Word origins

• fulminateTo make a verbal attack.
• ferialPertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
• brandrethA tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
• knapeA lad.
• amoretAn amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
• bodilessLacking a body; incorporeal.
• newcomeJust arrived; lately come.
• untaughtNot taught; uneducated.
• uncoupleTo disconnect or detach one thing from another.
• warrenerOne who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren
• promptitudeThe quality of being prompt; alacrity.
• browsterA brewer.
• pennyweightA unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
• inturnTo turn in or inward.
• seldomlySeldom; rarely.
• lewdlyIn a lewd manner.
• pastieAn item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples.
• catechumenA student of Christian doctrine who studies it for the purpose of adopting it: either a convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism or a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
• pessaryA medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
• abaftBehind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
• unloveThe lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
• atterPoisonous bodily fluid, especially venom of a venomous animal, such as a snake, dragon or other reptile; corrupt or morbid matter from the body, such as pus from a sore or wound; bitter substance, such as bile.
• queenlyHaving the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
• hoarderOne who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
• coequalEqual to each other in size, rank or position.
• unchasteNot chaste; not continent
• skillySkillygalee.
• attornTo transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
• adjureTo formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the name of a deity, or to suffer a curse or punishment if they do not comply; to bind (someone) under oath; to charge.
• abettorOne that abets an offender; one that incites, instigates, or encourages.
• wonderfulnessThe state of being wonderful.
• hereditamentProperty which can be inherited.
• flattererOne who flatters.
• housefulas many as a house will hold
• pennywortAny member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
• geomancerA person who practices geomancy.
• glandersAn infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
• meaneThe middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.
• heartfulAn amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
• shambleOne of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
• lownessThe property of being low.
• unbaptizedNot baptized.
• unpleasingNot pleasing; unpleasant.
• overcomerOne who overcomes.
• ThynneA surname.
• starnA star.
• wheedleTo cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
• rhetorA rhetorician.
• tenebrousDark and gloomy; obscure.
• respireTo breathe in and out successively.
• eiselvinegar, verjuice
• dentifriceToothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.
• exploratorSynonym of explorer.
• thereaboutAbout or near that place.
• baldricA broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely), any belt.
• ropyResembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
• MelthamA town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).
• sokenThe 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom.
• loofThe palm of the hand.
• wifelyOf, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
• surplusageA surplus; a superabundance.
• opportunelyIn a manner suitable for some particular purpose.
• causelessHaving no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
• bastardyThe condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
• nocturnThe night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
• malterA person who makes malt; a maltster.
• manhandleTo move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.
• outwriteTo write more or better than.
• remediableCapable of being remedied.
• embalmTo treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
• starknessThe state or quality of being stark.
• descryTo announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
• knotlessWithout knots.
• fieldfareA large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
• mankTo mutilate.
• understandinglyIn an understanding manner; with empathy.
• forestayA stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
• troneA type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.
• dogtoothSynonym of cuspid, a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars.
• truckleA small wheel; a caster or pulley.
• swarfThe waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
• sluggardA person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
• earthwardTowards or in the direction of the Earth.
• untrustLack or absence of trust; mistrust.
• frekeA brave man, a warrior, a man-at-arms.
• caitiffA base or despicable person; a wretch.
• keekTo peek; peep.
• embroilTo bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
• pennonA long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment.
• athirstThirsty.
• laskTo have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.
• nimblenessThe quality of being nimble.
• upshiftA shift to a higher gear.
• lessnessThe state or condition of being less.
• lippenTo entrust; trust to (someone/something).
• martletA bird, the martin.
• miryResembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
• greynessThe quality or state of being grey.
• worldySynonym of worldly.
• rivelTo shrivel, wrinkle (up).