Questions tagged [word-request]
This tag is for questions seeking a word that fits a meaning. Please demonstrate why you expect the word to exist in English. For example you could tell us a word that means the same in another language. Please use a bilingual dictionary and include the result of your research. Please include a sample sentence demonstrating how the word would be used. If you actually seek a phrase, or don't care, see the "phrase-request" tag.
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What do you call a balcony above another balcony in a stadium?
What do you call a balcony above another balcony in a stadium? As you can see, there's 2 balconies, or balcony section separated by a LCD panels and I was wondering if these balconies were even called ...
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What do you call these type of desks?
What do you call these type of desks? They are extremely long and they are fixed, I am thinking they must have a name since they're so different from regular desks. Is it the case? If not, what words ...
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<Grudge>, <rancor> and <Ill will>
What do you call a long-lasting quite negative emotions towards someone because of their actions which has been remained since the past?
I wonder which choice is more appropriate in this sense?
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Making up illogical, unreasonable and unimportant excuses/objections
What do you call the the action of making up or seeking very illogical, unreasonable and unimportant ("excuses") or/and ("objections"). I wonder what idiom/expression/verb do you normally use for that?...
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To play with fingers on floor
There is a particular word for the action mentioned in Title line. I've not been able to recall it despite I've tried my best. Can anyone tell me what 'verb' that is which we used for such action? i.e....
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Is there a verb that means "make lukewarm"?
Is there a verb that means "make lukewarm"? I am trying to use it to say that the relations between two people instead of warming up as become lukewarm, but I don't know any verb that means "make ...
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A child who acts playfully
I am looking for a verb/idiom/expression to describe a specific mood/action of people. The term in my question is most of the time used for children in which they are not serious at all and just have ...
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What do you call the equipment at the end of a crane?
What's the red thing at the end called? There's a hook at the end of the red thing too, but I am assuming the whole thing must have some kind of name. Is there a generic name if not is there a more ...
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What do you call the sucking disks remora fishes have?
What do you call the sucking disks remora fishes have? I have read it as being referred to as sucking disks, but I haven't heard of a generic name for the organ or a specific name for the organ. ...
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Words meaning "aggressively cut down" and "very large number of trees"
Those are some notices (in parenthesis) for the mistake (in bold) I made in a sentence. But I don't know how to fix it.
Due to the lucrative profit from this practice, people and companies don't ...
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What do you call the little rings that hold the cord in a fishing rod?
What do you call the little rings that hold the cord in a fishing rod?
I did some research and the rings don't seem to have a name, but I doubt we call them rings. Is there any word that may refer to ...
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What do you call the back section of a plane?
What do you call the back section of a plane? Usually, the front section is the first class, I am not sure if it has another name, and the back section I have no idea what it's called. Is it called ...
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What do you call a helmet that covers the entire face?
What do you call a helmet that covers the entire face?
By helmet, I mean mostly medieval helmets worn by soldiers. Not helmet you wear when you ride a motorcycle although I doubt it would make any ...
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A simulated TOEFL examination prior to the official one
We have the adjective mock in English to describe anything that is going to be real (to me, it has a direct connotation of a simulated thing like an examination).
For instance, we have a test ...
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A place composed of many nations and races
What do you call humorously or in casual English a country / city which is comprised of many races from various provinces of the same country or other countries?
Is there any specific term, expression ...
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Sport teams classifications based on age
How do you usually classify different sport teams based on age?
In my country, we always for all sports have four and sometimes five classes which would be determined by players' minimum and maximum ...
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Alternatives for the suffix '-rooted'
I'm looking for an alternative suffix to '-rooted'. The word combination will be with 'spiritually-...'.
I'm thinking of using 'spiritually-rooted practice' but 'rooted' sounds so 'just-dropped'. On ...
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Any idea, belief etc. regarding the hatred of men
What do you call thoughts, beliefs which are indicative of hate men? The words that I can make-up are as below, although dictionaries do not include any if them and it was why I needed to ask you:
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Looking within yourself versus at yourself
I would like to know what the difference is, if any exists, between the expressions
Look within yourself
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Look at yourself
Don't both refer to using introspection to find out what you think ...
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A person who has developed only in one or many aspects of their life
What do you call a person who has been developed in only one aspect of their life?
For instance, someone who has just studied and did not achieve any needed experiences in society dealing with ...
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Use of the word 'feed' for visitors
Do we feed people? Does the word 'feed' fit best when we talk about guests or visitors?
Here is the sentence:
This organization feeds thousands of people who attend training sessions here.
Shouldn'...
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Using the word "profiteer" in noun and verbal form
What verb do you usually use to describe the action of a "profiteer"?
I know that the word "profiteer" can be used in both noun and verbal forms, but I think that the verbal form is used very rarely. ...
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What do you call the entire mechanical system that makes a bicycle rotate?
What do you call the entire mechanical system that makes a bicycle rotate?
This is a bicycle and in the bottom left you have the mechanical system that makes the back wheel rotate. I am not just ...
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What do you call a small gap that allows you to see through something?
Is there a word for it? I am thinking of things like a keyhole or a small gap in a bush. I am not sure if there's a name for it, but it would really help me out if you could find a word for it.
For ...
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What do you call the voice-acting and motion-capture combined?
