101 Things you never knew had names

Army is a group of frogs.

Business is a group of ferrets.

Crash is a group of rhinos.

Gaggle is a group of geese.

Gam is a group of whales.

Mob is a group of kangaroos.

Murder is a group of crows.

Parliament is a group of owls.

Pod is a group of whales.

Skulk is a group of foxes.

Smack is a group of jellyfish.

String a group of ponies.

Trip is a group of goats.

Unkindness is a group of ravens.

Pass is a group of donkeys.

Acnestis: Greek words: aknestis, which means spine, and knestos, which means scratched . The area between your shoulder blades that you can never scratch

Accubation: eating or drinking while lying down. The practice of eating or drinking while lying down, usually on the belly or resting on one elbow, after the manner of the anciet Greeks and Romans.

Adronitis: frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.

Ailurophile: a cat lover.

Agathist: n. from Greek-derived agath-(good): a person who believes all things tend toward ultimate good.

Agelast: a person who never laughs.

Aglet: the clear plastic tube at the end of a shoelace.   the plastic coating on a shoelace Those plastic things on the ends of your shoelaces that you probably never think about are called aglets. We doubt you'll ever need to know this information, but I guess it could helpful for impressing people at a (boring) party? The clear plastic tube at the end of a shoelace. The holes you string the shoelace through are called “eyelets.” The part where you place your toes is called the “toe box.” The act if lacing up a sneaker is called “florking.” 
 

Eyelets: are the holes in the shoes where you string the shoelace through.

Florking  is the act if lacing up a sneaker.

Toe box is the part of the shoes where you place your toes.

Agraffe: the wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne.

Akrasia:  a lack of self-control or when you lack the willpower to follow through with something you’re supposed to do. It’s also used to describe a condition when you against your better judgment.

Algedonic: something that is both painful and pleasurable.

Ambidexterity:  is the state of being equally adept in the use of both the left and the right hand, and also in using them at the same time. Only about one percent of people are naturally ambidextrous. See also Sinistrality  or Left-handedness.
 

Sinistrality  or Left-handedness:  means you prefer to use your left hand rather than your right hand for routine activities, such as writing. Most people who have studied left-handedness believe that approximately 10 percent of the people in the world are left-handed. Sinistral-adj.   Also see Ambidexterity

Anecdoche: a conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening.

Anomia: is the technical word for tip-of-the-tongue syndrome when you can almost remember a word, but it just won’t quite come to you. See also lethologica- the inability to remember a word or put your finger on the right word.

Tartle: a Scottish word to describe the hesitation caused from forgetting a person’s name.

Aphthongs silent letter(s) in a word. Ex: The 'k' in 'knife'

Antediluvia: n you might not expect there to be a word that describes a period of time before the biblical flood, but the word antediluvian was coined in the seventeenth century, when the Bible was interpreted as the literal story of history. These days, however, antediluvian typically just means really, really old, often comically so. Meriam Webster-adjective: of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.

Apricity: Latin word apricus which means 'warmed by the sun'. When you're outside on a cold day and you can feel the warmth of the sun, you're experiencing a moment of apricity. "the warmth of the sun in winter.

Arachibutyrophobia: is a real mouthful of a word that means the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Arils: those weird seeds in pomegranates are called “arils.” 

Arms Akimbo: exactly what it looks like. Hands on your hips.

Armscye : the armhole in most clothing. Unless you're a seamstress, you probably refer to that hole between your shirt and its sleeve as an armhole, or you just don't refer to it at all. The proper term for this hole is the armscye.
 

Autodidact: a person who is self-taught. Among some of the biggest names who are autodidacts are Leonardo da Vinci, The Wright Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, film-makers Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Woody Allen and Stanley Kubrick.

Balter: dancing clumsily.

 

Baluster: the sometimes intricately sculpted structure that serves as the structural support for hand rails on a staircase, doubling as architecture.
 

Bang Poop “The cat made a bang and it’s your turn to clean the litter box.”

Barking Spider: synonym of fart (noun) bahrk-ing spy-der. “Timmy, did you smell that barking spider?”

Barm: the foam on a beer. Instead of saying "foam" or "head," you can either impress or annoy your friends by using the more specific term for the tiny bubbles that collect at the top of a beer after it is poured. Barm refers only to foam that collects on fermented alcoholic beverages.
 

