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What is a generic word that describes something a person is or does like a skill? [duplicate]
I am in charge of deciding the name of a skill in a role-playing game that serves as a catch-all for abilities/skills that are otherwise unlisted in our handbook (think skills that will help players ...
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What is a hypernym for artificial regions, like cities, states or unions?
I am building a database of sorts and came across this question. I am looking for a word that includes every region that is declared and made up by humans. So no natural regions like forests or ...
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What is an object (talisman, amulet, salt circle etc.) that hinders or stops an evil spirit called?
What is an object that hinders or stops a spirit (specifically evil) called? I.e. a talisman, salt circle, or any other enchanted object.
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What is the trade of an electrician called?
For example, a carpenter works in carpentry and a plumber works in plumbing. So what trade does an electrician work in? Electrical?
I searched the definition for "electrical" and found that ...
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Is there a hypernym for “public” and “private”?
Regarding privacy (in general) or visibility (particularly in computer programming), “public” and “private” are direct dichotomous opposites.
It seems hard to find a superordinate term for it; “...
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A word or phrase to encompass both a long, flexible neck, and a long, flexible tail (but not normal arms and legs)
Consider a creature like a long-necked dinosaur:
The neck and tail share many functional (and presumably anatomical) similarities. Specifically, as far as I'm concerned, they are both flexible ...
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Is there a general word for inhaling and exhaling ? Something like ''haling'' or ''halation''?
I'm looking for a word that includes both inhaling and exhaling that derives from the same ''halare'' origin.
The word ''breathing'' obviously does the job but I'm wondering if other words exist such ...
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Is there a collective word for describing synonyms, antonyms, etc?
I'm trying to create a phrase stating:
Homonyms are my favorite [descriptor here].
However, I'm not having any luck finding anything that collectively describes words like synonym, antonym and ...
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What is the umbrella term for being bilingual or monolingual? [closed]
I want to statistically analyse data which includes bilinguals and monolinguals. Being bilingual or monolingual are my independent variables. To analyse I need to write a column referring to ...
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General term for singularize and pluralize
I'm looking for a word (or small number of words) that is the general term for singularizing or pluralizing a word.
I've thought about "inflection"/"inflect", but inflection ...
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What is the collective term for policy, standard and guideline?
I know they are distinct, but if wanted to refer to them as a single entity in the distance how would I do that?
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1 word for books, videos, podcasts, speeches, etc. (learning materials)
Do you have any suggestions? I have some already in my list which I am still not satisfied yet:
medium/media
asset/assets
publication/publications
resource/resources
source/sources
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What is a hypernym for different fields of expertise? [duplicate]
It was only after he mastered psychology, philosophy, history, spiritualism, prophesizing and religion, in his old age, that he knew his know he could be at peace. He mastered all these ____ (...
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Part-time vs full-time. How is this category called? [closed]
I want to give name to a column where values will be "full-time studies" or "part-time studies". How should I name the column?
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Umbrella term for Invoice, Debit Note, or Credit Note
I would like to find a generic term for a transaction of type Invoice, Debit Note, or Credit Note.
The term transaction is already reserved since the context involves other sorts of transactions ...
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Is there a hypernym for person or system?
Say for example I would like to say that my system supports granting access credentials to both people and systems; can I express that in a single term?
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Someone who carries out medical procedures in a UI
I wanted to know if there is a specific hypernym for the role of someone who performs medical procedures (including, in this case, dental hygienists, dentists and dental nurses) that could be used in ...
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What's an umbrella term for the two words "temporary" and "permanent"? [closed]
I'm creating a form, by which a user can request access for a specific camera's surveillance tapes. The user can specify the permanence of the access: either "temporary" or "permanent". What's a ...
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Impartial or generic word for both stretch/dilate and squeeze/compress
Is there a word that refers to squeezing/compression or stretching/dilation while being impartial to the "direction"? For example, shift does not denote which direction is being moved in.
Malleate ...
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Is there a single word for “login/logout”? [closed]
Is there a single word that means both logging in and logging out?
I have a single file which I currently have named as Login. But it does more than logging in, it also logs out. I'm looking for a ...
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Hypernym of "invoice" and "quote"? [duplicate]
In the context of an accounting software, I've got both "quote" and "invoice" entities. They obviously share a lot of common semantics and behaviours, and I'd like to abstract those into a parent ...
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Is there a usual, widely used word (a noun) in English that can mean a nice/cute/etc cat and a nice/cute/etc guy as well (internet slang, maybe)?
In my language I have a phrase/wordplay about a guy surrounded by cats:
"I see just a bunch of _____"
I need a hypernym that is a word for the cute cats and the cute guy, in a playful way. In my ...
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Term for either the Earth's Moon or Sun?
Is there a term (compound word or phrase would be acceptable) one could use to refer to either the Moon or the Sun depending on the time of day? Other than the big shiny thing in the sky.
I'd use it ...
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What is the "class-noun" for online and offline?
If something can either be yellow or red, green, blue, then its "redness" or "yellowness" "class-noun" would be its COLOR.
If something can either be fast or slow, then its "fastness" or "slowness" "...
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Single word to describe "fixed" and "variable"?
In economics there are things such as "fixed" and "variable" costs. In math there are "fixed" and "variable" slopes. Is there a single word that's best to describe both of the terms at once? I've come ...
