I am sure there is a Latin word synonymous with popular choice. Exemplī grātiā: GIS is considered the ______ tool for researchers in geography. where X is that Latin word synonymous with popular; go to; common; et cētera.

I have the need to describe, in a technical document, the particular portion of a star here highlighted red (or any of the other like areas): For example: The width of each …? shall be eight units at the point where they meet. While in the title of this question I describe it as an arm, ...

I'm looking for an adverb that means an action is done with some hope, but with not much expectation of success. Gamely is the closest I've come. Example: She dug ___ly into the ground, hoping the pipe was there, even though it really could have been anywhere. Example: I installed the dubiously...

Need a word like Renaissance Man. For example, consider there are two persons, Amber and Ed. Amber: Amber is enlightened in all subject matter including arts, math, athletics, philosophy, music, history, and any other cultural aspect of society. She is a woman who does everything and does it ...

To my surprise my spelling checker flagged the word "untrusted". I tried looking the adjective up in Meriam-Webster. Meriam-Webster however doesn't show any results. Are there any synonyms of "untrusted" that I should use? "Uncertain" is one, or "doubtful" possibly; but I would hate to perform a...

What does the American slang expression "ad' a boy, shooter!" mean. In high school I had an American teacher who would always say this, can't remember which state he was from, I think it's an abbreviation of "what a boy, shooter!". He would say this whenever someone would give a correct answer o...

Something can be quite exceptional, or it can be exceptionally exceptional, but is there a word to describe to which degree this is? Similar to Depending on how exceptional it is, ... Depending on its ___, ... Depending on the ___ of it, ... exceptionality and exceptionalness doe...

Is there a word for a job title that doesn't actually contribute to increasing productivity in an organization and is redundant, wouldn't matter if this positions were vacant and even if you make them disappear. A loose example would be document controller working for a very small valued and mag...

Is there a word for someone who is a genius, or intelligent, but ignorant of obvious things, in a none intention sense? A character flaw. I think of Orwell's "doublethink", according to Wiktionary, the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of...