Belgard: n. from Italian bel guardo (lovely look): a kind or loving look.

Biblioklept: a compulsive book thief or hoarder . One who steals books.

Borborygmus: The sound you hear when your stomach start rumbling. Its kind of embarrassing when you are in meeting

Box tent: the table in the middle of a pizza box.

Braces: sometimes known as curly braces { }

Brackets: also named hard brackets or square brackets [ ]

Parentheses: also known as round brackets ( ). Parentheses is the plural form of parenthesis.

Caret: used by proofreaders to insert punctuation or missing letters, the caret, ^, is also used in mathematics to indicate exponentiation (or superscripts)

Chevrons: also called diamond brackets <>

Ellipsis: the three dots that indicate a voice or statement trailing off...

Hamburger button:  the button to click or tap on to get access to the menu options. The three line navigational icon is named hamburger button because it looks like a hamburger: ☰ .

 

Octothorpe: pronounced /ˈɒktəʊθɔːp/  it means the symbol #, a.k.a. "the number sign" or "the pound sign, the pound (#) button on a telephone. hash, crosshatch, pound, pound sign, number, number sign.

Interrobang: the interrobang, ?! < these two symbols combined into one, like so: ‽, was a popular punctuation mark in the 1960s. It was found in newspaper articles and magazines, and even on Remington typewriters. It later on faded into obscurity due to lack of use

Grawlix: the symbols used in comics, used in place of actual profanity. It was created by Mort Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey comics. 

Tittle: the dots over i and j are knowned as tittles. The phrase, “to dot your i’s and cross your t’s” means to be thorough. The phrase “to a T” is thought to be derived from the phrase “to a tittle”.

Virgulilla:    Ñ  is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by placing a "virgulilla" on top of an N. ALT + 164 = ñ. For capital, press simultaneously Alt + Ctrl + 165 = Ñ.

Brannock device: the thing they use to measure your feet at the shoe store.

Bruxism: (ngalit) is a condition in which you grind, gnash or clench your teeth. If you have bruxism, you may unconsciously clench your teeth together during the day, or clench or grind them at night (sleep bruxism). Mild bruxism may not require treatment. The involuntary grinding of your teeth while you sleep, sometimes as a result of dreaming about eating delicious rocks.

Cachinnate: laughing very loudly.            

Cairn: a pile of stones is called a “cairn.”

Callipygian: adj of, pertaining to, or having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks.
Example sentence: ‘When he turned around, I could see him in all his callipygian glory’
Etymology: From Greek καλλίπῡγο, combined form of κάλλος beauty + πῡγή buttocks: the name of a famous statue of Venus.

Cancatervate: heaping things into a pile.

Chanking: spat-out food.

Canthus: is where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

Caruncula/carancule: the small triangular bump on the inside corner of each eye is called the. 

Chanks : Sandals; spanglish version of the word “chancletas,” (noun) changks. “Timmy, put on your chanks, we’re going to the beach!”

Chasmophile: simply enough, this is someone who loves nooks and crannies. (nook-a corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security. Ex:"the nook beside the fire"/ cranny-a small, narrow space or opening).

Chrysalism: the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

Clover Mite: the tiny red bug found on concrete and bricks.

Collywobbles: a combo of the word colic and wobble, it’s that feeling you get in your stomach when you feel anxious or queasy. Derived from the word collywobbles meaning 'queasiness or general discomfort caused by nervousness like Talking to a crush,  Riding a rollercoaster,  'Speaking in public,Touching a spider.

Collumella nasi: the space between your nostrils. That little part of skin between your two nostrils.

Constellat:  v.  form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together.
Example sentence: ‘Let’s constellate outside the pub’
Etymology: From Latin constellātus starred, studded with stars.

Coprolalomaniac:  someone who compulsively uses foul language.

Cornicione: the outer part of the crust on a pizza.

Crapulence: that sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much.  It's a shame this word isn't used more often since it so eloquently encapsulates what it describes. Crapulence is the sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much. Maybe you can diversify your vocab by using it instead of "hungover" next time. Another great term for hangovers is “the Woofits.” 

Crepuscular Rays: rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. AKA what your aunt might have called “God’s rays.”

Crurophilous or crurocentric , said of a male whose erotic interest centers on female legs.

 Liking legs.

Dactylion: the tip of the middle finger.

Darkle: the opposite of “sparkle.” To become dark.