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Hypernym for “conjunction” and “opposition”
Conjunction and opposition are terms from astronomy and astrology, and refer to two celestial bodies (usually planets) being together, or opposite one another, as seen from a third body (almost-always ...
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Left and Right are "Sides"; Front and Rear are "Ends"; Top and Bottom are...?
I'm looking for a fitting word in the context of design/engineering. We have long structural members that go in an assembly and we need to be able to describe them based on their orientation and ...
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Collective term for bees, wasps, hornets, etc
Is there a collective term to describe bees, wasps, hornets, and the like?
I'm looking for a term that refers to insects that look like bees, wasps and hornets that could also sting. I'm trying to ...
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Word for "orientation" when talking about things that have two sides?
I am a researcher in computer vision, and I'm dealing with objects that have two sides - akin to coins that have heads and tails or animals which have dorsal and ventral sides:
In one setting, I ...
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Classification of species into native or invasive
In conservation efforts, whether a species is native or invasive to a particular area is often of interest. There are also sometimes additional classifications. For example, I'm working with a data ...
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Hypernym for "pertaining to (body part)"?
What is a hypernym for the adjectives which describe various body parts or systems? For example:
eyes : ocular
lungs : pulmonary
ears : aural
How would I best phrase asking for such words, for ...
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Hypernym for "radio button" and "checkbox"? [closed]
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Since I'm coding a shared css class for radio buttons and checkboxes, I would like to word it with the appropriate hypernym.
Kind regards
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Is there a word that describes both “providing” and “utilizing”?
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I'm working on a personal 'Purpose Statement'. I would like to make it flow and be succinct. The statement is
Purpose:
To make software more meaningful by providing and utilizing ...
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Hypernym for “sender” and “recipient” (in terms of a shipment) [closed]
What is a hypernym for "sender" and "recipient" in terms of a shipment?
I am searching for a name for a name of member of a class that can be both sender and recipient of a shipment.
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Is there a hypernym of actual & basic [price / weight]?
Is there a hypernym of 'actual' & 'basic' in this usage?
For example:
The actual price can be higher than the basic price because of fees etc.
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The actual weight can be higher ...
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Hypernym for climbing/descending stairs but not walking on even ground
Writing a concept description for a product, I'm trying to describe the possible modes of operation tersely.
One of those modes of operation is "Walking on even ground", another is "Ascending or ...
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Hypernym for comparisons (less than / greater than)
Question says it all, I'm looking for a Hypernym that groups ">" and "<" and perhaps similar logical comparators (">=") into a word. I'm not sure if "logical comparator" is even a valid term, and ...
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Hypernym for laws and rules
I need to find the proper abstract noun that can describe rules that are either issued at ministry level in some government and laws that are issued at the nation/presidential level.
After making ...
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Is there a word that could either mean to take a bath or take a shower?
Is there a word like that?
Example sentence:
With my stomach full, I __. This time using the shower.
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What to group planets, moons, and stars under?
I am working on a space game, and I need to group the planets, moons, and star objects under a single term. What should I call them? I can't think of anything other than "Space object".
These all ...
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Word/phrase to unambiguously refer to "aunt, uncle, and cousins"?
Consider this phrase
Today I toured around the city with an aunt, uncle and cousins who came to visit me.
Is there a shorter word/expression that unambiguously refers to my aunt, uncle and ...
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General Term for Incoming/Outgoing
I am creating a table for managing my payments.
There is a column that will have one of two values: Incoming or Outgoing. Is there a suitable table header for these two terms, in relation to payments?...
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What is a word meaning to quicken, or to slow?
I want a word that could mean to either speed up or slow down something. Accelerate doesn't quite work, because although it could theoretically apply to both, the default is positive.
Ideally, the ...
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What's the general term for pests and everything that can harm your crops?
When you grow some cultures in your farm you need to use some products against some "unfriendly" things that might harm your crops.
Fungicides are used to kill fungi or fungal spores.
Insecticides ...
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Is there an umbrella word for "Installment" "Lender" "Financier" and "Investor"
I have multiple category of clients:
Installment payment provider
Startup/Project Financier or Investor
Money lender
I am looking for an umbrella word suitable to substitute the above in general.
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Is there a word that means both "listen" and "read"?
I am looking for a word that encapsulates both listen and read.
I enjoy _______ poetry, rap, etc.
Since poetry and rap can both be read and listened to, I wasn't sure what word to use.
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Is there single name for Web Design, Web Development and Web Based Software Development?
We can use "Digital marketing" or "Online Marketing" word to use instead of SEO + Social Meia Marketing + Google Adword + Facebook Ads etc.
Like that, Is there any single name we can use instead of ...
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Is there a term for the "due-ness" of something?
I have something that can be one of the three states: current, due, and overdue.
Is there a specific term that describes the set comprised of those states, one that evokes the nature of the states? ...
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Hypernym of "movie" and "play"
I'm looking for a hypernym to replace "movies and plays" in "Some movies and plays ...". I think that there's a word that describes both but I just can't remember it.
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What is the group term for aunt/uncle? [duplicate]
Mothers and Fathers are called parents, grandmothers and grandfathers are called grandparents, so what do you call aunts and uncles?
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