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term for a word that describes itself

Is changing nouns to verbs indicative of the evolution of English?

Flexibility of English: Always so?

The practice of identifying authors from their writings

Term for when a negative word is used positively?

Linguistics term for word choice

Word meaning "its meaning stands alone"

Why do we say 'year 1993' as "nineteen ninety three" instead of "one thousand nine hundred ninety three"?

Qur'anic Studies: Meaning of the word "tooth" [closed]

Are there any formal infixes? [duplicate]

Why is the sound 'air' in words like 'chair', 'pear' and 'where' considered a phoneme? Should it not be considered a blend of the sound? [closed]

In a case of hyponymy, mention which word is the hyponym; in a case of antonymy, tell what kind of antonymy it is [closed]

How would you analyse the following sentence on the level of syntax?

Might "worm" in Psalms 22.3 refer to "wyrm"/"wurm"? [closed]

What is the difference between "appreciation" and "gratitude"? [closed]

Is the [ʊ] sound pronounced with lip rounding?

Is there a name for the UK English repeating of a subject in a sentence - IE "I can do science, me" [duplicate]

Why is the state of being resident "residence", but the state of being president "presiden-cy"?

Modern replacement for checking frequency tables?

What is a good synonym for "sememe" that sounds less like academia jargon?