Questions tagged [single-word-requests]
This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Odd use of agnostic
I have heard and used agnostic to denote "uncaring". I was recently corrected on my usage of the word which got me thinking. What word should I use? Uncaring seems incorrect.
Some examples:
This ...
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Is there a verb for "adding something in front"?
I was wondering if there exists a verb that is equivalent to saying 'adding something in front'.
For example, if I have the numbers 1234, then I add in front 9 and I will get 91234.
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Common word for discount and supplement
I need a common word that in its meaning include either discount or supplement.
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Best way to call an artist that is not famous
What is the best way to call an artist that is not famous?
Emergent artist
New artist
Any other
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What do you call "that" or "where"?
For words that sit as placeholders for other words (and introduce subordinate clauses), is there a name?
For example,
The quick brown fox that jumped over the lazy dog.
The man who killed the cyclops....
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Is there a word meaning "an unwanted eponym"?
An eponym is one way to eternal (if posthumous) fame. But is there a word meaning an eponym someone would sooner not have? (One would presume that Captain Charles Boycott, Mr Justice Lynch, and ...
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What is a catchy word that means (non-)self-descriptive
I'm having fun with paradoxes, and I'm trying to come up with a catchy word for non-self-descriptive. Maybe "autosemantic" fits the bill for self-descriptive (definitely open to other suggestions!), ...
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plural of 'Davidovici'
I know someone named Davidovici, pronounced /dəˈvɪɾəvɪtʃ/ (i.e., rhyming with witch. It's from Romanian). How is it pluralized (as, to refer to the family): Davidovicis or Davidovicies?
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relevant to+dependent on a specific place, situation or condition
context sensitive?
i.e.
'provide a set of solutions through _ mediums'
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Is there a word for the uncanny ability to find one's way home when extremely drunk?
A small dispute broke out in the office today about this. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Name for a work attitude
I am looking for a name for a work attitude that can be described as the person treating their job as something of their own. To take some examples, they treat every single project or piece of work ...
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Word for "from this point of the document on it will be called simply XYZ"
Is there any word that could replace the phrase in bold below and retain the same meaning?
This document defines the intended
behaviour for the AVI to XYZ
conversion tool (which from this
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does "fey-lit" make sense?
I want to say a strangely-lit grove, eerily-lit in an out-of-this-world manner. Does "fey-lit" convey that meaning?
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What are antonyms of "tolerant" or synonyms of "cautious"?
I posted the following on Meta Stack Overflow, and I believe that there was a better word that I could have used rather than "a little too harsh".
Considering that my post fails all but possibly ...
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Is there a name for the relationship between two unconnected hypothetical arguments?
I was watching the Sound of Music and the song "How do you solve a problem like Maria" was playing and then they say "How do you keep a wave upon the sand" and "How do you catch a moonbeam in your ...
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