I'm looking for a word that means knowing about lots of different things, across different fields of study. The idea behind Renaissance man. This might be a noun or an adjective.     Mrs. Jones is (a) ____________. Although she teaches Spanish, she can tutor any student at our school in any subject.
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Possible Duplicate:          I just wondered, what could we call a person with deep knowledge in various fields? For example, computers, music, sports, etc.  I think I could use sage, but it wouldn't be appropriate if someone is experienced in multiple fields.
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I seem to recall from my youth, when my vocabulary was many times what it is today, learning a word (started with an 'a' I think) whose meaning was "an old, unused, or archaic word" or something roughly to that effect.  I believe it was an adjective though it might have been a noun. This would be quite fun as an  term.  Does anyone recall such a word, or am I deceiving myself?
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I am looking for a short and concise term (preferably one word) that can be used as a hypernym for essentially everything that contains (audio) speech (e.g. audiobooks, podcasts, recorded news bulletins, recorded performances of comedians,..).  Does such a term exist? I've thought about 'speech', but that seems to be more adequate for e.g. political speeches, and not so much for audio books and the like. But maybe I'm wrong.
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Is there a word or phrase that describes when a person professes to know about a certain subject, but in fact knows nothing about it?
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I can't seem to remember this particular word/phrase. I'm almost certain it's a two-word phrase. It specifically refers to someone who is skilled with the ladies, ie, someone who knows the tricks of the trade.  Usage: - "Unless you're a X-Y, that's not going to work with her."  Edit :  I'm not looking for 'ladies man', 'casanova', 'womanizer' etc. This phrase refers to someone who's more of a pro and one who is serious about his business.
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I recently read somewhere a single word that described a person who enjoyed an argument - in the sense of a lively debate. It may have been a word implying a positive or neutral context but I don't think it was negative or derogatory.  A complex word (uncommon in colloquial use), medium length (7-8 letters), possibly ending in -ic. One or more of these points may be a false memory.  Any ideas?
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How do you know when to use singular or plural nouns if they're used as adjectives?  i.e.     32-bit computer vs 32-bits computer?      teacher union vs teachers union?      wedding planner vs weddings planner?      sport medicine vs sports medicine?      student council vs students council?   Which one is correct?
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What is it called when you use many words to describe the word you want to use?  I know there is a technical word that's used in foreign language acquisition that means using many words to describe a word you don't know.  I'm doing it now, just talking and beating around the bush until someone can tell me the word I'm looking for.
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As a student you take exams and a professors sets the question. So he is the one who is the authority on the exam. I am looking for a word which can be used in the following sentence-     Professor Charles ____________ three exams last month.   If I were to translate from my first language, I would use took, but this seems ambiguous because it is students who take exams. Other words that I thought of but am not sure about are gave, and set.   Which word should I use?
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I want to describe a situation in which someone gets interested in something/someone to such extent that he forgets other activities and normal life, and just cares and thinks about the beloved activity/person. This is the sentence in which I want to use this word:     I devoted myself to this/her/him so (the word) that ... .   One word that comes to my mind is to use the adjective form of ascetic. But I'm not sure it's the best or even a correct choice.
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Looking for a word to describe a person who is rich in wealth, but is poor in class.  I've heard of words to describe poor people who have no class or manners, words to describe rich people who have class and manners, but I've not heard of a word to describe people who are rich in terms of wealth but lack manners and class.  Is there a specific word for that? I'm looking to describe a few men in politics who clearly best exemplify this but I don't have a word to describe them besides "poor in class but filthy rich"?  The sentence I wanted to use is:  "Some men in politics, such as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, have very contrasting attributes. Because they are both filthy rich, yet class is nowhere to be seen, I like to call these two _________"
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Someone said a word, or saying, to me that I didn't know the meaning, so I looked it up.  I cannot remember what it was, but the meaning was:     "Something good comes from something that was bad"   For example, I crashed my car into a beautiful woman's car and we then dated.  Please can someone tell me the word I'm looking for. I think it is two words, each with two syllable's.  Thanks for any help anyone can give.
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I was trying to convey my opinion about a person I knew, when I faced this question. I had to describe a person who cared only about himself: his personal well-being, wealth, luxury, happiness are his only priorities in life. He does not really care for his family members, or spare some time or thought to alleviate their problems.  What adjective is best suited to describe such a person? My instantaneous choice was along the lines of self-important or egotistic, but these adjectives intend “thinking highly of oneself ”, which is not what I meant.   Nouns describing such a person are also welcome. I am looking for a word as little disparaging as possible.
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I am looking for a single word for a person who is able to explain himself very clearly and using the best possible words, etc. I am not looking for "perspicuous", etc. The focus is more on the language part: someone who uses the right language and words to describe himself. I know the word exists but its just skipping my head at the moment!!! Please help.
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What could be a good word for "a group of intellectuals" or "a group of smart learners"? Any suggestions of related terms also invited.
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I am looking for a word or short phrase that best describes a scenario in which an author seems to have copiously placed uncommon or higher educated vocabulary in a lower reading level book. Meaning that the book seems to be for a fourth grade reading level and then every few paragraphs an English Doctorate level word appears, possibly to impress readers.
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I want to write a sentence "You can put any ... on our platform". ... is a phrase that would mean articles, online courses, educational videos, etc.  1) What would be the appropriate phrase?  2.1) Is "learning materials" too narrow for the intended meaning? 2.2) Is "educational content" too formal?