Brand Names
Proprietary Eponyms
Proprietary Eponyms
facial tissue
What is Kleenex?
an imitation reptile
What is a fake snake?
an instant
What is a moment?
common use: a place for learning
science: a large number of fish traveling in a group
What is a school?
a duck's sound, charlatan, an untrained person practicing medicine
What is quack?
fruit-flavored gelatin
What is Jello?
a stable for a giraffe
What is a tall stall?
a type of spider
What is a daddy longleg?
common use: the noise made by a dog
science: the outer covering of a tree
What is bark?
length of measurement, body part, the end of a bed
What is foot?
clear adhesive strip
What is Scotch Tape?
a place for holding reading material
What is a book nook?
the number of inhabitants in a region
What is population?
common use: the opening in the head through which food is taken in
geography: the place where a river empties into a larger body of water
What is mouth?
portion of cabbage, chief of state, to lead
What is head?
sticky reminder pad
What are Post-It Notes?
a rabbit trap
What is a hare snare?
a play
What is a drama?
mathematics: a measure of length
What is yard?
to move in water, to hit, a table tennis necessity
What is paddle?
zipperless fastener
What is Velcro?
A yellow fruit from the capital of Cuba
What is a Havana banana?
a plant from which Egyptians made paper
What is papyrus?
common use: a written order to the bank to pay money to someone
mathematics: to test the answers to problems to make sure that they are correct
What is check?
soft feathers, a football term, sad or depressed
What is down?