Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

Sources Wattpad , Phill's Info -

AGLETS - The plastic things on the end of shoelaces.

ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.

CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.

CHEEK - The side of a hammer.

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.

EPITHALAMIUM - A poem written to celebrate a wedding.

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.)

KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.

KICK - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity. Also called PUNT.

LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.

LUNULA - The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.

MINIMUS - The little finger or toe.

MILLING - The ridges on the sides of coins. Also called REEDING.

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 favorite 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.

PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity. Also called KICK.

REEDING - The ridges on the sides of coins. Also called MILLING.

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.