A list of 19 words by umlando.
- pinchwas added by umlando and appears on 54 lists
- prickwas added by umlando and appears on 37 lists
- bristlewas added by umlando and appears on 70 lists
- punctiliouswas added by umlando and appears on 169 lists
- pinnaclewas added by umlando and appears on 66 lists
- tinewas added by umlando and appears on 16 lists
- appointwas added by umlando and appears on 16 lists
- punctualwas added by umlando and appears on 20 lists
- pointwas added by umlando and appears on 57 lists
- indicatewas added by umlando and appears on 24 lists
- indexwas added by umlando and appears on 40 lists
- pikewas added by umlando and appears on 37 lists
- stuckwas added by umlando and appears on 27 lists
- stickwas added by umlando and appears on 36 lists
- steakwas added by umlando and appears on 20 lists
- spitwas added by umlando and appears on 46 lists
- spikewas added by umlando and appears on 34 lists
- spearwas added by umlando and appears on 26 lists
- spirewas added by umlando and appears on 54 lists
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
mollusque commented on the list what-s-the-point
So would Barb!
December 29, 2007
bilby commented on the list what-s-the-point
Vlad would have loved it!
December 29, 2007
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