers
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Intellectual who supports a political party in return for benefits
What is the right single word for an intellectual (often a journalist) who is not a member of a political party, but justifies the party's causes to the general public and secretly takes benefit from ...
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5answers
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How can I refer to a nose in a pleasing manner?
I'm trying to figure out a word that describes a nose in a pleasing way. I.e.
The smell of freshly baked bread wafted into the __ of passers by.
Nasal cavity — too scientific, beak/snout — too ...
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People who sell their virginity for money
I'm Vietnamese and I'm writing an essay about prostitution. I want to ask the word to express properly the people who sell their virginity for money. In Vietnamese, we use a phrase literally means ...
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1answer
111 views
Why does the “e” in judge vanish in the word “judgment”?
The in the word "judgment", the "e" from "judge" is absent. Three questions on this:
Why is this?
Is there a name for such a contraction?
How and why does the "g" still retain its "soft" ...
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2answers
126 views
Word meaning “improves over time”
Is there a word meaning "improves over time"? For example, if someone doesn't trust another, but later trusts them, what could that be described as?
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1answer
194 views
What's it called when you switch the order of two words around?
What's it called when you switch the order of two words around, completely changing their meaning?
For example, simply childish becomes childishly simple.
Or wonderfully sarcastic becomes ...
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0answers
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Word for person slow to share info [duplicate]
A word for a person unwilling to share information to the group, that the group wants or needs, in order to feel important
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1answer
143 views
What is one word for ''too good to be ideal''? [closed]
Something which is so good & ideal that anyone would jerk mockingly at someone who believes it to be true; either now or hopeful for sometime in the future. The adjective for this too good ...
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2answers
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Is there a name for uncertain memories?
I only know of confabulation, which is a related but distinct process of bringing together fact with misremembered things.
Is there an accepted name for memories of which, for example, the person ...
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2answers
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What category name covers things that are designed to stand on the floor?
How to name a category of tall objects that are designed to stand on the floor as opposed to standing on a table? The tabletop objects are shorter than the freestanding objects and I cannot use ...
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5answers
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A word to describe someone who has moved back to live in his/her home country?
If a person was born and brought up in country A, at some point went to live in country B (as an adult) for a few years and then moved back to country A, is there a single word to describe that ...
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1answer
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What is the verb form of “quilt”? [closed]
I was asked by my teacher to turn quilt into a verb.
I don't see the corresponding verb in the Oxford Dictionary.
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3answers
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Opposite of “infinitesimal”
What is the opposite of "infinitesimal"?
Infinitesimal means a value smaller than the minimum possible measurement. For example, if we have a ruler with 1 centimeter intervals, then any length ...
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2answers
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Alternative to priority value
Given two states in the diagram, each of them has a ? value, if state 1 ? value > state 2 ? value, we choose state 1, otherwise, we choose state 2.
We can replace ? by "priority", is there any other ...
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What would you call a person that nags a lot?
If say one party has agreed to paint a shed and is now getting nagged by the nagger to do it. Is there a term better than "nagger"?
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What expression do you use in a CV if you have redone something?
I am writing my CV at the moment and I am at a tricky part.
I have redone a software for a company and I want to include this in my CV.
I have in my CV: "Erstellung eines Warenwirtschaftssystems ...
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10answers
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What's the opposite of “omniscient”? [closed]
What's the opposite of omniscient, which means having infinite knowledge, or simply ...
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5answers
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Looking for the opposite of “drill down”
I am a programmer working on a chart component that allows to drill down on selection of a node. Drilling down will show the details of that node (like its children etc.). But I am struggling to find ...
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What's the best way to complete this: xxxx a challenge? [closed]
What's the best way to complete this sentence (i.e., replace the "?"):
However, using chromosome to encode the recovery plan ? a challenge, as the size of state space of composite is unknown ...
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Are “unestimated” and/or “non-estimated” correct English?
When something is not estimated, is it correct to say that it is unestimated or non-estimated?
For example, in certain project management techniques, tasks can be "estimated" which means one or more ...
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First appearance of a ghost after a person's death
In the ballet Giselle, the title character dies at the end of Act 1.
One wouldn't generally describe her ghostly presence in Act 2 as the result of a resurrection, because that implies that her ...
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2answers
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Word whose definition is “words that have multiple meanings”
What is a word whose definition is "words that have multiple meanings"?
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1answer
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Alone while surrounded (game name) [closed]
I'm looking for a name for my game, currently dubbed EMP (Endless Maze Project)
The game takes place in a maze that is, for all intents and purposes, infinite. The environment is directly modifyable ...
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3answers
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Like ambidextrous, but for a thing
We know that "ambidextrous" describes (roughly) the ability to use both hands. Are there words in English the capture the idea of something that is "suitable for use by either hand"? Similarly, is ...
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“This is actually true” vs. [sic]
I often find myself in need of a short expression, to emphasize that what I just wrote (not quoted) is actually true. In cases of paradoxes or illogical truths for instance, like The Monty Hall ...
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“Taste” is to “flavor” as “touch” and “sight” are to what?
For the senses, we have:
flavor for taste
aroma/odor/scent for smell
sound for hearing
____? for touch/feel
____? for sight/see
So one tastes a flavor, smells an aroma, hears a sound, feels a(n) ...
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2answers
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Denying own statement
Is there a word of phrase for someone who denies their own statement?
It’s like when somebody snitches and then denies having done so.
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“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
Is there a noun form of the word "archaic"? The closest word I can think of is "old-fashionedness" but it seems rather clumsy.
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“hanging on the rope of”
I'm looking for two single words, a verb and a noun, with similar content, which could be best inserted in these sentences:
In some countries workers are entirely _______ 1 of/to/on their ...
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Collective term for all those involved in producing a film?
Is there a single word that covers both the cast and crew of a film? I'm certain there is but can't think of it and, given the topic, Googling just results in lists of films.
Can someone please tell ...
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Headline Language
Is there a particular term for the abbreviated language used in headlines (removed of at least articles and conjunctions)?
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One word to sum up or describe “a bad boy” [closed]
I'm looking for a word that sums up or describes "a bad boy".
A young guy who is confident, aggressive in personality, punky, rebellious, a bit rough around the edges, a bit badass.
Preferably a ...
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How do you describe this trait/behaviour?
I'm trying to describe this personality trait/behaviour that someone demonstrates. Consider this situation; while a group of colleagues hangs out at a bar, someone suddenly
suggests a lottery group ...
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What’s a funny word for someone who is frequently breaking things?
What do you call a person who is not very careful by nature, one who is constantly breaking things, missing appointments, stumbling into walls, and things like that?
Hopefully not too harsh a name, ...
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Word for attaching blame to inanimate objects
In a recent court case in Darlington, a man was convicted of destroying a door with a machete. He was sentenced to some trifling inconvenience, but the magistrates were careful to order the ...
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Term for things like “naughty step” where the step is not what is naughty
Can anyone remind me of the grammatical term for the apparent misapplication of an attributive adjective, as in the phrase "the naughty step" (where it is not the step itself that is naughty but the ...
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2answers
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What would you call someone that you ask for directions?
I'm driving around and I stop to ask someone for directions to my destination, is there an English word for that person?
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Antonym for “prestigious”
I am looking for a way to describe a business that has sacrificed traditional prestige for effectivity. I understand the most direct antonym is unprestigious, but I'm not sure this word conveys what ...
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3answers
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Special name for royal titles?
Is there a name for the title/nickname that some members of royalty get? Example: King Larry the Kind
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1answer
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What do you call a statement like “How to perform a change of ownership” [closed]
What do you call a statement similar to the following?
"How to perform a change of ownership"
I wish to request user input by asking a question such as:
"Please enter your title in the ...
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Idiom/word/saying request: Accepting a situation out of desperation
How can I say for example:
Individual retailers run out of business when a big fish came to town. So they had accepted that they cannot compete and closed their stores.
In the novel To Kill A ...
