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(singing) When our habits are strange and our customs deranged, that's our mores. (singing off) I think the word you want is mores (pronounced moh-rays), defined at M-W as: the fixed morally bind …

First of all, congratulations on your accomplishment. As a fellow M.A., whenever anyone asks, I always phrase it as "I have a Master's Degree." This conveys everything you are looking for, I believe …

I just went to look at my own bank account statement, and that column is in fact labeled Payee, for both my debits and credits.

You don't specify if the exam was of a multiple-choice format, but if it was, then your teacher may have been applying a formula similar to that used by the SAT test: +1 point for a correct answer - …

In the world of photography, a piece can be retouched (M-W link), meaning "to make small changes ... in order to improve the way it looks." When all photography was done using silver-halide on gelati …

It doesn't fit all of your examples, but for most of them the saying "You don't know what you've got until it's gone" (and its multiple variations) fits quite well. Closely related is "You never miss …

I'm looking for a good way to describe a particular personality trait. The subject in question is a very caring and nurturing person, the kind that seems to always know what you need to hear, good or …

Perhaps you could slightly re-arrange your example to insert the phrase "one-sided" They are doing X, and this is having a one-sided benefit for G's health." Among the definitions listed for one …

In the context especially of science fiction, when we humans go to the alien world and apply our technology to alter the temperature, atmospheric composition, flora and fauna, to be more familiar and …

Give your context and audience, I think you might be able to use the terms "transposition-dependent" and "transposition-independent" to describe a hash-function that does or does not vary according to …

Such a person is called simply, the scorekeeper. As defined in Merriam-Webster: one that keeps score specifically : an official who records the score during a game or contest We know the term …

This word does not mean specifically what you are asking about, but it would be one example of an affectation, defined by Merriam-Webster as: an unnatural form of behavior that is meant to impress ot …

You don't say what your context is, but if you are dealing with a mathematically savvy audience, two terms you need to know are arithmetic sequence and geometric sequence. There are dozens of sources …

I have used the word flow, in the psychology sense, to describe this sensation. It describes not just the immersion in the task, but the emotional connection to it at deep level that the outside worl …

While technically defunct implies the phone is no longer functioning at all, to say "almost defunct" or "about to be defunct" will get your point across. I also suspect that if speaking in an inform …