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The counterpart of "facial" for head
We have the adjective "facial" for the noun "face", and I am wondering what the counterpart for the noun "head" is.
I could not find it on Google, and ChatGPT told me &...
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What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
It'd be the blank in this analogy:
oceanic : ocean :: _____ : lake
(oceanic is to ocean as _____ is to lake)
The context in which I'm ...
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Enter is to entrant as exit is to * [closed]
A person who enters something is called an entrant.
What is a person who exits something called?
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What is the cold version of spicy?
My boyfriend recently told me that my new mouthwash was "spicy". Is that the right word to describe a strong minty flavour?
Example sentence:
Hot sauce is to "spicy" as mint is to....
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How do I call a word for audible equivalent of visualize? [duplicate]
I was looking for a word that would convey a similar meaning for "audio" as it is for "visualize." I ran into several suggestions, but as a former musician, I personally prefer the ...
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Is there a name for this format - '5:number :: k: ? '? [duplicate]
Is there a name for this format - 5:number :: k: ? ?
The question mark in the above poses a question. The answer is supposed to be found out by looking the relation of previous pair. In this case ...
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Irregular shape with projections and recesses that interlock with other shapes
What might be a word for the shape with a lot of random projections and recesses? I would like to describe the shape of countries in Europe where countries have interlocking shapes like distorted ...
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Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly
A more formal word for yearly would be annual.
I pay my school loans annually
I pay my rent check monthly or _____.
What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?
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Patriotism : Nation :: _______ : Religion [closed]
Is there a word similar to patriotism that refers to one's religion? (Rather than love for one's nation.)
Jihadist groups believe that their movement is backed by ________, just as the Sons of ...
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'Patriotism' is to 'Country' as ______ is to 'Language'
I have been looking for a word to describe a group of people that are very loyal and passionate about their (native) language.
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Word for a shadow's owner
In our workflow, we sometimes have someone do duplicate work for someone else, and we call the duplicate work the "shadow" job. This led to a need for a term for the original work in the database, so ...
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What do you say when referring to labor for an adverb?
Analogy:
Education : academically :: Labor : ?
I'm trying to fit in something to go here:
... not only do I have to do well academically, but also _____ (in my labor)
Parentheses not ...
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Word to describe rule of nepotism
If a rule of competence is meritocracy, is there a single word to denote a rule of nepotism, such as nepocracy?
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Child is to parent as referent is to what?
The referent of a word or phrase in a sentence is the thing to which that word refers, e.g. in "The businessman greeted me," the referent of 'the businessman' is the person who said hello, and the ...
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"Parent" is to "child" as "source" is to what?
I have a work question. In our attempt to give names to fields on a repair card we are now using the phrase "Source card" and "Child card".
My opinion is that it would be more logical to use "Parent ...
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