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  • reesetee Thanks, milos! Sorry it took so long to respond to your post. :-) Mar 1, 2012

  • milosrdenstvi Check 'em out. Jan 6, 2012

  • reesetee Dongle added! H, fossple is already listed. :-) Dec 7, 2011

  • hernesheir fossple Jun 1, 2011

  • blafferty How about dongle?
    (favorited) May 26, 2011

  • hernesheir 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

  • reesetee Ooh, nice! Thanks! May 25, 2011

  • bilby beghilos. See comment on the examples. There's a beghilos tag too that someone has been using with the right kind of numbers. May 25, 2011

  • reesetee Wow, those are great ones! Thanks, PossU. Apr 14, 2011

  • PossibleUnderscore How about brills?
    Edit: and staupings- the footprints of a cow or horse. Apr 13, 2011

  • reesetee 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! Jan 7, 2011

  • ruzuzu Oh! I just found lytta. Jan 5, 2011

  • Wordplayer How did I not find this list...
    Anyway, here are some I stumbled upon:

    nikhedonia, hawsehole, snast, pungi, dewlap, glossarium,and ogonek Jan 5, 2011

  • madmouth copremesis, hoping no one ever experiences it firsthand 0.0 Aug 26, 2010

  • thesaraheffect it's a tad middle-school-boy but wenis Sep 26, 2009

  • thesaraheffect 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?) Sep 26, 2009

  • reesetee I'd say that qualifies. Also looks as though I missed kissingcrust. Added, thanks. :-) Jun 18, 2009

  • madmouth diasyrm isn't quite an 'it', but it's mentionable Jun 18, 2009

  • madmouth 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

  • reesetee Good one! Thanks! Apr 30, 2009

  • madmouth geosmin! Apr 30, 2009

  • reesetee 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! Dec 12, 2008

  • yaybob 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.

    Dec 12, 2008

  • reesetee Excellent! Sep 1, 2008

  • chained_bear Crepitaculum? Sep 1, 2008

  • reesetee Wow, that's a great one, frindley. Thanks! Apr 18, 2008

  • frindley 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. Apr 17, 2008

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

    ;-) Apr 14, 2008

  • Prolagus Valituskuoro! Valituskuoro! Apr 12, 2008

  • reesetee Pre-skelf splinters. Hmm.... Apr 9, 2008

  • trivet 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? Apr 9, 2008

  • reesetee 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. Apr 9, 2008

  • bilby Sorry, if that sounds as sleazy as it does now I think about it, my sincere apologies. Apr 9, 2008

  • bilby I'll kiss it better anyway, frindley. Apr 9, 2008

  • frindley 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. Apr 9, 2008

  • reesetee You're welcome! Apr 8, 2008

  • ofravens How on earth could I have forgotten about petrichor until just now? Jeez. Thanks for reminding me of it! Apr 8, 2008

  • reesetee Yes, it's a lovely Lagerstätte indeed! *admiring* Mar 26, 2008

  • Prolagus Finally, I found someone else that liked my Lagerstätte... :-) Mar 26, 2008

  • reesetee Nice one, Prolagus--thanks! Mar 26, 2008

  • Prolagus What about Lagerstätte? Mar 26, 2008

  • reesetee And I humbly accept. :-) Mar 11, 2008

  • chained_bear I humbly propose fother. Mar 11, 2008

  • reesetee Already added, but with the "philtrum" spelling. It was actually one of the words that inspired the list. Feb 25, 2008

  • jtfmulder 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??" Feb 25, 2008

  • Prolagus You should add hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia :-) Feb 6, 2008

  • reesetee Thanks, herotuesday! Still adding to this one. :-) Sep 24, 2007

  • herotuesday An amazing list!
    Many words pinched :). Sep 24, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, sionnach! And thanks to you too, madandcrazy. I'm having fun with this one, all right. :-) Mar 6, 2007

  • sionnach pilcrow, the symbol used to denote a new paragraph?
    jentacular, pertaining to breakfast? Mar 6, 2007

  • reesetee They mean the same thing, yes, but I prefer the "semi" version myself. :-) Feb 24, 2007

  • sionnach Shouldn't that be quasihemidemisemiquaver? :) Feb 24, 2007