The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
A long nail for storing papers and, by extension, the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
“At the base of each spikelet, there is a pair of sterile glumes that surrounds a series of flowers.”
“Notably lacking are spikelet fragments, chaff, awns, pods, and weed seeds that comprise the debris from processing such crops for storage or from using dung as fuel.”
“The awns of Squirrel-tail Grass show a backward curving which, wedgelike, raises each spikelet from those below and soon separates the ripened spike, joint from joint.”
