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Is there a word for "becomes empty"?

answered Mar 6, 2017 at 13:50

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Word for showing a small part of something briefly to hint to its existence or beauty without fully uncovering it

answered Jul 27, 2019 at 20:40

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Is there a word for "a person from another race"?

answered Feb 7, 2016 at 14:21

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"John Doe is an uninteresting name. Usain Bolt [is]/[isn't]"

answered Sep 4, 2012 at 12:42

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English equivalent of a Malayalam saying "In the land where no one has a nose, the broken-nosed one is the king"

answered Jan 23, 2013 at 12:44

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A word or expression for people who have lived at the same time at least during one day?

answered Sep 27, 2015 at 9:51

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Card with 10 tickets. What is it called?

answered Oct 31, 2014 at 12:05

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Adjective that means "snake-like"

answered Nov 14, 2014 at 15:43

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Tomorrow will be Muggy, followed by Tuggy, Wuggy and Thuggy

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 6:24

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Did “find” rhyme with “joined” in the 18th century?

answered Nov 6, 2022 at 12:23

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"to bath" vs "to bathe"

answered Nov 3, 2014 at 13:04

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sound played when a key character appears

answered Nov 25, 2014 at 17:14

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A number between 0 and 1 - like a percentage but expressed as a decimal

answered Jan 5, 2015 at 15:07

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Is a comma necessary in "What’s funny, is …"?

answered Aug 2, 2012 at 14:47

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What is this word in a sample of blackletter script?

answered Jun 15, 2019 at 20:31

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Single word for "personal vocabulary"

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 14:14

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What do you call a poem or song that sets up a rhyme and then ignores it?

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 15:28

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Is there a saying like 'those who find faults with other people tend to be blind to their own faults'?

answered Oct 6, 2012 at 12:49

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Proper pronunciation of Neanderthal

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 17:39

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Sarcasm without contradiction between literal and appeared meaning

answered Sep 3, 2021 at 16:23

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Trying to find a word similar to apex but ending with -muth

answered Jan 22, 2017 at 21:49

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Is it "abstain from" or "abstain to"?

answered May 1, 2020 at 13:02

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What does “balls” mean as a reply word or interjection?

answered Jul 22, 2014 at 12:11

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How could I spell out Pope Francis’s "Who am I to judge?" remark on gay priests?

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 10:05

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"s" vs. "z" in BE vs. AE

answered Sep 4, 2012 at 9:16

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When did "World War 2" start being called "World War 2"?

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 19:59

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The phrase "do the lions"

answered Jun 1, 2021 at 17:09

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How should I spell Zelensky?

answered Apr 16, 2022 at 13:43

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A single word for "the space in between"

answered Jan 6, 2017 at 20:02

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What do you call a note that gives preliminary information before the main part?

answered Feb 1, 2015 at 23:20

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