Defenestrate: verb to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.

Degust:  v. taste (something) carefully, so as to appreciate it fully.
Example sentence: ‘I know you’re hungry, but can’t you degust your food for once?’
Etymology: From Latin dēgustāre to taste.

Desire path: a path created by natural means, simply because it is the “shortest or most easily navigated” way.

Dimples of Venus:  (also known as back dimples, butt dimples or Venusian dimples) are sagittally symmetrical indentations sometimes visible on the human lower back, just superior to the gluteal cleft.

DNA: stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid

Draconian: adj from Latin, of Draco: unusually severe or cruel. Draconian ​laws, ​government ​actions, etc. are ​extremely ​severe, or go ​further than what is ​right or ​necessary.

Duffifie: laying a bottle on its side for some time so that it may be completely drained of the few drops remaining.

Dysania: the state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning. Dysania means having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning but in my house, we call that Monday and also other days.

Clinomania: that horrible feeling in the morning when you find it absolutely impossible to get out of bed? Another word for it is dysania.

Earworm: the song you cannot get out of your head. Unless you listen to another catchy song. Oh! It’s not a worm in ear but it denotes to that catchy sound/music that keep on repeating in your mind when it is not even playing. It is also known as brainworm.

Ebullient  is one of many synonyms for happiness and means bubbling with joy and delight.

Ellipsism: a sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out.

Eucatastrophe: n. a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending.
Example sentence: ‘This is a eucatastrophe!’
Etymology: Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1944: ‘For it I coined the word ‘eucatastrophe’: the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears.’

Eyelets:  the holes you string the shoelace through are called “eyelets.”

Exulansis: the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.

Fample: to feed a child.

Fard:  v. from Middle English farden, from Middle French farder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German faro (colored): to paint the face with cosmetics.

Feat:  a dangling piece of curly hair.

Superman was famous for his feats of heroism, but he was also famous for another feat. While the word is normally used to describe an achievement, it is also the correct name for a dangling piece of curly hair.

Fellowfeel: It is sharing an emotional connection with someone. “Oh, she broke up friendship with you? We have a fellowfeel for you.”

Ferrule: the metal part at the end of a pencil. The metal part that separates the wooden part of a pencil from the eraser is known as a ferrule. Actually, ferrules are any small metal or plastic rings used to fasten or conjoin objects. Another item on this list — the aglet — is actually also a ferrule.

Fourchette: the strip or shaped piece used for the sides of the fingers of a glove
Example Sentence: A fine pair of gloves includes well-fitted fourchettes.
Origin: The French word fourchette (pronounced "foor-SHET") means "fork." It was applied to this item presumably because of the forking pattern of the fingers.

Frisson: the chills you get when listening to a really good piece of music. Or just anything really good.

Florking: the act if lacing up a sneaker

Flounder: is to be clumsy and indecisive, flopping around like a fish out of water

Formic acid:  acid produced by ants is called formic acid.

Franch: to eat greedily.

Frubie: buzzed ("Tipsy, slightly drunk") from drinking, but not drunk. (noun) froo-bee. “I’m feeling a little frubie from that third beer.”

Gambrinous: being full of beer.

Gash-gabbit: having a protruding chin.

Geedunks: a junky snack food (noun) gee-duhngk. “We’ve got some geedunks on the kitchen counter if you want a snack.”

Girn : to bare your teeth in anger and sadness.

Glabella: the space between your eyebrows.

Googleganger:  is the person with your name who shows up in Google search results when you Google yourself. Like, for me, there is a John Green who's known as one of the "Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery." Then there's John Green the realtor who has JohnGreen.com - my mortal enemy - and of course John Green with the mustache.

Gotchies: underwear.panties, underpants (noun) ghot-chees. “He stripped down to his gotchies”

Gound:  You know that gross muck you remove from your eyes in the morning? EEehh.. Yes, it has gross name. Rheum also known as Gound. Eye dirt.

Griffonage: old French word grifouner which means 'to scribble'.  unreadable handwriting. Doctors are notorious for "griffonage" or illegible handwriting. Griffonage is sometimes the most frustrating part of someone's day, especially for schoolteachers. The term refers to illegible handwriting. Thankfully, the prominence of typing is helping this annoyance disappear.

Gynecomastia: man-boobs.

