Word origins

• DerwentA river in Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.
• crustyHaving a crust, especially a thick one.
• stillnessThe quality or state of being still.
• underlieTo lie in a position directly beneath something.
• minsterA monastic church.
• sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
• bateTo reduce the force of something; to abate.
• pertAttractive.
• fraughtThe hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.
• replenishTo refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
• advisementConsideration or deliberation.
• eloquenceThe quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
• bellingBellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season
• snarkan attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
• copiousVast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
• cadeabandoned by its mother and reared by hand
• newfoundRecently found; newly discovered.
• trembleTo shake, quiver, or vibrate.
• sojournA short stay somewhere.
• immaterialHaving no matter or substance; incorporeal.
• lopTo cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
• furiouslyIn a furious manner; angrily.
• fleckA flake.
• promulgateTo make known or make public.
• cloughA narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
• DanversA surname.
• relinquishTo give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
• succinctEncircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
• yolkThe yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
• cullTo pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• minstrelOriginally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
• eweA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
• exchequerAn office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
• falsehoodThe property of being false.
• pleaserSomeone or something which pleases.
• maulA heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
• leviathanA vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
• eavesThe underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
• marredSpoiled; harmed or damaged.
• falconerA person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
• watchmanA man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender.
• junctureA place where things join, a junction.
• hainTo hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging.
• meagerHaving little flesh; lean; thin.
• discordLack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
• injuriousCausing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
• behemothA great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.
• throwerSomeone who throws.
• crucifixA wooden structure used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
• censureThe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
• credoA statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
• heartlessWithout feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
• forcibleDone by force, forced.
• glorifyTo exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
• cleaverA squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
• nettleMost, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
• mischievousCausing mischief; injurious.
• eyeletAn object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
• complacencyA feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
• quirkAn idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
• yelpAn abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
• greeOne of a flight of steps.
• halcyonA kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
• chieftainA leader of a clan or tribe.
• honeysuckleAny of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet-smelling, bell-shaped flowers.
• flitea quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
• jaundiceA morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
• daintyElegant; delicately small and pretty.
• beaterSomeone or something that beats.
• crackleA prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
• crossbowA mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
• repelTo turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
• onerousImposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
• bonnyA female given name from English.
• haddockA saltwater fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
• oftentimesFrequently; often.
• swathThe track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
• miserablyIn a miserable manner.
• searDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
• assimilateTo incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
• credenceAcceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
• LovelaceA well-mannered libertine.
• CaenA city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
• divulgeTo make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
• footpathAny set path or trail to be used by people walking.
• delugeA great flood or rain.
• HartwellTwo villages, named Lower and Upper Hartwell, in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7912).
• pryTo peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
• venisonThe meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat.
• shoalShallow.
• pareTo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
• skillfullyIn a skillful manner; with skill.
• headyIntoxicating or stupefying.
• hoardA hidden supply or fund.
• woodcockAny of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
• gertbig
• streamerA long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
• reproachA mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
• cherubA winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
• commendationThe act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.