33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

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1.       AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. 
2.       ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing. 
3.       CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits. 
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. 
6.       FEAT - A dangling curl of hair. 
7.       FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place. 
8.       HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade. 
9.       HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver,
   and a 16th note is a semiquaver.) 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
31.   TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument. 
32.   WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling. 
33.   ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup.