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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Word for someone who is healthy
Each of your nouns are based on a verb about what the person does. If the person exercises you could call that person an exerciser. If s/he swims call him/her a swimmer. If they eat healthily call the …
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Is there a word for the person who hides truth in order to deceive?
There's the moral concept of a" lie by omission". For example, if asked "Did you eat the last cookie out of the jar?" and answer "No" because you palmed it and plan to eat it later, it's technically t …
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Multiple stone throws
This doesn't follow your "widely recognised" criterion, but I thought I would mention in Australia the phrase "within cooee" is similar to a "stone's throw", but the distance would be much greater. It …
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Is there a term for a word coined to fit the rhyme/rhythm in a poem?
The answer my English teacher would have given is that this is a contrivance. That is, it's a word contrived specifically for the purpose of a rhyme or alliteration. This means the poem could risk bei …
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Is there a single word for "money-mindedness"?
While 'pecunious' suggested by @tchrist sounds like the most technically accurate, in casual conversation the terms:
'penny pincher', for someone always checking they don't overspend; or
'bean count …
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Is there a single word for "money-mindedness"?
I just realised the word you are trying to think of: avarice, the kind of word that is used in the Bible and by 19th century street-corner preachers.
A person whose every action is dictated by money …
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A term for a "clean" win
I have heard "kept them naked" used to describe the winning team not allowing the loser to score, but I can't seem to successfully use a search engine to confirm this due to other uses of the word "na …
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