Thing

General words referring to things.

• What general words refer to a thing?
  thing something article artifact entity item object wares
• What words refer to a group of things of different types?
  things oddments paraphernalia stuff odds and ends bits and pieces knick-knacks
• What words are used to refer to something when you can't remember what it is called?
  what's its name thingy thingamajig whatchamacallit whatsit such and such
• What words are used to end a list of things to indicate that there are more things in the list?
  et cetera etc. and what not and so forth and the like and on and on ... [ellipsis]

• Physical, non-physical
• Situation