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What term describes workers that are not "knowledge workers"?

answered Apr 8, 2014 at 2:50

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Word for person willing to argue contradictory things depending on what suits him

answered Jan 20, 2013 at 17:38

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What is the equivalent of "workholic" for the family-obsessed?

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 19:06

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Which is grammatically correct: "first and last name" or "first and last names"?

answered Apr 27, 2018 at 5:51

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How ephemeral is ephemeral?

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 10:52

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Are "white" and "black" ever capitalized when referring to people?

answered Feb 3, 2021 at 18:55

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An adjective to describe eyes like these?

answered Aug 12, 2021 at 7:40

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How to describe a process that resists changes in velocity?

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 20:27

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Is there a word for the stopping of a downward movement specifically.?

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 21:34

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Adjectives used to describe a person who only respects rich people

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 18:53

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How to politely say I worked at the same company for 4 years in a specific period?

answered Feb 2, 2017 at 9:04

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The word 'overall' implies not quite?

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 22:00

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What is the opposite of a multi-tribal society?

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 19:14

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Word for moving a program into a production environment

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 20:04

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Word meaning: "containing no electronic components"

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 11:09

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What's the word (adjective) for a person who's good at lying, deception, manipulation, politics?

answered Aug 21, 2021 at 23:40

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What do we call someone who does not like to gossip?

answered Feb 6, 2021 at 7:15

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Exaggerating a sample to represent the whole

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 10:33

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What exactly does "popular science" mean, and what other words are there to denote things at the boundaries of "popular science"

answered May 11, 2018 at 21:23

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What's a word for someone who goes past their limits?

answered Feb 19, 2020 at 22:15

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how to describe the owner of something embedded inside them?

answered Feb 19, 2020 at 22:25

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Need a single-word term for "an artist who produces drawings"

answered Dec 13, 2019 at 9:48

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Looking for a word which describes something that doesn't inspire confidence

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 7:45

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Can one 'reject a vector on another vector'?

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 10:32

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antonym for "compressive"

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 18:41

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Can I say "Thank you for your flattering comments" without sounding negative?

answered May 19, 2016 at 1:46

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How to express "From the point of view of Information Theory"?

answered Jan 13, 2017 at 21:33

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"hadn't thought" vs. "didn't think"

answered Jan 23, 2017 at 22:40

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Is there a word for a subset of English specifically designed to be easily understood by non-native speakers?

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 15:55

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Should 'dotard' be considered archaic?

answered Dec 6, 2019 at 3:22

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What term describes workers that are not "knowledge workers"?

Word for person willing to argue contradictory things depending on what suits him

What is the equivalent of "workholic" for the family-obsessed?

Which is grammatically correct: "first and last name" or "first and last names"?

How ephemeral is ephemeral?

Are "white" and "black" ever capitalized when referring to people?

An adjective to describe eyes like these?

How to describe a process that resists changes in velocity?

Is there a word for the stopping of a downward movement specifically.?

Adjectives used to describe a person who only respects rich people

How to politely say I worked at the same company for 4 years in a specific period?

The word 'overall' implies not quite?

What is the opposite of a multi-tribal society?

Word for moving a program into a production environment

Word meaning: "containing no electronic components"

What's the word (adjective) for a person who's good at lying, deception, manipulation, politics?

What do we call someone who does not like to gossip?

Exaggerating a sample to represent the whole

What exactly does "popular science" mean, and what other words are there to denote things at the boundaries of "popular science"

What's a word for someone who goes past their limits?

how to describe the owner of something embedded inside them?

Need a single-word term for "an artist who produces drawings"

Looking for a word which describes something that doesn't inspire confidence

Can one 'reject a vector on another vector'?

antonym for "compressive"

Can I say "Thank you for your flattering comments" without sounding negative?

How to express "From the point of view of Information Theory"?

"hadn't thought" vs. "didn't think"

Is there a word for a subset of English specifically designed to be easily understood by non-native speakers?

Should 'dotard' be considered archaic?