Hircine:  something that smells like a goat

Hyoid bone: in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other.

a U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue.

Ideolocator: a “you are here” sign. the 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator

Impavid: adj. from Latin impravidus, from in- (not) and pavidus (fearful): not afraid; fearless.

Ironic:  something that happens contrary to what is typically expected or appropriate. Can apply to language, as when someone sarcastically says something but means the opposite, such as: “Justin Bieber’s pants look great.”

Interfenestration: the space between two windows.

Jamais vu: hard worker looking for extra work.

Jejunator:  n. from Latin jejunus (hungry) and English -tor (signifying an agent): a person who fasts.

 

Jirble:  v. to spill (a liquid) by shaking or unsteady moving of the vessel; to pour out unsteadily.
Example sentence: ‘I jirbled coffee on my shirt as I walked to my desk’
Etymology: Imitative of the characteristic sound.

Keeper: the loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.

Kenopsia: the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.

Knork: is a portmanteau of knife and fork.One or both of the outer edges of a fork-like utensil are sharpened to allow the user to cut their food.

Kuebiko: A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.

Kummerspeck: is a German word that refers to excess weight gained from emotional over-eating. Its literal translation? Grief bacon. That's another 25 cents towards the staff pork chop party.

Kyphorrhinos: a nose with a bump in it.

Labrose: thick-lipped

Lachesism: the desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.

Lateritious: is a long word with an unbelievably simple meaning: brick-red. So the next time you're cruising with friends or family, perhaps you can show off your extensive vocabulary by pointing out a few lateritious structures on your usual route
Lemniscate: the infinity symbol. You'll sound super smart by saying "lemniscate" instead of "infinity symbol" or "figure 8" like everyone else. The word is originally derived from the Latin word for "ribbon," since the material is known for its curviture.

L’esprit d’escalier or “stairway wit” : the moment after an argument when you think of a good comeback, but it’s way too late.

Lethologica: the inability to remember a word, phrases or names or put your finger on the right. Also see Amonia.

Liberosis: the desire to care less about things.

Limerence: n. a state of mind resulting from romantic #attraction, characterized by feelings of euphoria, the desire to have one's feelings reciprocated

Lunula:  lunulae (pl.)  the white crescent near the base of your fingernail, the lunule is touted by some to be a health indicator for a range of health problems, from mineral deficiency to kidney problems. The lunula, or lunulae (pl.) (little moon in Latin), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the visible part of the root of the nail. It is located at the end of the nail (that is closest to the skin of the finger), but it still lies under the nail.

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. 
Mimimus: your little toe or finger.

Misophonia: getting mad at someone for eating or breathing too loudly (among other things). It’s also a brain disorder.

Mollycoddle: v.  Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.
Example sentence: ‘Don’t mollycoddle me!’
Etymology: From molly n. (formerly also Mally) a girl, a woman, especially a lower-class one, pet-form of the female forename Mary and coddle v. ‘to treat as an invalid in need of nourishing food and nursing’.

Monachopsis: the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. 
Mondegreen: misheard song lyrics. Remember the time when you sang: "We're going to eat pizza!" when in fact Vengaboys were simply singing about "Going to Ibiza!"? You've been mishearing lyrics.

Mononymous: is  a person known by one name like Adele or Moby or Voltaire or Madonna. By the way, just for the record, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Richard Melville Hall, Francois-Marie Arouet and Madonna, its just Madonna.

Morton's toe: when your second toe is bigger than your big toe.

Mumpsimus: n.  A traditional custom or notion that is adhered to although it has been shown to be unreasonable. a person who obstinately adheres to unreasonable customs or notions.
Example sentence: ‘The hubbub about split infinitives is such a mumpsimus!’
Etymology: From post-classical Latin mumpsimus, an error for classical Latin sumpsimus ‘we have taken’, apparently in allusion to the story of an illiterate English priest, who when corrected for reading ‘quod ore mumpsimus’ in the Mass, replied, ‘I will not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus’.

Mundungus: stinky tobacco. Surely this should make us wonder about. "tobacco with an offensive odor.  

Muntin: the strip separating window panes. Pane-glass in a frame. Many windows are separated into segments by strips of wood or metal. These separators are called muntins.

Natiform: something that resembles a butt. Words used for things that are shaped like an ass. Like this mushroom.

