A list of 19 words by umlando.
- pinchwas added by umlando and appears on 64 lists
- prickwas added by umlando and appears on 44 lists
- bristlewas added by umlando and appears on 77 lists
- punctiliouswas added by umlando and appears on 187 lists
- pinnaclewas added by umlando and appears on 72 lists
- tinewas added by umlando and appears on 19 lists
- appointwas added by umlando and appears on 19 lists
- punctualwas added by umlando and appears on 21 lists
- pointwas added by umlando and appears on 72 lists
- indicatewas added by umlando and appears on 31 lists
- indexwas added by umlando and appears on 50 lists
- pikewas added by umlando and appears on 43 lists
- stuckwas added by umlando and appears on 29 lists
- stickwas added by umlando and appears on 47 lists
- steakwas added by umlando and appears on 26 lists
- spitwas added by umlando and appears on 54 lists
- spikewas added by umlando and appears on 37 lists
- spearwas added by umlando and appears on 34 lists
- spirewas added by umlando and appears on 67 lists
umlando commented on the list what-s-the-point
steak, stuck and pike depend on spit! - at least, according to our friends at Etymology online
December 27, 2007
bilby commented on the list what-s-the-point
Vlad would have loved it!
December 29, 2007
mollusque commented on the list what-s-the-point
So would Barb!
December 29, 2007
rolig commented on the list what-s-the-point
and, from the world of art, "pointillism". I don't mean to nit-pick, or pin you in a corner, but I see you have "steak", but have overlooked the more obvious "stake" (in various senses). Bilby's reference to Vlad was probably meant to suggest "impale", which is itself related to "pale", from Lat. palus, meaning "stake" or "picket" (as for a fence), which gives us also, metonymically, "the Pale", the imaginary fence beyond which Jews were not to venture in Russia, or English power in Eire.
An interesting list!
December 29, 2007