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  1. 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 the same way: …

  2. 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 curve or cause …

  3. 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 body …

  4. adjectives - "Inward-pointing" or "inward pointing" - English Language ...

    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 normal. The normal ...

  5. "visceral" vs "emotional" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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 the other?

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

    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 singular …

  7. Pipe invert and obvert: Why is it called invert?

    Apr 8, 2017 · In civil engineering, the words invert and obvert are used in the context of pipe elevations. I gather that invert means: interior bottom elevation of pipe, and obvert means: interior top elevation...

  8. Word that means "to understand deeply on an intellectual level"

    May 4, 2022 · 0 Viscerally - is to relate to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect. I am seeking a word for the "intellectual equivalent" of that - but visceral provides half of your answer!

  9. phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 20, 2024 · inward-looking (not willing to consider ideas that are different from your own, or to work together with people from different groups or places) or parochial (showing interest only in a narrow …

  10. onomatopoeia for taking a deep breath before speaking

    Aug 30, 2016 · I'm writing a comic, and a character is about to ask another character for help, but it's taken her a lot of effort to be able to ask for help. So, before she finally asks she takes a deep breath …