Nazzard : lowly or weak person

Nibling: the non-gender-specific term for a niece or nephew — like sibling. The child of one's sibling (in other words, one's niece or nephew), especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term.

Niddick: technical term for the nape of the neck

Niggly Wiggly: the paper ribbon at the top of Hershey’s Kiss.

Nodus Tollens: the realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore.

Nose Pads: they are transparent, oval-shaped attachments on the inner part of eye glasses and sun shades. They rest on the nose and protect it from the frame marks.

Nurdle:  a tiny dab of toothpaste. People overcome many hurdles each day, and if they listen to their dentist, then they also face two to three nurdles a day. Nurdle is the term for the small dab of toothpaste you put on your toothbrush each morning and night.

Obelus: the division sign (÷).The division sign, the one with the dots above and below a dash. In ancient times, the sign is used to mark passages that have issues and require a second look. It was not used to signify division until the 1600s.

Occhiolism: the awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
Octothorpe; pronounced /ˈɒktəʊθɔːp/  it means the symbol #, a.k.a. "the number sign" or "the pound sign, the pound (#) button on a telephone. hash, crosshatch, pound, pound sign, number, number sign.

Onychotillomaniac: someone who constantly picks his or her nails.

Onygophagist: ancient Greek  (ónux, “claw, nail”) + (-phagos, “eater”)   A person who bites his or her nails. especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.

Opia: the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.

Osculable: adj. That can be kissed.
Example sentence: ‘Are you osculable?’
Etymology: A nonce-word, from classical Latin ōsculāt-, past participial stem of ōsculārī to kiss.

Overmorrow: the day after tomorrow.

Oxytocin: otherwise known as the love hormone

Oyster pail:  the cheap, durable, easy to carry paperboard container your Chinese takeout comes in. The smart packaging design can actually be unfolded to form a plate, but with the use of chopsticks, it is easy to eat out of the pail, as is.

Palindromes: are words or phrases that read the same way forward or backward. Like "Mom" or "Taco Cat" or the sentence "Marge lets Norah see Sharons telegram."

Examples of palindromes include:

Mom

Dad

Step on no pets

Malayalam

Taco cat

Marge lets Norah see Sharons telegram

Semordnilap: reads one backward, the word itself if we read backward is Palindromes

Pandiculation: is something you've done many times in your life, and it's contagious. It's the act of yawning, or more specifically, of stretching one's self. Pandiculation derives from the Latin word pandiculari, which means to stretch one's self, from pandere, which means to stretch.

Parenthesia: there is a numbness and a wave of tingling (or ants crawling) sensation that lasts for under a minute. It is the “pins and needles” feeling sometimes causing numbness. Mostly people use to say that “My feet is asleep” when they are having paresthesia. 

Paroxysm: n from Greek-derived paroxysmós (irritation): a fit of violent action or emotion.

Pate:  the top of a person’s head; the crown.

Peen: the side opposite the hammer’s striking side. The end of a hammer head opposite the face. It is generally wedge-shaped, curved, or spherical in shape.

Peladophobia: is the fear of bald people. It is most frequently suffered by balding people. Don't worry James Madison, you die before you go bald.

Pentheraphobia: is the fear of your mother-in-law which I don't have. I would tell you if I did. I don't. I promise, I don't. No, what are you talking about, I do not. No. No. She's awesome. She really is awesome actually.

Petrichor: (alimuong) Greek "Petra" meaning stone and "ichor" meaning the blood of the gods and goddesses. Do you love the smell of rain? That clean greenish aroma when rain drops hit dry ground?.

Palindromes: are words or phrases that read the same way forward or backward. Like "Mom" or "Taco Cat" or the sentence "Marge lets Norah see Sharons telegram."

Pandemonium: wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. "pandemonium broke out", synonyms  chaos, mayhem, uproar, turmoil, tumult, commotion, confusion, anarchy, furor, bedlam, hubbub, rumpus , nformalhullabaloo, hoopla, "we heard a bang and then there was complete pandemonium"

 John Milton, a writer of the 17th century, coined the term Pandemonium (note the capital P) as the name for the capital of Hell in "Paradise Lost." However, now, pandemonium (lowercase p) tends to refer to chaos or a chaotic scene. Do you remember the tragic pandemonium from "Lion King?"

