t_i_n, something tells me that I ought to be able to help here. But for some reason I can't. I'll keep on introspecting though... 

George, "Allotropie" is the title of a 1964 orchestral work by the German composer Roland Kayn (b 1933), best known (though insufficiently, in my opinion) for his electronic music. So the word won't completely die.

"Phlogiston" is the title of a fictitious piece by Xenakis, reviewed in this hilarious spoof by that world-famous funny man David Hurwitz:

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=3046

I believe "deliquescent" has been used as a performance direction at least once.

Not in the last half hour, George, but certainly, er, at some point in the last 25 years to which my faltering memory prevents me from gaining access.

George,

Presumably a dangerous direction too, if you have an overzealous prompt box....

Tommo

(PS I mean the thing at the front of the stage, not a punctual piece of cricket equipment)

The words are given by humans but the physical nature of say a river, it's speed, width, cleanliness and temperature are down to the environment.

It is useful that humans have given words to these forms of water. River means there may be a supply of food (fish), as does sea but while river suggests we could drink it's water sea indicates that we cannot,  while rain means we can collect it's clean water. Clearly then they are different forms of water, with very different properties.

John W

Totally OT.

A quantum physicist is stopped by the police for doing 100mph. The policeman says "Excuse me sir. Do you know what speed you were doing?". The physicist replies "No. But I knew exactly where I was".

Boom Boom

Words for snow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow

Dagnabit, another myth shattered.