Words like "bat," "desert," "wind," and "clip" all have multiple meanings but are confusingly spelled the same way. ... The word even has a noun form, which is an object that helps attach two things.

Sofya Polyakov and Edward Boatman, right, founders, with Scott Thomas, of The Noun Project. Around 150 years ago an etymologist named James Murray initiated a massive crowdsourcing project: the ...

Describing Words helps inspire you with something different. Head to Describing Words and enter the noun you want to write about. The site then gives you a list of descriptors.

You might think nouns are the most straightforward part of language. After all, they’re just words for people, places, and things, right? Think again. Across the world’s languages, nouns are ...