I'm looking for a word that describes an action where people unintentionally persist with a certain way of doing things or continue to accept a certain practice even though they are aware it should change. Because they continue with it (whatever it is), those who are unaware (or even know!) of th...

Getting in arouse is a daunting long row to hoe, and virtually guys fail. They hit the income daylights barking up wrong tree of the gym by bodily of high expectations and jump with a deflated breast and a come forward back. Don’t be that guy. But at which involve do you gat what is coming to one...

Radial lines divide a circle into pizza slices Annular lines divide it up to make a bullseye shape What if you do both, as in polar coordinates? Is there a word that means radial and annular? Radannular? Radioannular? Radler? Context of the sentence: "Pictures were divided into radial/annul...

In German there is a term Beutelschneiderei which in all dictionaries I have currently access to is being translated as "daylight robbery". However, Beutelschneiderei in German is a very picturesque word, and my impression is that "daylight robbery" is more of a sober description of the activity....

Having an annoying skin tag on my back which I could not treat myself without impossible contortion, my G.P. gallantly offered to assist with his famed 'Cryogenic Clinic' available on Saturday mornings. Halfway through the treatment he stepped bask and asked (with some degree of irritation) 'Wel...

In a report, I have a set of experiences a person has reported experiencing, and a set of experiences a person has reported not experiencing. I want to give these a pithy descriptor since I've got a lot of these people. "Reported:" is easy, but I can't find a good opposite of it (can't use unre...

The context is a book on the interactions of pagans and Christians in antiquity. Sallustius is a pagan, but he put together a catechism of various pagan beliefs, which some of his contemporaries found extremely unHellenistic (a catechism normally being something associated with the Christians). ...

What is a word for a person with a skill level that is not quite as low as a beginner but not in any way competitive? e.g. I enjoy running and have a reasonably good fitness level compared to the average person, however, I wouldn't be able to compete with anyone who takes it properly seriously. ...

Today, I found the usage of the verb "peel" in OffSet site, which says: Man's hands peeling a pomegranate. I am sure that "peel" can easily be used in "peeling potatoes", as we strip off their outer layer (skin in general). But in sense of taking out pomegranate seeds, I am confused ... wet...

Because of its length, the two towers of the Verrazano Bridge are not parallel: they are [???], accounting for the curvature of the earth. There's a bunch of terms that come close, such as: Radial from the center of the earth. Okay, but this only covers vertical lines. They're skewed. ...

I cannot see untasty in Oxford dictionary. Also spelling checker tells it is invalid. But in dictionary.com, I see it is a related form of tasty. So is it a valid English word?