These are things you didn't know had names.
- Philtrum - the vertical groove on the median line of the upper lip. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Ferrule - the protective point or knob on the far end of an umbrella. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Aglet - the tag covering the ends of a lace or point – e.g., the reinforcement at the end of a shoelace. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Punt - an indentation at the bottom of a molded glass bottle. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Lunule - a crescent-shaped body part or marking (such as the whitish mark at the base of a fingernail). (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Tittle - the dot over i or j. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Glabella - the smooth prominence of the forehead between the eyebrows. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Muntin - a strip separating panes of glass in a window sash. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Lemniscate - the infinity symbol (or more precisely, "a figure-eight shaped curve whose equation in polar coordinates is ρ2=a2cos 2θ or ρ2=a2 sin 2θ"). (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- FourChette - the strip or shaped piece used for the sides of the fingers of a glove. (According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary)
- Petrichor - the way it smells outside after rain.
- Purlicue - the space between the thumb and forefingers.
- Wamble - stomach rumbling.
- Vagitus - the cry of a newborn baby.
- Natiform - something that resembles a butt.
- Phosphenes - the lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them.
- Nurdle - a tiny dab of toothpaste.
- Box tent - the table in the middle of a pizza box.
- Cornicione - the outer part of the crust on a pizza.
- Rasceta - the lines on the inside of your wrist.
- Overmorrow - the day after tomorrow.
- Paresthesia - that “pins and needles” feeling.
- Crepuscular rays - rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. AKA what your aunt might have called “God’s rays.”
- Snellen chart - the chart you look at when you take an eye exam.
- Tmesis - when you separate a word into two for effect. Example: “I AM GOING TO ASBO-FREAKIN’-LUTELY BE THE BEST SCRABBLE PLAYER ON THE PLANET NOW!”
- Aphthongs - silent letters.
- Mondegreen -misheard song lyrics.
- Natiform - something that resembles a butt.
- Scurryfunge - the time you run around cleaning frantically right before company comes over.
- Obelus - the division sign (÷).
- Ideolocator - a “you are here” sign.
- Arms Akimbo - Hands on your hip
- Zarf: the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup.
- Columella nasi: the space between your nostrils.
- Armscye - the armhole in most clothing.
- Dysania - the state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.
- Collywobbles - butterflies in your stomach.
- Vocablev - the na na nas and la la las in song lyrics that don’t have any meaning.
- Crapulence - that sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much.
- Interrobang: what it’s called when you combine a question mark with an exclamation point like this: ?!
- Phloem bundles - those long stringy things you see when peeling a banana.
- Mamihlapinatapai - the look shared by two people who both hope the other will offer to do something that they both want but aren’t willing to do.
- Octothorpe - the pound (#) button on a telephone.
- Gynecomastia - man-boobs.
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