# 33 Names of Things you Never Knew Had Names

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**Created:** [December 14, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/33-names-of-things-you-never-knew-had-names/210007 "2006-12-14T01:10:49Z")\
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[LEFT]I know… I have waaay too much time to spare… 😊  
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[_] **ARMSAYE** - The armhole in clothing.  
[_] **CHANKING** - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.  
[_] **COLUMELLA NASI** - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.  
[_] **DRAGÉES** - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.  
[_] **FEAT** - A dangling curl of hair.  
[_] **FERRULE** - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.  
[_] **HARP** - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.  
[_] **HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER** - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)  
[_] **JARNS** ,  
[_] **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.  
[_] **MINIMUS** - The little finger or toe.  
[_] **NEF** - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.  
[_] **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]