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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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I need a word for a Noun that has only one function or use
On a cooking show called Serous Eats, Alton Brown calls such a kitchen utensil a unitasker. It is probably not in dictionaries. He uses the term derisively, as in “Do not buy a unitasker.”
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Word for version number that counts backwards
How about something to do with ancestry or pedigree.
It seems that they latest is the newborn and the older versions are its prior generations or ancestors
Ancestor 1, Ancestor 2, etc
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What is a noun corresponding to "well-known"?
Especially in politics, but also marketing, name recognition.
the extent to which the name of a politician, company, brand, etc. is familiar to the public
He already has strong name recognition with …
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word for mixing bad and good elements in a policy or law
If you mean intentionally putting in the undesirable element in a piece of legislation so it will not pass, if is called a
poison pill
poi·son pill a·mend·ment
• n. an amendment to a legislative bill …
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What is an adjective for the side of a mathematically-defined thing that usually points upwa...
Upward
upward (adjective)
1 : directed toward or situated in a higher place or level :
And it has a symmetry with forward. Of course, it is only upward with respect to a point of reference, and in o …
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An abstract noun beginning with 'T' meaning originality/uniqueness?
Was it timbre?
It is a musical term meaning a quality that is distinct from pitch, intensity. So we could sing the exact same note with perfect pitch but there is “something else” that makes one irres …
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What's the appropriate verb for "Raising a pet and taking care of it"
rear
to bring to maturity or self-sufficiency usually through nurturing care
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear
FWIW I think raise is fine also.
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Two bodies that are combined but retain their individual identities
Conjoined as in conjoined twins, who are connected but two people.
Does not begin with “X” though.
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What's a word or phrase to describe something that quite literally assimilates from its surr...
Reflects
reflect verb (SHOW)
B2 [ T ]
to show, express, or be a sign of something:
Fashion reflects life around it.
You could also say that fashion trends are a reflection of life. (For example: Swe …
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Modern synonym for turnstile?
Faregate in mass-transit rail stations
WMATA (link is to pdf, quote from page 11)
Every Metrorail station mezzanine has an extra-wide faregate to make access easier.
BART
The Richmond BART Station …
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spy-training towns
Replica or Mock city would work.
This article describing training in the USA for military operations in the Middle East uses both terms::
A Replica of Afghanistan in the Mojave
...home to several m …
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What is the future equivalent of the word "Heritage"?
Legacy
anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor:
the legacy of ancient Rome.
Second definition: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/legacy
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As I stand on/at the ______ of a new chapter?
I believe you are mixing metaphors. The common phrasing "stand on the ..." ends with precipice. But that is for a situation that could become very bad very quickly. A precipice is a sharp cliff, where …
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An elegant word for "relating to knowledge?"
Intellectual fits the sentence but not exactly the question
Based on your use of “wisdom” in the sentence, you view these years for the attainment of knowledge and how to use it.
Intellectual:
appeal …
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