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What do rodents do?

word-choice single-word-requests etymology vocabulary

Origin of "jack sh*t"

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Difference between 'oxymoron', 'paradox', 'contradiction' and 'misnomer' [closed]

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Use of "elide" --common or esoteric? [closed]

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What do you call someone who's involved in a project (non-leading role)

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Why is it "Rhine", but "Rhenish"?

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Calque pairs like 'praeternatural/metaphysical'

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The word for a man who hunts a dangerous mountain cat without prophylactic? [closed]

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Word/Idiom/Phrase to describe a stage in a project's life-cycle when you are stuck and thus no progress is happening?

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What do you call a place which is temporarily closed because it's a holiday?

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What is a person being shown something called?

single-word-requests word-choice word-usage vocabulary

A word for being willing to accept the decisions and/or actions of machines

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Term for buzzing or hissing sound often created by vibration

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Alternative interpretation to the word 'rest'? [closed]

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What differences are there between "sitting room", "lounge", "lounge room", and "front room"?

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Is there a term for simultaneous snow and rain?

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How to describe word with many syllables

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"Approve (of)," "assent," "consent," and "grant"

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Is there a single word for "money-mindedness"?

single-word-requests vocabulary

What metaphor or phrase can describe an object that is aesthetically pleasing yet totally useless?

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