Word origins

• penceA surname.
• sickleAn implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
• neoplasmAn abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
• EbertA surname.
• landauA type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
• wienerA type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
• censorOne of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
• SemiticOf or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc.
• MannheimAn independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• BayernBayern Munich (a German football club based in Munich).
• KristaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• schillerA lustre, similar to sheen, observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene or labradorite, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.
• lettermanA student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
• taborA small drum.
• FulbrightA surname from German.
• CohnA Jewish surname from German.
• rouseTo cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to stir up.
• freedmanA man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
• gaussThe unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
• IsoldeA female given name from the Celtic languages or the Germanic languages.
• shoemakerA person who makes shoes.
• KruegerA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• snitzTo slice.
• snellQuick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
• boopA low-pitched beeping sound.
• falkThe razorbill.
• mogulA steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.
• MecklenburgA historical region in Baltic northern Germany; part of the modern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• spitzerA pointed bullet.
• LigaA manufacturing process involving lithography, electroplating, and molding, used microstructures with a very high aspect ratio.
• bokKeen or willing.
• BrandenburgA kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
• psychoanalysisA family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
• heuristicsThe study of heuristic methods and principles.
• IrmaA female given name from the Germanic languages.
• schillingThe old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.
• BeckmanA surname from German.
• drierA surname from German.
• CoorsA surname from German.
• bockA strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
• carnitineA betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.
• VogtA surname from German.
• tolueneA colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
• MindenA municipality in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• KrugmanA surname from German.
• KimmelA surname from German.
• bustleAn excited activity; a stir.
• BeecherA surname.
• SchuylerAn American surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation].
• leerTo look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
• reiterA German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
• KurzweilA surname from German.
• BachmannA surname.
• KlingonA member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.
• plasmodiumA mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.
• melamineA strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
• ErvinA surname.
• brashOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
• KrogerA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• seltzerA surname from German.
• getterOne who, or that which, gets.
• StudebakerA surname from German.
• GottA surname.
• BoehmA surname from German.
• ambivalentSimultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
• kiltsA surname from German.
• cypherA surname from German.
• glitzGarish, brilliant showiness.
• RauchA surname.
• rummyA card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
• ReuterA surname from German
• MaximilianA male given name from Latin, rare in English.
• EckA surname from German. — famously held by
• LunenburgFormer name of Lüneburg: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, in English.
• stadeSynonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
• KarpA surname.
• WetzelA surname from German.
• hindersA surname from German.
• swisherOne who swishes something.
• WuppertalAn independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.
• shriverA person who shrives; a confessor
• CagleA surname from German.
• KoshA surname from German.
• laparoscopyExamination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
• trineTriple; threefold.
• houserOne who, or that which, houses.
• NeumanA surname.
• ArndtA surname.
• KremerA surname.
• WexlerA surname from German.
• steppeThe grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia.
• HellenisticOf or pertaining to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art from after the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 BCE—though this is often debated, and can range from 146 BCE to 330 CE [*]).
• munchkinA child.
• SwitzerA native or inhabitant of Switzerland, a Swiss person.
• indiumA chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
• larchA coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves in fascicles.
• StiglitzA surname.
• HimeA surname from German.
• swindleTo defraud.
• carabinerA metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's person.