Rated PG
Symbols!
Word Words
Rooted
Body Parts
Potpourri
100

Aglet

A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon

100

Interrobang

A punctuation mark in the form of a question mark superimposed on an exclamation point

100

Palindrome

A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward

100

Defenestration

The act of throwing out a window

100

Philtrum

The shallow groove running down the center of the outer surface of the upper lip.

100

Petrichor

The distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell.  

200

Tine

A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.

200

Octothorpe

200

Mononymous

Having a single-word name

200

Biblioklept

Someone who steals books

200

Tragus

A small pointed eminence of the external ear

200

Zugzwang

A situation in which one is disadvantaged by their obligation to make a move.

300

Tittle

A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.

300

Pilcrow

A glyph used to identify a paragraph separator

300

Contronym

A word with two opposite meanings, e.g. Dust, Weather

300

Googlegänger

Someone who shares your name, thus ruining your google results

300

Lunula

The crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail

300

Snood

A fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's body.

400

Peen

The end of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface, often wedge-shaped or ball-shaped

400

Lemniscate

One of a number of figure-8 curves

400

Aphthong

A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced

400

Peladophobia

Fear of bald people, or fear of going bald

400

Lingual Frenulum

A small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile organ in the body -- The tongue in particular.

400

Ferrule

A metal ring or cap placed around a pole or shaft for reinforcement or to prevent splitting.

500

Muntin

A strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window.

500

Grawlix

The use of nonsense symbols to represent profanity.

500

Vocables

A word considered only as a sequence of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning 

500

Rhinotillexomania

Compulsive Nose-Picking

500

Acnestis

The part of an animal's skin that it cannot reach to scratch itself - usually the space between the shoulder blades.  

500

Plectrum

A guitar pick!