Word origins

• apronAn article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
• glazingThe act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
• tyrannyA government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
• regimenOrderly government; system of order; administration.
• slenderThin; slim.
• HerefordA cow of the Hereford breed.
• fasA border or fringe.
• bullockA young bull.
• mermaidA mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
• sireA lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
• uncoverTo remove a cover from.
• conserveWilderness where human development is prohibited.
• blandHaving a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
• householderThe owner of a house.
• shaverOne who shaves.
• overlookA vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.
• bourneA boundary; a limit.
• loafA block of bread after baking.
• skidAn out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
• FentonA hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
• AbelThe son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
• confuseTo puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
• doubtfulSubject to, or causing doubt.
• intricateHaving a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
• proclamationA statement which is proclaimed; a formal public announcement.
• impositionThe act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
• outrageAn excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
• poopTo make a short blast on a horn.
• ambiguityThe state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
• speculativeCharacterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
• wheyThe liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
• hobA kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
• graciousOf, related to, full of, or exhibiting grace.
• snailAny of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
• demiseThe conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
• mowerA lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
• adoTrouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
• quickenTo put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
• heronAny long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
• graftA small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
• mothAny flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
• mashA mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
• pugA pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
• stencilA thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.
• derivationA leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
• wardenA guard or watchman.
• tugTo pull or drag with great effort.
• notaryA lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or her clients' behalf.
• indentA cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
• MacedonianOf or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
• guesthouseA small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
• edgedThat has a sharp planar surface.
• encompassTo form a circle around; to encircle.
• glareAn intense, blinding light.
• metaphysicalOf or pertaining to metaphysics.
• turbulentViolently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
• pipAny of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
• reaperOne who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
• beggingThe act of one who begs.
• contendTo be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
• segA man; warrior; hero.
• gloverA person who makes or sells gloves.
• unicornA mythical horselike creature with a horn on its forehead, supposed to be extremely rare and to be drawn to virgins and other chaste maidens.
• NormandyAn administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel. The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy.
• kempA coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
• waferA light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
• puckA mischievous or hostile spirit.
• semenA sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
• hoverTo keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
• subsistenceReal being; existence.
• chilledCooled.
• foeHostile.
• wrinkleA small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
• adolescenceThe transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
• nunA member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
• hearthThe place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
• strideTo walk with long steps.
• greatnessThe state, condition, or quality of being great
• bleachA chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
• ferretAn often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
• moorAn extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
• enrichTo enhance.
• raffleA drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
• labyrinthA complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
• swayThe act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
• preachTo give a sermon.
• triangularShaped like a triangle.
• thankfullyIn a thankful manner; giving thanks.
• excitationThe act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
• confederationA union or alliance of states or political organizations.
• JunoThe queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.
• defianceThe feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
• valiantPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
• rhymeRhyming verse (poetic form).
• sufficeTo be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
• stallionSpecifically, one that is uncastrated.
• bookerOne who makes a reservation.
• snortThe sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
• manifestationThe act or process of becoming manifest.
• attireOne's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.