Word origins

• longshipA type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.
• chafferTo haggle or barter.
• bedmakersomeone who manufactures beds
• betrothOf a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to.
• fusilA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
• bewriteTo write about; describe.
• safenessThe property of being safe.
• swelterTo suffer terribly from intense heat.
• glueyViscous and adhesive, as glue.
• tragedianAn actor who specializes in tragic roles.
• sidelingdirected toward one side
• dissuasionthe act or an instance of dissuading
• goodheartedkind, generous and altruistic
• commonaltyThe common people; the commonality.
• gainsayingOpposition, especially in speech.
• murkinessThe state or quality of being murky.
• consolatoryWhich consoles.
• archpriestThe highest rank given to a married priest.
• stirkA yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
• dougherA baker.
• horsedMounted on a horse.
• FosburyA small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).
• thieveTo commit theft.
• fieldyOpen, like a field; widespread.
• informatoryProviding or communicating information.
• tidingNews; new information.
• sidewayA footpath near a road.
• cumbrousUnwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
• outspringTo spring out.
• sandlingsand eel
• chirurgeonA doctor or surgeon.
• HigginA surname transferred from the given name.
• belikeTo make like; simulate.
• AreopagiteA member of the ancient-Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus.
• saltpetrePotassium nitrate.
• poughA bag.
• judgerOne who, or that which, judges.
• larboardThe left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
• melodiouslyIn a melodious manner.
• ahighon high
• rulyPitiable; miserable.
• forfeitableLiable to be forfeited
• hindererOne who, or that which, hinders.
• litherLazy, slothful; listless.
• forfendTo prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
• a-Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.
• aaldold.
• abacistOne who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
• abackwardBackward.
• abashTo make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
• abashmentThe state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.
• abaterOne who, or that which, abates.
• abayBarking or baying of dogs at their prey.
• abbacyThe dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
• abbatialBelonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
• abbotricAn abbacy.
• abbotshipThe state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
• abearTo put up with; to endure; to bear.
• abecedaryThe alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
• abetmentThe act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
• abidanceThe act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
• -abilityForms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
• abiteTo bite; eat; devour.
• abjectiveTending to make abject.
• ablactationThe weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam.
• -ableAble to be done; fit to be done.
• ablenessAbility of body or mind.
• abloodWith blood; covered in blood; bloodied
• aboonAbove.
• above allOf prime importance; before anything else; especially.
• Abraham's barmSynonym of Abraham's bosom.
• Abraham's bosomThe waiting place for the faithful dead between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Christ; paradise.
• abraidTo wrench (something) out.
• abreadAbroad.
• abroachTo set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
• abroodUpon a brood; on a hatch.
• abseyABC; alphabet.
• abstainerOne who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
• absterseTo absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
• abstersionAct of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
• abstractiveHaving an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
• abusionMisuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
• abysmHell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
• ac-oak.
• acaterA caterer.
• accedieAcedia.
• accendTo set on fire; to kindle.
• acceptionAcceptation; received meaning.
• accessarySomeone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
• accidenceThe inflection of words.
• accidieSloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
• accloyTo drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
• accollTo embrace; cling to.
• accordableAble to be given or dispensed.
• accordmentAgreement; reconcilement.
• accreaseTo increase.
• accroachTo hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
• accurseTo damn; to wish misery or evil upon
• accustomanceCustom; habitual use.
• acknowTo recognize.