22 Things You Didn't Know Had Names

22 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW HAD NAMES ...


1. CARUNCLE , the pink tissue looking ball in the inner corner of your eyes is called caruncle.

caruncle,that pink things in the corner of your eyes

2. LUNULE , the crescent-shaped area at the base of  human fingernail 

lunule,crescent shaped part at the top of  a nail (the white)

3. PETRICHOR , the greenish smell when rain lands on dry ground . The word of petrichor is from the Greek which is petra and ichor . The terms was coined by two Australian researchers  in 1964 ( wow, a  great name)

I love the smell of petrichor  :)

4. TITTLE , the dot over an 'i' or 'j' 

the dot is called tittle 

5. FERRULE , a usually metal sleeve used especially for joining or binding one part to another  to strengthen it or prevent splitting.

ferrule,the metal part of a pencil 

6. MORTON 'S TOE , is a common forefoot disorder where the second toe is longer than the big toe ( the hallux)

The second toe is bigger than the big toe

7. HALLUX , is the innermost toe of the foot.

The hallux

8. DESIRE PATH , is path developed by erosion caused by footfall. The path usually represents the shortest or most easy navigated route between an origin  and destination

The  desire path

9. SEMANTIC  SATIATION , is a psychological  phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning  for the listener .

This is called semantic satiation

10.  PHOSPHENES ,   is a phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye.

The light you see when you  close your eyes and press your hand with them

11. CREPUSCULAR RAYS , are rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from a single point in the sky .

amazing

12. MUNTIN , a strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in window .

Muntin

13. ARMS AKIMBO ,  is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward .

Arms akimbo

14. FEAT ,a dangling piece of curly hair .

Feat

15. PEEN ,  The end of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface, often wedge-shaped or ball-shaped and used for chipping, indenting, and metalworking. 

Peen

16. DYSANIA  ,  The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning. (I have dysania haha ) 

Let's sleep, zzzzz

17. PHILTRUM ,  the vertical groove on the surface of the upperlip, below the septum of the nose. 

Philtrum

18. PURLICUE , a space between the thumb and the forefingers.

That's purlicue

19. WAMBLE , stomach rumbling.

My stomach is sick oh wait,that's wamble :)

20. OPHRYON , the space between the eyebrows on a line with a top of the eye sockets .

21. GLABELLA , is the space between the eyebrows and above the nose.

When you're angry the glabella will appear 

22. OCTOTHORPE , The symbol ' # ' on a computer or telephone handset. 

We always use this at twitter