It Has a Name??

sionnach commented on the list it-has-a-name

Shouldn't that be quasihemidemisemiquaver? :)

February 24, 2007

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

They mean the same thing, yes, but I prefer the "semi" version myself. :-)

February 24, 2007

sionnach commented on the list it-has-a-name

pilcrow, the symbol used to denote a new paragraph?

jentacular, pertaining to breakfast?

March 6, 2007

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Thanks, sionnach! And thanks to you too, madandcrazy. I'm having fun with this one, all right. :-)

March 6, 2007

herotuesday commented on the list it-has-a-name

An amazing list!

Many words pinched :).

September 24, 2007

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Thanks, herotuesday! Still adding to this one. :-)

September 24, 2007

Prolagus commented on the list it-has-a-name

You should add hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia :-)

February 7, 2008

jtfmulder commented on the list it-has-a-name

filtrum is another that could be added to the list. It is one of the first things that I think of when someone says "It Has a Name??"

February 25, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Already added, but with the "philtrum" spelling. It was actually one of the words that inspired the list.

February 25, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list it-has-a-name

I humbly propose fother.

March 11, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

And I humbly accept. :-)

March 11, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list it-has-a-name

What about Lagerstätte?

March 26, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Nice one, Prolagus--thanks!

March 26, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list it-has-a-name

Finally, I found someone else that liked my Lagerstätte... :-)

March 26, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Yes, it's a lovely Lagerstätte indeed! *admiring*

March 26, 2008

ofravens commented on the list it-has-a-name

How on earth could I have forgotten about petrichor until just now? Jeez. Thanks for reminding me of it!

April 8, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

You're welcome!

April 8, 2008

frindley commented on the list it-has-a-name

skelf (courtesy OED WOTD): A sliver or splinter, usu. of wood, esp. one lodged in the skin.

To be honest, I would have called that a splinter, although I see some point in it being a splinter that has lodged in the skin, as opposed to a free-range or recently removed splinter.

April 9, 2008

bilby commented on the list it-has-a-name

I'll kiss it better anyway, frindley.

April 9, 2008

bilby commented on the list it-has-a-name

Sorry, if that sounds as sleazy as it does now I think about it, my sincere apologies.

April 9, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

No kidding? Thanks, frindley! I had no idea there were so many specific types of splinters. :-) Also, I found that the word has another definition, somewhat related, I think: "A small or slight person; one who is a nuisance." Heehee.

April 9, 2008

trivet commented on the list it-has-a-name

The house I grew up in was full of free range splinters lurking where one least expected. Do they have a special name, too? Or are they just plain old pre-skelf splinters?

April 9, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Pre-skelf splinters. Hmm....

April 9, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list it-has-a-name

Valituskuoro! Valituskuoro!

April 12, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

What is it, Prolagus? What are you trying to tell me?

;-)

April 14, 2008

frindley commented on the list it-has-a-name

Exergue: a space on a coin, usually on the reverse below the central part of the design; frequently the location where the date is shown.

April 18, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Wow, that's a great one, frindley. Thanks!

April 18, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list it-has-a-name

Crepitaculum?

September 2, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Excellent!

September 2, 2008

yaybob commented on the list it-has-a-name

Heres a bundle of them that I didn't find in the list

TITTLE - the dot over a lower case letter "i"

CERE - the fleshy part of the beaks of some birds such as the parakeet (budgie) containing the nostrils and situated between the vertical plane of the face and the hard part of the beak.

GLABELLA (also known as the 'Garcia') - is the space between the eyebrows above the nasal bridge.

GRAWLIX – the various squiggles in dialogue balloons in the place of actual dialogue used to denote cussing in comic books.

CROTTLES - in cartooning, the Xes used to replace the eyes to symbolize unconsciousness or death

PLEWDS - in cartooning, sweat droplets that appear around a character's head when working hard or stressed.

BRIFFITS – in cartooning, clouds of dust that hang in the spot where a swiftly departing character or object was previously standing.

HITES - in cartooning, straight, horizontal lines trailing behind something running or straight vertical lines above a falling object an object falling

SQUEANS – in cartooning, stars, birds or similar objects orbiting over the head of somebody just struck in the head.little starbursts or circles that signify intoxication, dizziness, or sickness. EMANATA - straight lines drawn radially around the head to indicate shock or surprise.

INDOTHERM - in cartooning, wavy, rising lines used to denote heat radiating from a hot object

WAFTERON - in cartooning, wavy, rising lines used to denote an intense smell or aroma coming from a strongly smelling object or person

AGITRONS - in cartooning, wiggly lines around an object that is shaking

BLURGITS AND SWALLOOPS - in cartooning, curved lines preceding or trailing after a character's limbs to indicate that they are shaking back and forth

LUCAFLECT - in cartooning, a shiny spot on a curved reflective surface such as chrome or an eyeball

DITES - in cartooning, diagonal, straight lines drawn across mirrors and panes of glass

SOLRADS - in cartooning, radiating lines drawn from something luminous like a lightbulb or the sun.

ANATOMICAL SNUFFBOX -(radial fossa) a triangular deepening on the thumb side of the hand between the back and the side (radial dorsolateral aspect) just above he wrist, best seen with all of the fingers separated as widely as possible and the wrist cocked back as if to look at the fingernails of the extended hand.

PUNT - the indentation at the bottom of wine bottles adding strength to the bottle and reducing its volume.