So Ryan Reynold is Detective Pikachu in the upcoming Pokemon film, but he's not only voice-acting for Pikachu, but doing the motion capture. So what do you call the act of doing both? Is there a word ...
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What do you call the act of two separate teams within an organization meeting together to increase cooperation?
Is there a word like that that can be used to describe such an action, event? I used to work at a software firm where there were a lot of separate teams and they would sometimes work together for a ...
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Someone who often frowns out of anger/inmost unpleasant feelings
What do you call a person who often frowns and looks upset or angry?
The only word I found is "Sulky" which when I google it, strikes me as it is a sort of childish term or something!
The other ...
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What is the term for a physical division in a newspaper?
There are newspapers that are made up of several "mini-newspapers" (or "physical volumes"), for example, the "main news" "mini-newspaper", the "classifieds" "mini-newspaper", and the "sports" "mini-...
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What do you call a movie that shows how a person became who he is known for?
What do you call a movie that shows how a person became who he is known for? Let's take for example, Batman and Superman. Both of them became who they are through a series of meaningful events that ...
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Is there a word that means "being of X trait"?
Is there a verb that means "being of X trait"? When you give the definition of a certain adjective, you use the verb "is", but this leads to an imprecision in speech that sounds awkward, so is there a ...
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What do you call a scammer who sell products through the phone?
I am not sure if there's a word for it, but I am almost positive that I heard a word for it. It might be a noun or it might be a verb, but there was definitely a word for it.
For example, let's take ...
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A verb or an idiom for "half believe, half doubt"
Is there any word or some idiomatic expression that would mean "half believe, half doubt"?
For example,
Having listened to that weird story, children half believed it, half doubted.
Meaning that ...
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"Pre-reserve" to express retaining something in advance
Reserve means to retain something and to keep something for a particular purpose or time.
I want to use reserve but with the meaning of retaining something initially/in advance/before the time.
As ...
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What do you call a merging of two franchises?
I thought the word was "crossover", but I tried to google for "lego and lord of the rings crossover", but couldn't find anything, so I am wondering if there's a more suitable word for it.
Let's take ...
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Is there a word that means "arguing as in protest"?
The boy * his mother when he was grounded for not doing his homework.
I am pretty sure there's a word for it, but I can't remember it if there indeed is one. The above example shows how I want to use ...
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"Comprehensive quality" vs "comprehensive qualities"?
To be exact, Which one is correct?
We should strengthen our comprehensive quality?
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We should strengthen our comprehensive qualities?
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How to describe such a (nonsmooth) curve?
The only word I can think of is nonsmooth.
Can anyone suggest some other words?
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What do you call the act of going out publicly as the president in order to celeberate with the people?
JFK was assassinated while he was out on a *.
I am wondering if there's a word for going out on a car for a public celebration, like JFK did before he was assassinated? I am not sure if there's a ...
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What do you call a medicine that takes signicantly more time after intake to be effective?
I was thinking of "late onset medicine", but I am not sure if this is the term that would be used, and I am wondering if there are any other term that may be more correct or appropriate.
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Is there a name for something that was never told or implied by a novel, but that was decided to be canon by the author?
Sometimes, some authors decides to change his mind on something or decide to make something canon arbitrarily for no apparent reason, even if the thing the author claim to be now canon was never ...
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Entrusted stuff or stuff to take care of
For the thing that is given to someone for a while to take care of and then this will be taken back, what word is used by natives? Do you use 'entrusted stuff'? The example could be some books such as....
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Is there another way to say "reward your dog"?
I can think of a few options, but to me they all sound awkward. It's hard to say if it's idiomatic, because I don't have enough experience to know it. Those options are "tell him he's a good boy", "...
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Is there a verb that means make a satirical imitation of something?
I feel like there is a verb that means exactly that, but I don't quite remember what it is. Is there's no verb that means exactly that, there must be a verb that means something similar, and I don't ...
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What word refers to the structure of a sentence?
I am wondering what's the word that refers to the form, structure of a sentence? By form, I mean the number of predicates, the length, the subject, verb, object order, etc.
For example:
This ...
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Is there an adjective that means "fly, floats and travels in the air"?
I am thinking about how the seeds of plants often floats and travel by air, and I am pretty sure there's an adjective just for that, but I don't remember it. Dandelion seeds is an example of a thing ...
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A word for something judges do before issuing a final verdict?
I am not sure what it is, but I vaguely remember that judges tend to do something before issuing a final verdict. They do it to maybe buy some time or something, I don't really know, but I feel like I'...
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How do concern and issue differ?
This system is good, but one issue/concern with this is the cost.
I would like to know which of "issue" and "concern" is better for the above sentence I created. That is, I am searching for a word ...
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Is there a word you can use to mean "changing something to fit another purpose"?
I am thinking repurposing, but that's not really a word, and it doesn't seem to be appropriate when talking about a company, so is there a way to say it a little better?
For example:
Disney wanted ...
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Is there an adjective that means "does not emit CO2 or cause pollution"?
I am not sure if there's an adjective for it. I know people use the word "green", but "green" doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't emit CO2 or cause pollution.
For example:
The green electric ...
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Is there a word to refer to the result of worldbuilding?
Worldbuilding means putting details into a fictional world. The result, which is a bunch of details of the said fictional world, don't seem to have a specific word for it, or does it?
How would you ...
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