Word origins

• rampantRearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
• dreadfulGenuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
• mellowSoft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
• boastA brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
• respirationThe process of inhaling and exhaling.
• canisterA cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
• stiffnessRigidity or a measure of rigidity.
• thriftyShowing thrift; economical; frugal.
• workmanshipThe skill of an artisan or craftsman.
• slyArtfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
• perchAny of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
• cravenUnwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
• homageA demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.
• nativitySomeone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
• suretyCertainty.
• carpentryThe trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
• fugitiveA person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
• JerichoA place of retirement or concealment.
• feyAbout to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
• disturbto confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
• pickerA worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
• bogAn area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
• livelihoodA means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
• christeningThe Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
• jealousyA state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
• judasA traitor; a person not to be trusted.
• doleDistribution; dealing; apportionment.
• wickA braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
• sagThe state of sinking or bending; a droop.
• immaculateHaving no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
• reindeerAny Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
• shakenMoved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• lancetA sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
• antelopeAny of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
• FlandersA cultural region in the north of Belgium.
• starredHaving a star or stars.
• deaconA designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
• profoundlyWith depth, meaningfully.
• riddera sieve
• lairA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• encloseTo surround with a wall, fence, etc.
• deferTo delay or postpone.
• pharaohThe supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
• itchingA sensation that itches.
• LawtonA hamlet in Kingsland parish, west of Leominster, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4459).
• achAny of several species of plants, such as smallage, wild celery, parsley.
• wrenTroglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
• aitAn island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
• hamperA large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
• expulsionThe act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
• withholdTo keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
• hinA former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
• craveTo desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
• arrowheadThe pointed part of an arrow (the weapon).
• rippleA moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
• sweeperOne who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
• goldsmithA person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
• inclinationA physical tilt or bend.
• measlesAn acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
• portmanA burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.
• amenityPleasantness.
• saltyTasting of salt.
• flourishTo thrive or grow well.
• heedCareful attention.
• tumourCommonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
• boonA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
• pawnThe state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
• dorsalRelating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
• hereditaryPassed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
• spleenIn vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the upper left abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
• empressThe female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
• whenceFrom where, from which: from which place or source.
• trustingInclined to believe the claims or statements of others; inclined to confide readily; trustful.
• toreHard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
• stormyOf or pertaining to storms.
• obligatoryImposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
• forbidTo disallow; to proscribe.
• felicityThe condition of being happy.
• vigilAn instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
• bulkyBeing large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
• desperationThe act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
• parlorThe living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
• setterA typesetter.
• literateAble to read and write; having literacy.
• adjectiveA word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
• discipleA person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
• cipherA numeric character.
• OrwellA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650).
• cleanserSomeone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
• LennoxA region of Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and its outlet, the River Leven.
• adoreTo worship.
• weepingAction of the verb to weep.
• hereunderUnder this.
• infancyThe earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
• cleanseTo free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
• wombIn female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
• cheddarCheddar cheese.
• corsetA woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
• StoweA surname.
• gladeAn open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.