OBDORMITION - The numbness of a limb “falling asleep�?caused from prolonged pressure on a nerve, usually followed by PARESTHESIAS, or “pins and needles�?

DAG - wool on a sheep's rear clumped and matted by mud and fecal matter.

SANTORUM – the fluid in the rectum after anal intercourse resulting from the mixing of semen and stool and named after former Penn. Senator Rick Santorum in remembrance of his obsessive and judgmental posturing concerning other people’s sexual habits.

MUNTIN – the crossing strips of wood or metal in the glass field of a door or window that separates it into several smaller pieces of glass and holds them together.

MULLION - A vertical strip completely dividing a window into two or more equal fields, a specific type of muntin.

HARP - the metal hoop that a lampshade rests on.

SUSSURUS (or susurration) – a whisper or whispering

SUSPIRATION (or to suspirate) – a sigh (a single deep breath) or sighing

ERUCTATION (or to eruct) – a belch or belching

STERTUATION (or to stertuate) – a sneeze or sneezing

OSCITATION (or to oscitate) – a yawn or yawning

SINGULTATION (or a singultus) – a sneeze or sneezing

TUSSIS – a cough

PANDICULATION – stretching all of the muscles as when tired, often accompanied by a yawn.

December 13, 2008

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Wow! What a list! All the cartoon-y ones are on another list of mine. Cere I know by heart, being a birdy sort of person, and a few others seem fairly well known. Punt, obdormition, paresthesia, and pandiculation are already listed. You will never, ever find me listing anything that has to do with the erstwhile senator of PA, ever! (Don't ask.) And the sheep's butt one is just too much. But the rest I'll put on the list. :-)

Thanks, Yaybob!

December 13, 2008

madmouth commented on the list it-has-a-name

geosmin!

April 30, 2009

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Good one! Thanks!

April 30, 2009

madmouth commented on the list it-has-a-name

apparently kissingcrust is "the portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking" (source). I definitely did an IHAN?! doubletake.

May 8, 2009

madmouth commented on the list it-has-a-name

diasyrm isn't quite an 'it', but it's mentionable

June 18, 2009

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

I'd say that qualifies. Also looks as though I missed kissingcrust. Added, thanks. :-)

June 18, 2009

thesaraheffect commented on the list it-has-a-name

I agree with Prolagus that hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia belongs on this list as does paraskavedekatriaphobia. At least that was my thought when I first stumbled upon the word. (How does one "stumble" upon such a word?)

September 26, 2009

thesaraheffect commented on the list it-has-a-name

it's a tad middle-school-boy but wenis

September 26, 2009

madmouth commented on the list it-has-a-name

copremesis, hoping no one ever experiences it firsthand 0.0

August 26, 2010

Wordplayer commented on the list it-has-a-name

How did I not find this list...

Anyway, here are some I stumbled upon:

nikhedonia, hawsehole, snast, pungi, dewlap, glossarium,and ogonek

January 6, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list it-has-a-name

Oh! I just found lytta.

January 6, 2011

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Thanks, ruzuzu. Wordplayer, ogonek is already listed, and I'll leave hawsehole to the nautical lists of my fellow Wordnikies. But thanks for the rest!

January 8, 2011

PossibleUnderscore commented on the list it-has-a-name

How about brills?

Edit: and staupings- the footprints of a cow or horse.

April 14, 2011

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Wow, those are great ones! Thanks, PossU.

April 14, 2011

bilby commented on the list it-has-a-name

beghilos. See comment on the examples. There's a beghilos tag too that someone has been using with the right kind of numbers.

May 26, 2011

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Ooh, nice! Thanks!

May 26, 2011

hernesheir commented on the list it-has-a-name

aws or awes - the buckets or projections on the rim of a mill-wheel that receive the shock of water as it falls - Scots term cited in Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.

May 26, 2011

blafferty commented on the list it-has-a-name

How about dongle?

(favorited)

May 26, 2011

hernesheir commented on the list it-has-a-name

fossple

June 1, 2011

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Dongle added! H, fossple is already listed. :-)

December 7, 2011

milosrdenstvi commented on the list it-has-a-name

Check 'em out.

January 6, 2012

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Thanks, milos! Sorry it took so long to respond to your post. :-)

March 2, 2012

retorick commented on the list it-has-a-name

A word designating the eighth power of a number has a place here, I ween. All together, now: zenzizenzizenzic.

April 19, 2013

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

And then there's zenzicube. Thanks, retorick--will add both.

April 22, 2013

glypheme commented on the list it-has-a-name

Love love love this list! I think obreption might work here, or maybe ruelle.

October 20, 2013

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Thanks, glypheme! You're correct on both counts!

October 20, 2013

glypheme commented on the list it-has-a-name

hallux?

October 25, 2013

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

I *think* that's already listed, g, but I can't tell because my list won't show entirely. :-\ Thanks, though!

October 28, 2013

bilby commented on the list it-has-a-name

Yep, there's a problem with being able to see more than the first page of a list.

October 30, 2013

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Somehow not surprised. Thanks, bilby--hope you've been well!

October 30, 2013

ry commented on the list it-has-a-name

latruncular, survenue

March 20, 2014

reesetee commented on the list it-has-a-name

Both added. :-)

March 31, 2014

ry commented on the list it-has-a-name

merese, hastive, thallophori

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