This question has already been asked somewhat, "Word for someone who wants to know everything about everything" The best definition given was pantomath, the problem with pantomath is that it means someone who knows all (along with wants to know all), while I'm looking for a word that describes so...

Many topics have ideas or observations that are true enough to pass in a conversation. It is reasonable to think in that way as you are glancing over the topic, but when you look in more detail the generalisation fails. Something can be true at one "level of detail" but falls apart at another. ...

Musk Ox travel in large groups and, when threatened (usually by a wolf), form a circle with the adults facing outward and the young safely inside the ring. 1) Is there a specific word for this innate behavior? And for extra credit: 2) Are there any North American animals known to use th...

We are building an app that allows appointments between people before noon, after noon and in the evening. Currently we are using Forenoon Afternoon Evening Forenoon feels a bit weird. Is morning a better alternative? Are the other options common?

If something is not published as a book, but is published in sections, or instalments, is there a word, other than 'instalments ? All I can find online is the word 'serialised ', but we do not call the individual items, serials.

If xenocide is the word for species homicide, what would be the analogous term for doing this to one's own species? I was reading an essay on anti-natalism and thought there must be an obvious construction along the lines of suicide, homicide, fratricide, patricide, xenocide, etc. Googling has tu...

I answered-correctly 4, 5, 6, and 7, but missed questions 1, 2, and 3. What is a word for answered-correctly? I have normally heard got used in this context, but I am looking for a word that suggests what is being referred to is a question whereas got is more general and does not suggest that. ...

When playing Stone Soup I've stumbled upon a weapon which name I've never heard before. The description said, more or less, that it's a sling's big brother, with its missile pouch attached to a long stick instead of a string. I've had no use for it, so I've left it where I found it. In half an ho...

We say that a light source shines, and that one source may out-shine another. Is there an equivalent term for a sound, that does not include a negative connotation? For example, "Her voice was able to [outshine] all others in the room." If we wanted to convey that one sound outshined another, ...