33 Things You Never Knew Had Names

1. AGLET – The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. This I did know.
2. ARMSCYE – The armhole in clothing. I knew this. I took a couple of courses many years ago on constructing clothing without a pattern…
3. CHANKING – Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.This I didn’t know,  but it would be a really useful word for the mother of a small child…
4. COLUMELLA NASI – The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
5. DRAGÉES – Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes. This I did know
6. FEAT – A dangling curl of hair.
7. FERRULE – The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place. This I knew, and isn’t it also the bottom of a walking stick?
8. HARP – The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade. Yep, knew this, too having made many lamps out of wine bottles in my time!
9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER – A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.) Yes, knew this also but I think this is only true in European English-speaking countries. In the States I think  this is called something else…
10. JARNS,
11. NITTLES,
12. GRAWLIX,
13. and QUIMP – Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
14. KEEPER – The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
15. KICK or PUNT – The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
16. LIRIPIPE – The long tail on a graduate’s academic hood. And also the dangling part of a hood worn by men in the Middle Ages.
17. MINIMUS – The little finger or toe.
18. NEF – An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
19. OBDORMITION – The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep’.
20. OCTOTHORPE – The symbol `#’ on a telephone handset. Bell Labs’ engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
21. OPHRYON – The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
22. PEEN – The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face. Yes, I knew this one. A very useful word in Bookworm!
23. PHOSPHENES – The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
24. PURLICUE – The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
25. RASCETA – Creases on the inside of the wrist.
26. ROWEL – The revolving star on the back of a cowboy’s spurs. I knew this.
27. SADDLE – The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
28. SCROOP – The rustle of silk.
29. SNORKEL BOX – A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
30. SPRAINTS – Otter dung. Thanks to watching BBC nature programs, I knew this also!
31. TANG – The projecting prong on a tool or instrument. Yes, knew this one, too.
32. WAMBLE – Stomach rumbling.
33. ZARF – A holder for a handleless coffee cup

This was snagged from some Internet site…

Until later….