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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 the verb for the action of a coward?
"Cower" may be the verb you remember. One of its meanings is "to sink through fear".
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Word for first sale of the day
Handsel or hansel can be used.
Handsel (n.):
The first act of using any thing; the first sale.
An earnest; money for the first sale. [Little used.]
Hansel (n.):
A gif …
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What is the word to call a buddy who only helps you, but never asks for help?
You may use altruist.
unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others.
Cambridge Online Dictionary defines altruism as follows:
willingness to do things which bring advantages to o …
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Is there a single word to express the idea of "remove from existence"
Annihilate
(v. t.) To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
(v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so
that …
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"Initialising" is to "initialisation" as "enabling" is to what?
"Enablement" is the noun form of the verb enable. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition defines it as follows:
The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.
Other …
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"Dichotomy" but for three
I think it's sufficiently clear and correct. Lots of dictionaries list trichotomy with the definition "division into three parts, elements, or classes".
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Word request: Well-known and generally accepted
Mainstream: considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people.
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Is there a single word for "not yet released because it is still being worked on"?
In progress can be used for such cases.
in progress: in session, currently being conducted, in the middle of, progressing.
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What is a word for "known incorrectly"?
misknow (v. t.):
To have a misconception of
or
To have a mistaken notion of or about.
You can use misknown or misinterpreted.
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"Caution: Water Mo......." What is that word? [closed]
I came across a screenshot of a film on the internet, and there is a caution plate on the tree in that scene. I couldn't read the last word on the plate:
CAUTION: WATER MO..ASINS
What is that wo …
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Word for feeling conflicting emotions simultaneously
To [be in]/[have]/[get] mixed feelings about something:
to have different conflicting feelings.
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Is there a word for someone who loves blood but is not a vampire?
Is there an English word for someone who loves blood but is not a vampire? I just saw Excision (2012) and this question came to my mind.
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What is the verb for dividing something into regions?
You may use
I partitioned the paper.
or
I divided the paper (into segments, sections, regions, etc.)
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