Archive for the 'Real Word' Category

Glabella

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

1. The area between the eyebrows, just above the nose. 2. The corresponding area on the frontal bone between the eyebrow ridges.From the Latin glabellus, hairless, from glaber, bald.

Tesseract

Monday, May 21st, 2007

/v/ to raise a number to the fourth power.

Athanasia

Monday, May 21st, 2007

/n/ The act of preventing death.

Opisthenar

Monday, May 21st, 2007

/n/ the back of the hand.

Hallux

Monday, May 21st, 2007

/n/ 1. The big toe. 2  A homologous or similar digit on the hind foot of certain mammals.

Fovea

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

/n/ blind spot on retina.

Canthus

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

/n/ The angle formed by the meeting of the upper and lower eyelids at either side of the eye.

Philtrum

Friday, May 18th, 2007

/n/ The vertical indentation in the midline of the upper lip. Also called infranasal depression.

Panniculus

Friday, May 18th, 2007

a dense layer of fatty tissue growth, usually in the abdominal cavity. (The \”apron\” in lay terminology)

Podsafe

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

/adj/ not containing any media which violates the RIAA or MPAA copyrights and is hence legal to use in a podcast. Typically, podsafe material not copyrighted at all, but using some form of Creative Commons license.