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Is there a word for "air can pass through it"?
If light can pass through an object, or if you can see through it, it is transparent.
Is there a similar word for "air can pass through", or you can breathe through an object? This adjective would be ...
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X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...?
When working in a 2D coordinate system you could say that X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis.
Extending this to 3D, is there a similar word for the Z axis?
(I'm aware of Width, ...
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What is worse than "mediocre"?
What is worse than mediocre? Is it bad, or is there a level between mediocre and being pure bad?
Is mediocre slightly better than bad, and bad better than pathetic?
I want to use this in my prose ...
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What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between
For example:
1) In statistics, this attribute will always either be 0% or 100%, never in-between.
2) The boundary is either safe or destroyed, because there is never a state where it is only '...
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Is there a word to describe someone who tends to disagree with others only to upset them?
What's the word to describe someone who acts arrogantly and always disagrees with others unreasonably in order to upset people around him/her?
[I'm not looking for adjectives like unpleasant, ...
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Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely...?
What is the correct word for "happening every minute"? How do you pronounce it?
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Alternative to "manned" when referring to an extraterrestrial spacecraft?
In this question about manned spaceships versus drones, a user (perhaps jokingly) pointed out that "manned" wouldn't technically be correct when talking about an extraterrestrial spacecraft:
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What is the most common English term for a person who attempts a coup d'état?
In Latin America, we have the Portuguese/Spanish word golpista (from the word golpe = coup d'état). In the British media, I've read coup monger and also putschist (from German word putsch = coup d'...
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Oil is slippery; rubber is _____?
What's the best word (or words) to describe rubber's 'gripping' property that is the opposite of oil's slipperiness?
It's not 'rough', since rubber grips without necessarily being rough.
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Is there word like "excruciating" but relating to pleasure rather than pain?
I was hoping for some help on this one. I'm looking for a word that carries all the connotations of "excruciating" (intense, prolonged, unbearable, torturous, etc) but relating to pleasure rather than ...
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Does a word meaning "Created Recklessly for Temporary Use" exist?
Imagine you are surviving in the wilderness traveling in a wandering manner. You've found this landscape that is wonderfully abundant in food and basking in a very favorable climate. Therefore, you ...
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'Earth-based' adjective counterpart to 'Lunar' or 'Solar'
We have adjectives relating to various celestial bodies: 'Solar', 'Lunar', 'Martian', 'Venusian' etc. What would be the counterpart to Earth? 'Earthian' sounds very awkward to me... is it valid?
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What is a word for a person who uses resources to the maximum?
Is there a word (or words) for a person who uses all resources to the maximum; for example, a person who keeps on using pencils even if they are very small?
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What do you call a person who keeps talking about art; studies art, criticizes art, and thinks he'd be amazing with it. But he doesn't practice it
I've come across this word before. It's not "hypocrite". But the definition of the word was very specific. Basically it's an adjective, it's something you call a person who's really into art; like for ...
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What do you call a road that goes up and down? [closed]
How does one describe a road that goes upwards and downwards, as in the image below?
I'm not quite sure what word to use, although I am sure that there is one. Is it a zig-zag road?
By the way, the ...
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