Philtrum;  the groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips. The depressed area of skin under your nose and above your upper lip. You know that little groove between your lips and nose? It actually has a name. In other mammals, the philtrum is used to carry moisture from the mouth to the nose pad, but the human philtrum serves no apparent function.

Phloem Bundles:  The strings on a banana that come off when you peel a banana. Phloems in plants deliver nutrients to various parts of the plant.

Phosphenes: the lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them. Usually you'll just see black when you close your eyes. However, everyone experiences the sensation of seeing bright lights if they close their eyes very tightly. These lights are known as phosphenes, which comes from the Greek words that mean "to show light." A sensation of a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light.

Close your eyes tightly or press them with hand and see the bright lights in it. Well every time you close your eyes you see black colour but when you close them hard, then you see bright colour. These bright colour lights are called ‘Phosphenes”

Pilgarlik : someone who is bald. Apparently, in the 16th century, they thought bald men’s heads looked like peeled garlic

Pogonotrophy: growing and grooming a beard or other facial hair.

Poobah: a powerful person.

Powercycling: the IT guy’s ultimate solution; turning it off then turning it on again. the act of turning a piece of equipment, usually a computer, off and then on again.

Preantepenultimate: fourth from last.

Pulchritudinous Ladies, if you ever encounter a man who calls you pulchritudinous, he just might be a keeper, because this 15-letter adjective means beautiful. And what's more interesting is that the word only applies to the beauty of people. There's something special about being pulchritudinous, and you've got it! It is a way to describe great physical beauty. A person who is very beautiful would be described as pulchritudinous.

Pulchritude: n from Latin pulchritūdō: physical beauty; comeliness.

Pull Tab: It is also known as slider or slider head. It is the part attaché to zip to open or close it.

Punt: the bottom of a wine bottle. indent on the bottom of wine bottle
Purlicue: the space between the thumb and forefingers. The space between your pointer finger and your thumb is referred to as the purlicue. The word is also used in reference to a flourish or curl at the end of a handwritten word.

Quin·cunx: an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on dice or playing cards, and in planting trees.

Resceta: rascettes or Rascette lines or bracelet lines - The deep transverse creases across your wrist at the base of the palm are rasceta or rascettes,  the lines on the inside of your wrist. The young people wrinkles across your wrist, rascette lines, are also known as bracelet lines, and are believed in palmistry to signify health and longevity.

The young people wrinkles across your wrist, rascette lines, are also known as bracelet lines, and are believed in palmistry to signify health and longevity.

Rasher: a thin slice of bacon.

Retal Tenesmus: the feeling of incomplete defecation.

Scroop is the rustling swooshy sound that ballgowns make. More generally, its the sound produced by the movement of silk.

Rhinorrhea: runny nose.

Rhinotillexomania:  obsessive nose picking is called.

Ribazuba: Ivory from a walrus.

River: the white spaces that randomly line up in a paragraph of text.

Rowel:  the part of a cowboy’s spur, which has sharp points and rotates.

Rubatosis: the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.

Runcation: removing weeds. (obsolete) The act of weeding by hand.

Scha·den·freu·de: pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

Sciapodous: having large feet.

Scintillate: emitting sparks.

Scroop: is the rustling swooshy sound that ballgowns make. More generally, its the sound produced by the movement of silk.

Scurrydunge: the hasty, last-minute, cleaning up of the house when guests are on their way over..

Smantic satiation: what happens when you say a word so long it loses meaning.

Semordnilap:  a word or phrase that reads one way forwards but another way backwards. Ex: stressed/desserts, diaper/repaid  ." Other examples include diaper, parts and of course, semordnilap itself.

Septuagenarian: chances are you know a few septuagenarians. Your own parents or grandparents may be septuagenarians! Although we refer to them as either senior citizens or elderly, anyone between the ages of 70-79 is a septuagenarian. Do you think there are any restaurants with septuagenarian discounts?

Sinistrality:  or Left-handedness means you prefer to use your left hand rather than your right hand for routine activities, such as writing. Most people who have studied left-handedness believe that approximately 10 percent of the people in the world are left-handed. Sinistral-adj.   Also see Ambidexterity

Skonk: old person shit-talking during a card game (usually rummy or euchre).
(verb) skonk. “I’m gonna skonk you! ”

Skulduggery:  n from Scottish sculduddery: underhand dealing; trickery

slonk: v. To swallow greedily.
Example sentence: ‘I’m so hungry, I could slonk an entire steak right now’ 
Etymology: Of obscure origin, perhaps from Dutch slokken to swallow or Middle Low German -slunc, Low German slunk, German dialect schlunk, schlonk gullet, gorge, abyss.

