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What's the word for the "back arm" if there is one?
I found something online that calls it the Posterior forearm
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What's the word for when two worlds coexist in the same space simultaneously but one is hidden or veiled from the other?
I might be missing something here, but this is describing an "invisible" or "hidden" world, where "invisible/hidden" is usually qualified by such phrases as "to the ...
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What's the word for when two worlds coexist in the same space simultaneously but one is hidden or veiled from the other?
The following term might be used, as, the most often, those more or less hidden entities are considered to be unacceptable from the point of view of decent society, or barely acceptable, or at times, ...
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Word or concept for when the correction to a misconception becomes more popular than the misconception?
I don't think there's a single word. However, there are common phrases "popular misconception" and "common misconception".
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Correct verb to be use with bow and arrow
You loose or throw an arrow from a bow after the draw and release.
You chuck an arrow from your hand.
You shoot a shot from a gun.
You launch a rock from a catapult.
Using these terminologies greatly ...
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"Suffer" vs. "suffer from"
I found '... developing countries that have suffered from the impacts of climate change'. I think it would be better without the 'from', but it would slightly change the meaning. 'suffered the impacts'...
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"Advantage of" vs "Advantage to"
Advantage of + an object: The advantages of the cellphone. (The use of “to” here is not possible.)
Advantage to + somebody: Having a lot of patrons has an advantage to him. (The use of “of” is not ...
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When you compare an object to a reference object, what noun to use to refer to the former?
Sometimes simplest is best. I don't see what's wrong with "The objects produced by Methods A and B are smaller than the reference objects." (Or FumbleFingers' suggested reordering.) It's a ...
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When you compare an object to a reference object, what noun to use to refer to the former?
A term found in this context, but perhaps not too usual, is the word "individual"; it is used commonly enough in biology. This term is used in set theory and logic; the entities discussed ...
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Is there any difference between "it's dead to me" and "it's dead for me?"
Dead for me means, I don't like or love someone anymore. I've literally stopped any relationship with them.
Dead to you is like assuming someone whom you know doesn't exist yet he is still alive. You ...
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What is a word for when an analogy could be used for both sides of an argument?
Rather than in terms of analogy and metaphor, I would formulate your question in terms of a single observation’s being offered in support of both of a pair of mutually contradictory conclusions.
From ...
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Naïve, naïf, naïvety, naïveté
Second, if not, is the diaeresis absolutely necessary? If "naïve" has
become an English word, is the accent still compulsory? (I'm sure
there are examples of foreign words whose accents have ...
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What is one word to describe the person being called via phone?
I just had this same problem and found this chat to help with an answer.
If the person who answers is reception staff I would call them "gatekeeper", however when it is a wrong number and I ...
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What word describes a person that doesn't pay his bills?
You could call such a person a cheat, defined by TfD as:
a person who cheats; swindler; deceiver; imposter.
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"You are likely to [verb]" vs. "you are like to [verb]"
"Does it sound grammatical to Americans?"
As a single anecdotal representative of an American set of ears, it does not sound grammatical to me (regardless of whether it actually is). Hearing ...
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What word describes a person that doesn't pay his bills?
It seems you are after a word that has a similar dual meaning. You may consider delinquent.
As an adjective, it is associated with unlawful or immoral behavior. Among them, though, is being late with ...
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Noun describing one who "acts on emotion primally"?
I acted on emotional impulse. One day as we were visiting my sick mom in the hospital, she had just went through bypass surgery and we went to the hospital to spend time with her. A nurse walked in ...
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Feminine equivalent to mate
Bud(buddy)/pal is acceptable for a woman known or unknown unless she says'im not your buddy/pal". "Sorry bud"/ "Sorry Pal" is somewhat appropriate.
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What word describes a person that doesn't pay his bills?
Another related term is mooch or moocher, describing someone who constantly takes without giving in return. It's not usually used in the context of a formal bill or invoice, but generally describes a ...
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What word describes a person that doesn't pay his bills?
A popular word is welcher.
someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager.
It's definitely an insult, and implies deceit.
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Barrier to entry in an industry or into an industry
If you are trying to talk about employment in the software industry, don't use barrier to entry at all. Barrier to entry would be used to refer to a company, established or newly formed, breaking in ...
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Barrier to entry in an industry or into an industry
One can use enter and a complement with no preposition between them—like enter the industry or enter retirement—or with the preposition into. But using in as the preposition tends to sound ...
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What word describes a person that doesn't pay his bills?
In British English 'largo' isn't a word that is used, and while 'deadbeat' can mean that, it is usually more general:
deadbeat
a person who is not willing to work, does not behave in a responsible ...
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"Watch" vs. "Watch as"
In a comment, Edwin Ashworth wrote:
Only the first can be used to imply going to see them run rather than mere simultaneity. The present tense He watches them run. would usually be reserved for time ...
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"Watch" vs. "Watch as"
In a comment, John Lawler wrote:
The first one is transitive -- it has a direct object, what he watched, namely them running. The second one is intransitive. He watched (object unspecified, though ...
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"Watch" vs. "Watch as"
In a comment Phil Sweet wrote:
The difference is subtle. The second one tends to shift your attention to the runners. The first one doesn't. I'd expect the following sentence to be about the runners ...
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Difference between 'willst' and 'wilt' in 'Shakespearean' English?
Shakespeare used wilt, not willst. Open Source Shakespeare, a search engine for Shakespeare's texts, turns up many results for wilt, but none for willst or wilst.
As user490759's answer says, will is ...
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Difference between 'willst' and 'wilt' in 'Shakespearean' English?
There is more going on here than any of the previous answers has indicated.
The verb "will" as I believe you are using it is a modal verb (not to be confused with the regular verb "to ...
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A word or expression for an older man trying to look younger
I am looking for a word or expression for an older man, often over 60, who usually wears fashion items ( shoes, shirts, jackets), dye their hair, and do their best to keep fit.
Since the time this ...
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is the monopoly reduced/ lowered /shared?
As Dan Bron says, monopolies are absolute: either there is one or there isn't. (There may admittedly be temporal and regional restrictions involved in the use of the term. 'InflationCo had a monopoly ...
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