33 Names of Things you Never Knew Had Names

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[] ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
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] CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
[] COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
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] DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
[] FEAT - A dangling curl of hair.
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] FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
[] HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
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] HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
[] JARNS,
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] NITTLES,
[] GRAWLIX,
[
] and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
[] KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
[
] KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
[] LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate’s academic hood.
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] MINIMUS - The little finger or toe.
[] NEF - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
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] OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is asleep'. [*] **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.
[] OPHRYON - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
[
] PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
[] 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.
[
] PURLICUE - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
[] RASCETA - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
[
] ROWEL - The revolving star on the back of a cowboy’s spurs.
[] SADDLE - The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
[
] SCROOP - The rustle of silk.
[] SNORKEL BOX - A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
[
] SPRAINTS - Otter dung.
[] TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
[
] WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling.
[*] ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup[/LIST]