Sneckdraw: a sneaky or mean person

Snellen chart: the chart you look at when you take an eye exam.

Snollygoster: a person guided by personal advantage rather than consistent principles. See: every politician ever.

Snood: the fleshy thing around the neck of a turkey.

Sonder: the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.

Souffle cup: a ketchup/condiment cup. It's the tiny white paper cups they use in restaurants for ketchup and other condiments is what they meant by " souffle cups", not the actual dish you cook souffles in (in which you are right, those are called ramekins

Stapes: or  called also stirrup by Meriam Webster & Wikipedia) is the smallest bone in the human body,  the third bone of the three ossicles in the middle ear. The stapes is a stirrup-shaped bone, and. It rests on the oval window, to which it is connected by an annular ligament.

Stirrup: each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot.

Steatopygic: Having a large butt. extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women. Origin of steatopygia Expand

Superannuated : Deriving from the Medieval Latin word superannuatus, meaning to be too old, superannuated applies to anything that is too old to work or function. If your refrigerator isn't running, it could be because it's superannuated.

Swullocking: humid weather.

Tartle:  a Scottish word to describe the hesitation caused from forgetting a person’s name

Tatterdemalion, tatterdemalion or Rag·a·muf·fin: a person dressed in ragged clothes. A person in tattered clothing.taterles meaning “rags.” In fact, all these versions refer to rags, scraps, and jagged items.

Rag·a·muf·fin a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. street kid. Tattered adj- Old and torn; in poor condition: an old woman in tattered clothes

Tines: the prongs on a fork. The sharp point on the fork. Prongs mean each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end/tip of a fork .

Tinnitus:  the ringing sound you hear in your ears. Yes, the one you have no control over. An interesting note about it, people believe the sound is in E flat.

Tintinnabulation:  the ringing of bells. 

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!”

Emphasizing on a particular word by breaking it into two or more words. Like... noun

noun: tmesis; plural noun: tmeses

the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech (e.g., a whole nother story ; shove it back any-old-where in the pile ).

Origin

Tragus: that piece of cartilage on the outer part of the ear that blocks the ear passage.

Truck: the ball on top of a flagpole

Uvula: It is the thing dangling at the back of the throat. Its purpose is to block off the pathway to your nose so that when you swallow something, you don’t choke. It also helps with your speech.

Vaccimulgence: the milking of cows. Because saying ‘I’m milking the cow’ is too difficult

Vagitus: the cry of a newborn baby. The incessant crying or wailing of infants.

Velleity: n. A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
Example sentence: ‘Yeah, I do have a crush on him, but it’s just a velleity’
Etymology: From medieval Latin velleitāt-, velleitās, from Latin velle to will.

Vemödalen: the frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.

Vocable: the na na nas and la la las in song lyrics that don’t have any meaning.

Vorfreude:  German word 'vorfreude' describes a kinder, less terrible feeling. The joy you feel when thinking about good things that will happen.

Wallydrag: a completely useless person.
Wamble: stomach rumbling. To feel nauseous, or uneasy in the tummy. Generally caused by delicious, unhealthy food

Wagina: the skin on the the crease between your forearm and upper arm... the opposite side of the

Wenis: the flap of skin that hangs just below your elbow.

Yes, believe it or not wenis wasn’t just a word they made up for ‘Friends’.

Widdershins: meaning counter-clockwise. But isn’t this so much better than saying counter-clockwise?

Xiphoid: shaped like a sword. Well, this is a shape they didn’t teach us in school

Yerd:  to beat with a stick

Zarf: the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup. Next time you're ordering a hot drink from Starbucks, be sure to ask for a zarf. Ok, maybe just save your barista the confusion and say sleeve instead, but know that the correct term for this hollow, cardboard cylinder is "zarf."

Zings: or a peppy name for a hangover.

Zugzwang:  when you're playing chess and every possible move is to your disadvantage, the situation is called a zugzwang. Which by the way, sometimes also happens when you're playing Connect Four. Zombie Fairy is in a bit of a zugzwang right now because if she goes over here, she's going to get attacked by Troll Face, over here by a pirate and up here, a bunch of dogs.