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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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Salt tastes salty then water tastes ....?
Water tastes like whatever minerals or flavorings are dissolved in it. It might taste metallic, or fruity. It might even, metaphorically, taste like a brand new day. When there is salt in it, it trigg …
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What's that word meaning 'thus more strongly for X'?
a fortiori
(It has an entry in Wikipedia.)
In Hebrew, we call it a Kal Vachomer (if this is true in a lenient case, it is all the more true in a strict case).
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What is this piece of children's playground apparatus called?
It is called a spring rider -- the thing on top, in that it is a dish is almost incidental to the underlying type of ride.
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A word or neologism for doing an action together
If you are looking for a neologism, I'm game to coin something. I am trying to tie in your sketch of a concept with the trend in newly minted combinations. I came up with "crowd-burst".
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What would you call someone who imposes on other people's generosity?
We used the term "mooch" (def 7) when I was younger. I think that one literary offering is "takers" (Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged)
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What do you call the different "versions" of a newspaper's specific issues?
I learned that they might be called "states"
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A word like "engooden", for converting something from negative to positive
And I don't refer to the baseball player.
I was asked today for a word which would indicate the changing of something considered bad into something good. But this isn't about "improvement." This is a …
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Hypernym for "day", "month", "week", "year"
Their hypernym would be based in their singular aspect of similarity — into what set can they all fit. So words like time and span (or even time span) would do the trick assuming you mean a duration. …
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What's a word that means "not omniscient"?
It looks like your difficulty is in finding an opposite for the "all" part of it. If so, you might simply need a word like "knowledgeable" because it would indicate having knowledge, but by implicatio …
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Specific word for discrimination based on religion
In some contexts, I would think that antitheism might work.
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What is the term for groups of numerals within a large number?
You seem to be looking for a generic term for subsets of 3 digits so if there is no specific, technical jargon for the collection of three digits within a larger number, then you might want to create/ …
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Collective name for prefix and suffix of a word
I believe you are looking for "affix"
noun
Grammar
noun: affix; plural noun: affixes
/ˈæˌfɪks/
an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word,
or in the body of a …
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What is a verb for "illusion"?
What about deludes? I haven't seen it used as your sentence would have it, but its definition puts it close to your meaning.
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