| Words For Unusual Things You Didn't Know Existed | |
| Aglet | Plain or ornamental covering usually plastic on the end of a shoelace. |
| Armsaye | Technical name for the armhole in clothing. |
| Chanking | Food that is spat out such as rinds or pits. |
| Columella Nasi | Bottom part of the node between the nose (base of the Septum). |
| Dragess | Bead-like pieces of confectionary used for decorating cakes and other 'sweet' foods (most often silver coloured balls). |
| Feat | Curl of hair (Dangling). |
| Ferrule | Metal bank on a pencil that holds the eraser in place. Also metal band on the end of a snooker cue to hold the tip in place. |
| Harp | The small metal hoop which is used as a support for lampshades. |
| Hemidemisemiquaver | The 64th note. 32nd note - Demisemiquaver. 16th note - Semiquaver. |
| Keeper | A loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle. |
| Kick (Punt) | Shaped indentation at the base of some wine bottles which gives added strength to the bottle. |
| Liripipe | The long tail on a graduate academic hood. |
| Minimus | Little finger or little toe. |
| Obdormition | Numbness caused by pressure on a nerve when a limb is asleep. |
| Octothorpe | The # symbol on a telephone. Created by Don MacPhearson in 1960's and partly named after the Olympic champion Jim Thorpe |
| Ophryon | The space between the eyebrows on aligned with the top of the eye-sockets. |
| Peen | The end of a hammer head which is opposite to the striking face. |
| Phosphenes | The effect of seeing lights when you close your eyes hard (caused by the exitation of the retina when the eyeball is subjected to pressure) |
| Purlicue | Space between the thumb and the forefinger. |
| Rasceta | The creases on the inside of the wrist. |
| Rowel | The revolving star on the back of a cowboys spurs. |
| Saddle | The rounded part of top of a matchbook. |
| Scroop | The rustling sound of silk. |
| Spraint | Dung from an Otter. |
| Tang | Projecting prong on a tool or instrument. |
| Wamble | Stomach rumbling. |
| Zarf | A holder for a coffee cup without handles. |
