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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Waking up in the middle of a dream - is there a word for this state of mind?
I believe many people know this feeling: you wake up in the middle of the night, while still in the middle of a dream.
You are aware the dream still goes on, you can cling to it, but you are also ...
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What's a term for someone who selectively gets women's names wrong?
For example, calling someone named Denise, Deborah and other women by wrong names, but not with men's names.
Searched google and other word usage sites and didn't find much other than it could be ...
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Is there a specific word/phrase for when you recognise a location from a film/TV/the News?
I'm thinking about the eerie feeling you get when you go to a place and you recognise that it was once plastered all over the news because a serious crime was committed there - or if a serious crime ...
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What's the meaning of "QTY"? [closed]
I found the abbreviation "QTY" in an assay (not essay!😊). Can you tell me the meaning of this abbreviation? How can I paraphrase/explain it into ordinary words?
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Is there a term for 'Era when the gods walked amongst men'?
I need it for a story. I cannot use 'era when the gods walked amongst men' every time. So, is there a word in native English or borrowed from another language which has the same or a similar meaning? ...
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A word for something that is, "Bizarre" but, "Beautiful"
Is there a word that describes something that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc. but also beautiful, wonderful, amazing, fantastic, etc.?
Example: a word to describe a place that is strangely ...
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Another word for shaking [duplicate]
I can't find a noun that go with this sentence:
He tried not to shake, but he was already shaking like a ???.
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Looking for a word that is grouping a bunch of supportive phrases [duplicate]
What would the word be for a list of phrases you would say to someone if they posted that something negative happened to them? People reply things like
sorry to hear that
hope you're ok
but you're ...
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Hopping up and down with excitement
Is there a word for hopping up and down with excitement, in the way a child does in anticipation of a gift for example?
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If ‘provincial’ is the adjective for provinces what is the adjective form of ‘dominions’?
I have two category of territories: Provinces and Dominions. Adjective for everything from provinces is provincial. Like Provincial Government, Provincial Roads, Provincial Courts etc.
What is a ...
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What is the word for a word that is used incorrectly in a sentence [duplicate]
Looking for a term for when a word is used incorrectly for whatever reason.
Example
Even thought at the moment
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Even though at the moment
I’m sure this is a bad example. But I used it ...
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A word that resonates with 'powerlessness, incompetence, limits, smallness'?
I need a word that will be used by a God to describe humans as 'powerless, incompetent, limited, small' creatures. Though it is not meant to be in a derogatory manner. The God here is simply ...
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Is there a single word (or a short phrase) meaning "to be used both in the UK and in the US"
I'm looking for a word that is the 'opposite' of American/British English.
Is there a word such that
The word X is ???? = The word X is used both in the UK and in the US.
One possibility is region-...
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How to refer to this nose trait?
Is there a term to refer to a ridge that runs across the bridge of the nose that some people have?
E.g:
Ideally it should be a more simple word rather than an anatomical term
Example sentences: "...
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A word encompassing both extraploation and interpolation?
Interpolation is predicting values within a range of data.
Extrapolation is predicting values outside a range of data.
Is there a word that encompasses both meanings, such that I could use it to refer ...
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