Just learned about this anatomy adjective:

spinopostzygapophysial ‎(not comparable)

Relating to the spine and the postzygapophysis

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And liminal from @Genjar the other day

Oh, and clitoral photoplethysmograph a while ago

Boondoggle

TheHuskyK9 said:
Boondoggle

Balderdash!

esoteric

Callipygian.
I'm also fond of paralipsis.

Almost forgot floccinaucinihilipilification. And chthonic. Synesis. Vomitory. Sang-froid.

...I should probably stop now.

Furrin_Gok said:
Balderdash!

Hudson said: [...] balderdash [...] (OP forum #202295 July 29 2016)

Coincidence?

My Google Translate phrasebook is too rich in saved words, I can't decide which to put here.
I'm also subscribed to TheFreeDictionary's "Word of the Day," which occasionally gives some pretty weird and wacky words.

My favorite word is laconic.

Anally, Monies, Ellipsis (didn't know the word, just the usage).

Surcingle; sounds like an onomatopoeic death rattle yet could potentially be used as a piece of bondage gear, and somewhat surprised it's not already a tag

I was able to memorize this word because I wrote it in cursive several times: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is the fear of long words.

One word I have a hard time remembering is "aglet," which is the metal or plastic tip of a shoelace.

I have a mind for botany, and I figured out all on my own one day at work that the calla lily (aka arum lily) does not have a petal, but instead a fused sheathing bract called a spathe, which encloses the central flowering spike called the spadix. The bracts, by the way, are the modified leaves that support the petals in most flowers. I felt like a biologist when I confirmed this later that day on Wikipedia haha.

I learned about countershading from this very site, and also anisocoria which I didn't really learn since I had to look it up again just now.

Aeruginis said:
I have a mind for botany, and I figured out all on my own one day at work that the calla lily (aka arum lily) does not have a petal, but instead a fused sheathing bract called a spathe, which encloses the central flowering spike called the spadix. The bracts, by the way, are the modified leaves that support the petals in most flowers. I felt like a biologist when I confirmed this later that day on Wikipedia haha.

You might be interested in this: I saw phyllody in the wild for the first time last week -- a flower on a wild strawberry seedling that had developed leaves instead of petals. Pretty weird.

Aeruginis said:
One word I have a hard time remembering is "aglet," which is the metal or plastic tip of a shoelace.

kinda reminds me of grommets, those little rings they pass through

now that could be a decent character comedy, Aglet & Grommet

Stunch...

Jib, from which the phrase "I like the cut of your jib" is derived. It refers to a type of sail.

It's really interesting how many common terms have nautical origins.

doofhoofoof said:
I learned about countershading from this very site, and also anisocoria which I didn't really learn since I had to look it up again just now.

You might be interested in this: I saw phyllody in the wild for the first time last week -- a flower on a wild strawberry seedling that had developed leaves instead of petals. Pretty weird.

There are plants like acacias which will develop phyllodes for petioles, which look like narrow leaves, themselves, and will completely take over photynthetic functions while the leaves are reduced or absent entirely. The genus Acacia is one such group of plants where the utilization of phyllodes is common.

Assuming that by "term," phrases are acceptable examples, I'm going to throw in the expression "balls to the wall." It has nothing to do with male anatomy, contrary to what some think.
It means the same thing as "to go all-out."

Many planes have balls on the throttle. The "wall" in this instance would be the aircraft's firewall. So, when you open the throttle all the way, you have the "balls to the wall." This usage probably started in the Korean War.

doofhoofoof said:
You might be interested in this: I saw phyllody in the wild for the first time last week -- a flower on a wild strawberry seedling that had developed leaves instead of petals. Pretty weird.

Oh wow that's really cool. In all my wanderings I've never seen that occur.

Phylax said:
now that could be a decent character comedy, Aglet & Grommet

There already is such a comedy, sort of—it's called Wallace and Gromit haha.

Ratte said:
The genus Acacia is one such group of plants where the utilization of phyllodes is common.

Now I have seen that. Most interesting. I'd better study this stuff since it's a strong career interest of mine.

Aeruginis said:
Now I have seen that. Most interesting. I'd better study this stuff since it's a strong career interest of mine.

Tropical plants are interesting, like the bougainvillea whose flowers are actually small and white while surrounded by brightly-colored leaves to better attract pollinators, the cacao which flowers directly from its trunk and older branches, or the Callistemon genus whose color actually comes from their stamens and not their corolla.

About 3+ different terms from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_lune

"In spherical geometry, a spherical lune is an area on a sphere bounded by two half great circles which meet at antipodal points, and is an example of a digon, {2}_θ, with dihedral angle θ.^[1] The word "lune" derives from luna, the Latin word for Moon."

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Ratte said:

Hahah, that's great

What about bird?