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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: 'Because of war'
I'm looking for, as I feel there probably is, an adjective that means something along the lines of 'as a consequence of war'.
e.g., "The women were bored by the X lack of men." Where X implies that t …
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To acquire butter on a knife for the purpose of spreading?
This is probably a really common word and I'm having a moment, but it occurred to me the other day that I can't think of the verb that describes the action of sweeping a knife across a pat of butter, …
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1000 Day "Anniversary"
"Anniversary" comes from Latin: "anni" [genitive of annus = year] + "vers(us)" [past participle of vertere = to turn]. I am interested in constructing a similar word which means "reoccurring every 100 …
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Word for "of or to do with groups"
I appreciate this is somewhat arbitrary, but humour me! I am trying to come up with a term that describes the following...
I am working with "groups" of people. This is the informal definition, rath …
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Hypernym for "conjunction" and "disjunction"
Is there a hypernym for conjunction and disjunction, in their logical senses? Just using "junction" doesn't seem right to me.
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