Monday, April 13, 2026

What are the names of common things we use daily but don't know their names?

 At this point, it’s almost impossible to count the total number of words in English, considering all the loanwords, internet slang, and whatnot. While the Oxford English dictionary settles on 600,000, and Google and Harvard researchers — on one million, we can still find gaps in the language.

Yet, that thingy, that we might see or experience but don’t have a word for, likely already has a name.

Scroll down below to add few more words to your vocabulary..

1.The outer part of the pizza’s crust — Cornicione.


2. The vertical groove between the nose and upper lip — Philtrum


3. The cardboard sleeves on to-go coffee cups — Zarf


4. The small piece of metal between the pencil and the eraser — Ferrule


5. The side of the hammer not used for hammering — Peen


6.The chart for an eye test — Snellen chart


7. The long strips on a peeled banana — Phloem bundles.


8. The plastic or metal ends of shoelaces — Aglets


9. Little nubs on the surface of a ping pong paddle — Pips


10. #Hashtag or pound symbol — Octothorpe


11. The infinity symbol — Lemniscate


12. The strips between window frames — Muntins


13. The space between the eyebrows — Glabella


14. Illegible handwriting — Griffonage


15. The smell after the rain — Petrichor


16. The white, crescent part at the root of the nail — Lunula


17. The symbols used to replace profanity — Grawlix


18. A small, wave-like dab of toothpaste — Nurdle


19. The armhole in clothes — Armscye


20. When you use the stairs and you grab onto the side railing structure thing - - Banister.

Source : google