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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What is a word for an engraving-like marking that can arise on an object during manufacture?
There is a bow. It is designed with a special feature. And in the process of adding that special feature, it had gained a special pattern on its surface. What is a term that describes this pattern? It ...
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What is the person who collects money after a performance is called?
In any performance, whether it be a street performance, circus, cabaret etc., what do you call the person who goes around collecting money or tips from the audience? Do different type of performances ...
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What is a religious object used in pilgrimage called? [duplicate]
Character in the story has an object that he is supposed to take to a holy place. The object is central to his pilgrimage. Is there a term in English for such an object. Just to clarify, it is not a ...
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What verb and subjective fits for synaptic current? [closed]
From Wikipedia's entry for Synapse:
In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target ...
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A Ghost Town (but NOT)
I'm looking to describe (in one word/phrase) the concept of a town losing its economic popularity. Shops closing due to higher business rates. Traffic levels reducing due to lack of employment/poor ...
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Word for 'falsely harmful?'
While attempting to complete this quadrant contrasting/combining the meanings shown, I was unable to recognize a word that means, Falsely Harmful. There is no implied intentionality or morality here; ...
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What is the term for look that asks for thinking? And the question that incites thinking?
Imagine this scenario. Two people are having a conversation in which one is trying to explain something to the other. During the course of conversation, the exponent asks the other person a question ...
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What is an over the shoulder fanny pack called?
A fanny pack (a.k.a. a "bumbag") is a small pouch, usually sealed by a zipper, with an attached belt, meant to be worn around one's waist, an example of which appears below.
A fanny pack
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Term for a single piece of jargon
I believe there’s a three-word phrase that means “a specific piece of jargon, used in a different sense than it’s normal meaning.” It’s something like word of practice or word of field. It feels more ...
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is there a term which recognizes the angst we experience between the values of knowing what happens next or enjoying the suspense in discovery?
Pleasurable suspense is defined as, the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc., but it also includes preferring to experiencing life ...
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Word for Historically Expensive Products or Services
Is there a word for a product or service that was expensive in the past because of a high production cost, and remains expensive solely because people are accustomed to paying a high price despite the ...
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What do you call a specific 'snapshot' of the way a group of levers, knobs, and buttons are set?
An example paragraph with the word that may not even exist:
"I went to look at the old factory, and saw that the <MAGIC_WORD> of the controls showed that it would have been making chairs. ...
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What would be the time equivalent to the word "geographic"?
I am writing an essay, and want to say that two novels are similar despite being written in different countries and decades. The line is:
"...the two novels, which both make similar critiques of ...
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Is there a word or phrase used to describe romantic partners of a family both married and unmarried but not the family itself?
In a family with multiple married adult children, the non-blood spouses could be referred to, as a group, as the in-laws of the family.
If I also wanted to include unmarried partners (boyfriends/...
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Is there a word or expression that describes something that is of little or dubious value but that we are reluctant to let go of?
This is one of those words that there is a Chinese word for (雞肋 (jīlè), literal translation - “chicken ribs”) but I cannot find an English equivalent of.
I am trying to find a more succinct way of ...
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