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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Generic term for either debit or credit
In double-entry accounting, transactions are a series of debits and credits applied onto various accounts.
What English term could be used to represent something that is either a debit or a credit in ...
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Hypernym for lossy or lossless?
Generally, there exist two types of compression algorithms which have the feature to be lossless or lossy. What is the noun to reference this feature?
The word lossiness seems to be plausible to me. ...
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Is there a term for "likes" and "dislikes" on a social network?
What is the term to use for "likes" and "dislikes" on social networks? Are they marks or grades or rates or anything else?
My purpose is that I'm programming a system where I have ...
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A superset of contractor, employee and businesses?
I need a single word to define an employee, contractor or any business entity (e.g. sole-proprietorship, corporation) that provides services in exchange for pay.
I saw https://english.stackexchange....
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Is there a term for the amount of time one devotes to a job, as in full-time, part-time, half-time?
This question came up when I was posting job openings on a website and needed to list the various aspects of each position using label/value pairs, like so:
Benefits: Included
Availability: ...
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Name for the property of a thing that allows it to be described practically infinite ways
There are things that can be described in numerous ways, but the description still means the same thing.
Is there a word or phrase that encapsulates such things, or the property about the things that ...
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