A trencher is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. It was originally a flat round of bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.

An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct.

In Buddhism, one Aeon or kalpa is longer than the amount of time it takes to completely erode a huge rock 16 x 16 x 16 miles in size.

There have been more than 400 words for snow alone in Scotland.

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The name actually comes from an old English word — piebald — which meant 'white-headed' rather than hairless.

Semantic satiation the effect in which a word seems to lose its meaning after it has been repeated many times in rapid succession.

It meant: To lie in bed, or to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work.

The little word 'run' — in its verb form alone — has 645 distinct meanings.

The meaning of Poltergeist is a noisy usually mischievous ghost held to be responsible for unexplained noises (such as rappings).

Ancient Greeks and Egyptians measured long distances by hiring 'bematists,' who would count steps while walking between locations.

Alektorophobia is the fear of hen/chickens.