Word origins

• DeyesAn English surname originating as a patronymic.
• dimidiationThe act of dividing into halves.
• disordinancedisorder or disturbance
• doldrumA slothful or stupid person.
• dossilA small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
• eacewormAn earthworm.
• edge toolA tool or weapon with a sharpened edge or blade.
• eelbuckA device for catching eels.
• egg onTo encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
• egg whiteThe clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked.
• ElkoshiteA member of a minor biblical tribe mentioned in Nahum 1:1.
• Elton on the HillA small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7638).
• -etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed.
• ettleTo propose, intend.
• fall offTo become detached or to drop from.
• fardelA fourth part: a quarter of anything.
• fayneA surname from Middle English.
• feaberryA gooseberry.
• fewteSigns left by game that is hunted, such as tracks or scent, the track itself.
• FfrithA village in Llanfynydd community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2855).
• fidgeTo fidget; jostle or shake.
• FisherrowA suburban village and harbour west of Musselburgh, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3372).
• fizgigA flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt.
• forcastenFelled, fallen.
• forewalkA gangway.
• ForsbrookA village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9641).
• forthdrawTo draw or bring forth.
• forwornworn-out
• fotmalAn old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead
• fowerOne who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
• Friern BarnetA suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ2792).
• froggeA surname from Middle English.
• FulbeckA village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9450).
• FulbrookA village in Buckinghamshire, England.
• FuntleyA village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5608).
• gainsayerOne who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
• gaumHeed; attention.
• god-fearingFollowing the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority.
• godfearingActing with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
• GoodgameA surname from Middle English.
• gorebillThe garfish.
• gostherTo talk loudly and impudently; to boast or bluster.
• GrabhamA surname.
• Green HammertonA village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4657).
• grideTo pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
• grow upTo mature and become an adult.
• HamptonshireHampshire (county in England)
• handbreadthA space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
• head to footSynonym of head to toe.
• head to toeEntirely; completely; over one's full body.
• heezeTo hoist.
• heretogThe leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.
• HollowoodA surname from Middle English.
• HorscroftA surname from Middle English.
• -ibleAn adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense.
• in a manner of speakingAs it were; figuratively speaking; in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect.
• in a wordIn summary.
• inbreakTo break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
• in caseTo allow for the possibility that.
• indebtTo bring into debt; to place under obligation.
• infatuateTo inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.
• infightTo fight with allies or other members of the same group.
• -ingAs true nouns.
• interstellar planeta planetary-mass object which has either been ejected from its system or was never gravitationally bound to any star or other such object, and that therefore orbits the galaxy directly.
• keythongA mythical beast resembling a griffin with no wings, often classified as a male griffin.
• Kirk HammertonA village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4655).
• KnollysA surname from Middle English.
• knurlA contorted knot in wood.
• legharnessLeg armor.
• Lesser BritainBrittany
• lithargelead monoxide (PbO) a toxic solid formed from oxidation of lead in air, and used as a pigment.
• Little MissendenA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9298).
• lovewendeLovable; beloved; lovely; loving.
• maftTo drift
• make fun ofTo tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
• mancipleA person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
• Mark CrossA small village in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5831).
• MawdesleyA village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD491145).
• mewlTo cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
• Mile EndAn inner suburb of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3682).
• milwellThe Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
• MowellA surname from Middle English.
• Much MarcleA village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6532).
• mulleredBadly damaged or completely destroyed; ruined, trashed, wrecked.
• mumchanceMute, or not speaking; silent.
• muntinOne of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
• MuskettA surname from Middle English.
• NaldrettA surname from Middle English.
• nimpsEasy.
• North ElmhamA village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9820).
• North SeaA marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
• nutilUseless.
• Old ScratchThe Devil.
• oppositto posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny
• orchilAny of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
• -osityForming nouns, usually abstract, and usually from adjectives in -ous or -ose.
• overbreakTo cave in near the edge of an excavation.
• overgangTo go beyond or above; to exceed.
• overhaleTo draw or haul over; overhaul.
• overlingA superior.