Word origins

• medicamentA medicine, medication or drug.
• snewTo snow.
• stroyTo destroy.
• backbitingThe action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
• blessedlyIn a blessed or holy manner.
• clockmakerA craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
• reconquestThe act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
• DutchlandPennsylvania Dutchland
• servitorOne who performs the duties of a servant.
• ingrateUngrateful.
• transgressorSomeone who transgresses.
• bewrayTo accuse; malign; speak evil of.
• HarwardA surname.
• psalteryA zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
• sublimateTo change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
• wailerOne who wails or laments.
• quernA mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
• saddenTo make sad or unhappy.
• haunchThe area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
• oxtailThe tail of an ox or cow.
• titchA very small person; a small child.
• wretchedlyIn a wretched manner.
• nosegayA small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours.
• viandAn item of food.
• gealTo congeal.
• schismaticOf or pertaining to a schism.
• unseasonableNot in accordance with the season.
• minstrelsyThe musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
• paunchThe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
• manaclesmanacle
• cantleA splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
• metaphysicMetaphysical.
• vestureA covering of, or like, clothing.
• salverOne who salves or cures.
• gunnelA small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.
• diverselyIn a diverse manner.
• strewTo distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
• quoitA flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
• stanchPossibly strictly.
• warlyWarlike.
• outdriveTo drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
• nakedlyIn a naked manner; without concealing anything; blatantly or openly.
• castlingAn abortion, or a premature birth.
• chintzyOf or decorated with chintz.
• flusherSynonym of flusherman.
• piemanA man who sells pies.
• requiteTo repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
• centauryCentaurium, sensu stricto
• windlessDevoid of wind; calm.
• sanguinaryInvolving bloodshed.
• motherwortAny of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders.
• churchwardTowards a church.
• misconstrueTo interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
• overmuchVery much; too much; overly much.
• waxenGrown.
• whinGorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
• greedinessThe state of being greedy; greed.
• maundA wicker basket.
• grazierA person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
• prefermentPrior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
• scabbyAffected with scabs; full of scabs.
• rabbetA longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
• coagulateTo become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
• lamingThe act or process of rendering lame.
• noontideMidday, noon.
• kneelerA person who kneels.
• cuirassA piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
• unsearchableThat cannot be searched or investigated into; inscrutable, unknowable.
• overweeningUnduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
• preteriteShowing an action at a determined moment in the past.
• poultA young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
• hisselfHimself.
• outstandTo resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
• hangnailA loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.
• thwaiteA piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.
• malignityThe quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.
• hallooUsed to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
• bawdOne who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
• adjudgeTo declare to be.
• mirthfulFilled with mirth.
• gracelessWithout grace.
• toomEmpty; bare.
• betimesIn good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
• spikenardA perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
• speanA teat or nipple of a cow.
• procurerA person who procures or obtains things
• bewailTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
• twitterThe sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
• nuzzleTo push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.
• benignlyIn a benign manner.
• StrangewaysA surname transferred from the place name.
• certesCertainly, indeed.
• baptistryA designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.
• overlieTo lie over or upon
• japeA joke or quip.
• smolderTo burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
• guesserA person who guesses; especially someone who can make a reasonable prediction from little evidence.
• leathernMade of leather.
• mootingThe activity of taking part in a moot court.
• garfishAny fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.