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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 that sounds like 'stircus,' means 'frenzied/frenetic
I'm not Australian, but I suspect the word is "starkers", a short form for "stark, raving mad".
Although several online dictionaries give the definition "naked" or "completely naked" (i.e. a short for …
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English word used in novels/movies/tv shows that means "a series within a series"?
A more specific movie example could be the Captain America movies. There's 4 movies in the Captain America series of films, but there's more movies in the overall series of films known as the Infinit …
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More modern, accurate word for "portfolio" of investments
English is not always literal.
A record "album" was once a booklet (similar to a photo album) containing several 78-rpm disks. Later it became a single disk containing multiple songs.
We once dialed t …
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Is there a noun that is like "law" except that it cannot, under any circumstances ever, be b...
I don't have a noun for you, but,
The closest I've come up with is "immutable" but that's an adjective,
I'd go with inviolable, meaning a law that can't be violated.
Immutable means the law never ch …
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An expression for section of leg just above the ankle
It's just the lower leg. The front part of it is the shin and the upper half of the back part of it is the calf.
The word shank was historically used for this but sounds very old fashioned today.
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One word for 'automatic nature' of doing certain things?
In this kind of situation, we often say we're doing something by muscle memory, even if the action isn't a physical one. However this usually has a positive implication, meaning you're so well practic …
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What's the word for a segment/part of a spectrum chart?
I don't know of any term that applies to any spectral chart, but this is apparently the result of a radiated emissions test for electromagnetic compliance. In this case we can say,
The test failed d …
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One verb, 5 senses
Take in
to receive into the mind : perceive
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Also: sense or perceive, but these give a more detached tone than you're probably looking for in your example.
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Word for a Person Who Manages a Pantry
Historically, in the household staff of a wealthy or noble family, this was the role of the butler. According to Wikipedia,
A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the …
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Is there a word/idiom/proverb for this Hindi phrase?
Try every option available, one will surely succeed.
Do you have any magical idiom/proverb or magic word for it that Google is trying to hide from me?
We often call this taking a shotgun approach. …
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Term that describes one who is an expert in a subject without having any first-hand experience?
You're possibly thinking of the Dunning-Kruger effect by which people who lack competence in some area are thus unable to judge their own level of competence and often over-estimate it.
As far as I k …
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Is there a single word descriptor for a plan, document, or process that is formalized only a...
The Latin phrase post hoc is used in English as if it were a single word. Its meaning is
occurring or done after the event, especially with reference to the fallacious assumption that the occurren …
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What do you call dynamics in which the more you have, the more you get?
for a term for systems or dynamics in which the ability to earn a particular resource requires having a minimum of that resource available, and grows progressively or exponentially with it.
In en …
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Unisex word (or short phrase) for "little black book"
Where back in the 1970's somebody would call someone out of their little black book to arrange casual sex, nowadays you make a booty call to one of your your friends with benefits for a hook-up.
But …
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What's the converse of a subcontractor?
In the case of building work, Party 1 might be called the "property owner". In other contexts they might be called the "end customer".
Additionally, and again in a construction context, Party 2 is (a …
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