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Is there a word equivalent to "sighting" but for hearing?
I'm trying to write a sentence like
Nobody goes near the caves because of monster noises.
"Nobody goes near the caves because of monster sightings" doesn't work because people have not ...
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Is there a word that describes the group of words used to describe familial relations?
I'm not at all sure if such a word exists, but I feel like it has to. I think my title was enough, but to make it clearer when I say familial relationship words, I mean words like dad, uncle, niece, ...
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Looking for a translation for the German "hellhörig"/"ringhörig"
The German adjective "hellhörig" (sometimes also "ringhörig") describes a badly or insufficiently soundproofed building or room; i.e. being able to hear your neighbors through the ...
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What would you call someone who is constantly thinking of all scenarios/possibilities/outcomes?
What would you call someone who is constantly thinking of all scenarios/possibilities/outcomes? The type of person who, before stepping into a situation or conversation, thinks of all the different ...
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Ad hominem for non persons
An ad hominem argument is typically, according to Wikipedia, "a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument ...
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Word for 'of or related to division'
I'm writing a program with a numeric parser. The operations involved are multiplying, dividing, squaring, and cubing.
In order to define what kind of objects can be multiplied, divided, etc with what,...
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Term for poofy, fluffy, natural textured hair that is not an Afro
I'm trying to physically describe and disambiguate the people in a series of photos. Several of them appear to be African-Americans (or similarly racially mixed people) with "natural" (i.e. ...
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General term for economic systems such as Capitalism and Feudalism
Is there a general term for economic systems like capitalism, feudalism, and similar systems, i.e. which have something like companies or manors that are owned and/or lead by individuals that are not ...
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What is it called when the inference is biased internally but accurate externally?
Let say you are to make some inference about something, say a population. Typically you would take a small sample of that population and then make some inference. How you analyze that sample basically ...
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What's the term for a line of dialog that is repeated later in a different context, especially as a clever retort?
What's the term for a line of dialog that is repeated later in a different context?
Christopher Nolan seems to be fond of these lines. In Batman Begins, Ra's first says:
Always mind your surroundings
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A synonym for 'granular' / 'fine-grained'
As others have noted for at least a decade, 'granular' has become clichéd in business jargon for 'fine-grained' or just 'precise.'
I'm seeking a word or term (there must be one...) that sounds a ...
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What are these kinds of classifications called?
While browsing EL&U I sometimes see people pointing out in their answer that some words have been used in an unusual way (or should I call it structure?), producing sentences like "the writer ...
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Is there a word to describe names that have no meaning but take on meaning over time for example "Google"?
Sometimes we create names for things that are just meaningless identifiers, the only example that springs to mind is "Google". That "Google" originally had no meaning may be ...
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Is there a term for an intentional, pleasing juxtaposition of elements?
I made a paper plane out of airplane documents.
There's something satisfying about combinations like this, but I've never been able to locate a word that captures the concept:
It has the same feeling ...
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Word for an all seeing society/government type
I'm looking for a word to mean a society or government type where everything is visible or known to everyone, similar to omniscient. For example, if everyone (including government) can see everything ...
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