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What word means "the top of a person's head"?

answered May 19, 2018 at 18:32

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Is there a general word or phrase to describe the things you do after getting up, such as face-washing?

answered Mar 2, 2018 at 3:43

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Meaning of "16.8 hours a week"

answered Nov 7, 2017 at 14:05

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What does 'Big Hand, Small Map' mean?

answered Nov 15, 2017 at 20:32

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Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate

answered Jan 3, 2020 at 20:55

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What are names for a gold digger's man?

answered Mar 20, 2018 at 4:40

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Shoes with no laces?

answered Nov 28, 2017 at 20:20

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What's a word for the exact opposite of regret?

answered Jul 1, 2020 at 12:19

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Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience?

answered Nov 4, 2017 at 23:30

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Backstabs you constantly in a subtle way

answered Jan 4, 2018 at 6:39

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What is the phrase or idiom for older people who still can function properly

answered Dec 28, 2017 at 15:36

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Name for a device that prevents the user from operating something incorrectly

answered Nov 17, 2017 at 12:30

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Word request: a period of time in which someone's best work was done

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 17:07

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Mizzle and drizzle

answered Sep 13, 2018 at 0:59

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Where is the ‘abaft the beam’?

answered Sep 22, 2018 at 15:18

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What do you call it when a scam artist modifies the contents of a document to deceive other people?

answered Oct 13, 2017 at 7:50

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Is there a word/ phrase to describe somebody who has devoted their life to practising something but is still not very good at it?

answered Oct 10, 2017 at 20:15

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Another word for "theory" or "belief" that doesn't quite rise to the level of either. An atheist's "theory" of creation

answered Oct 14, 2017 at 14:32

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Word for something I should have said

answered Oct 25, 2017 at 15:04

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What do you call a spy's code name?

answered Jan 12, 2018 at 1:52

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Word for the movement of one fluid within another

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 19:06

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Person who suffers from unrequited love

answered May 12, 2018 at 12:12

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Why is it "on the inside" and not "in the inside"?

answered Jul 29, 2019 at 17:18

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Word for giving preference to the oldest child

answered Jul 31, 2019 at 17:41

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Who "died peacefully" first and when?

answered Sep 12, 2022 at 17:59

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How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week?

answered Feb 15, 2018 at 14:22

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What is "gratricide"?

answered Apr 18, 2019 at 21:18

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An English word for deception without telling a lie?

answered Apr 6, 2018 at 12:44

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Idiom meaning to talk about something everyone already knows

answered Dec 15, 2017 at 5:33

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Does "injection drug use" always imply the use of illegal drugs?

answered Mar 11, 2018 at 15:38

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What word means "the top of a person's head"?

Is there a general word or phrase to describe the things you do after getting up, such as face-washing?

Meaning of "16.8 hours a week"

What does 'Big Hand, Small Map' mean?

Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate

What are names for a gold digger's man?

Shoes with no laces?

What's a word for the exact opposite of regret?

Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience?

Backstabs you constantly in a subtle way

What is the phrase or idiom for older people who still can function properly

Name for a device that prevents the user from operating something incorrectly

Word request: a period of time in which someone's best work was done

Mizzle and drizzle

Where is the ‘abaft the beam’?

What do you call it when a scam artist modifies the contents of a document to deceive other people?

Is there a word/ phrase to describe somebody who has devoted their life to practising something but is still not very good at it?

Another word for "theory" or "belief" that doesn't quite rise to the level of either. An atheist's "theory" of creation

Word for something I should have said

What do you call a spy's code name?

Word for the movement of one fluid within another

Person who suffers from unrequited love

Why is it "on the inside" and not "in the inside"?

Word for giving preference to the oldest child

Who "died peacefully" first and when?

How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week?

What is "gratricide"?

An English word for deception without telling a lie?

Idiom meaning to talk about something everyone already knows

Does "injection drug use" always imply the use of illegal drugs?