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  1. "visceral" vs "emotional" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Apr 30, 2015 · What's is the difference in nuance between visceral (relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect) and emotional? How do we decide when to use one over …

  2. Was your fender "stove-in" after your car was hit by that truck?

    Is stove-in — smashed inward — an archaic expression? Is it a regional expression? I was speaking with someone from my hometown (Salem, MA), and he used the word during our …

  3. What's the word/verb meaning "to bend something inwards"?

    Dec 28, 2021 · This word does not start with S but it certainly carries the meaning you are looking for. It is a verb that can be used both transitively and intransitively: Incurvate (or incurve) to …

  4. Outward vs Outbound - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 20, 2022 · When you travel long distance, for example by train or in a plane, in other languages like Spanish (my native language) there are specific words that all the people use …

  5. adjectives - "Inward-pointing" or "inward pointing" - English …

    Possible Duplicate: When is it necessary to use a hyphen in writing a compound word? To hyphenate or not? Which one is correct? The normal vector we mean is the inward-pointing …

  6. prepositions - AT x position vs IN x position - English Language ...

    Apr 1, 2025 · Here are a few more examples: a) sens.: cyl. at/in rest position b) sens.: cyl. at/in work position c) sens.: cyl. is out of position Also, I would appreciate if somebody could tell me …

  7. What are the words for the two parts of a round trip?

    Are there two single words to differentiate the two parts of a round trip? If a single word does not exists, what is the shortest yet currently used locution?

  8. Verb for pressing upper and lower lips together?

    Mar 21, 2016 · As some of the comments suggest, pursing can be ambiguous referring to outward/inward lip rolling. This following reference explains more, and explains the related …

  9. Word for one who does not see flaw/fault in oneself?

    Aug 31, 2018 · I have been digging for a word that English seems to have a hard time representing. If I were to describe the spirit of what I'm trying to convey, it would be one who …

  10. Why isn't "innard" a word? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Aug 25, 2014 · As a dialectical form of inwards, we can read it as a plural (the singular inward being something on the inside, analogous to the bowels that etymonline mentions), or as a …