Did you maybe mean one of these? stalactite, stalagmite
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Examples
“A particularly unattractive lighted ceiling fan hangs like a grotesque stalagtite from the ceiling and the dining room wall under the clerestory windows is painted paneling … enough said.”
“A stalagtite falls to the alley like an arrow from cupid”
“The ceiling finish is the star burst pattern where it looks like someone took a starfish, dipped it in drywall joint compound and then dabbed it on the ceiling forming a miniture stalagtite landscape.”
“Search and Rescue immediately size the situation up and realize the only way of lifting anyone to safety is to fire an explosive piton into the stalagtite hanging above the ledge and they estimate that it will take a maximum 150kg without pulling free or pulling the rock away.”
“Particularly awesome are these pictures of the band playing in a vast stalagtite-filled cave.”
“Like the stalagmite/stalagtite tour guide through the Carlsbad Caverns, she uses her menus like a flashlight, to point to an open table.”
“Using the stalagtite for support, Basalt staggered to his feet and blinked furiously.”
“He was not prepared for the sight of Basalt on his knees, a four-inch length of leash around his neck tying him to a stalagtite, arms lashed to his sides by ribbons, belts, twine, and many other less identifiable materials.”
“Entrails spilled as the dying creature careened into a stalagtite and expired.”
“Conan himself moved into a patch of heavy shadow next to a fallen stalagtite twice his height and diameter.”
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outcasts
Words that people on Twitter don't think are words.
I wrote a little script that runs every day. It searches the Twitter API for tweets containing the words, "is not a word". Each (non...unfollow, suppose-ably, qirl, darkskin, haz, stoints, uglyer, boringest, fustrating, linx, yolo, excapes and 22486 more...
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judith's word inbox
collocated, carnaval, articulate, reticulated, cilia, sardonic, aesthetics, tenacity, tensile, jubilant, ebullient, ethereal and 206 more...
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whimsical
jejune, euphemism, lackadaisical, ephemeral, hagiography, phantasm, fandango, rockabilly, prosaic, porcine, whimsy, paradox and 6 more...
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Davidov06's Words
leid, supervene, bouleversement, precipice, stalagtite, stalagmite, exist, co-exist, coil, pill, rectum, antelope and 61 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for stalagtite.
slumry Ain't it the truth. I'm turning off my computer now, because I can. Jul 13, 2007
reesetee Yes, future generations will wonder how we ever got anything accomplished when we spent so many hours here. ;-) Jul 13, 2007
uselessness Ahh, a friendly warning to future generations. A time capsule of sorts. :-) Jul 13, 2007
slumry WARNING WORDIES. The real spelling is stalactite. Please, don't make the mistake I did. ;-) Jul 13, 2007
slumry Thank you, U. What a booboo! Can I blame Judith, since as far as I know she is not here? Jul 13, 2007
uselessness Haha, yes, in accordance with Wordie etiquette, I believe you're looking for stalactite. I learned the same rule as reesetee. :-) Jul 13, 2007
reesetee Funny...for us it was stalaGmites come from the Ground; stalaCtites come from the Ceiling. Jul 13, 2007
slumry Mama always explained to me, "The mites go up and the tites go down.
(stalagmite) Jul 13, 2007