Word origins

• diabolicOf, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
• demonstrableAble to be demonstrated.
• churchyardA patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
• stoopA stooping, bent position of the body.
• sneezeTo expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
• awryObliquely, crookedly; askew.
• spayTo destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.
• titheA tenth.
• glazerOne who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc.
• trendingPopular or becoming more popular.
• forsakeTo abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
• congruenceThe quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
• pitchforkAn agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
• depressTo press down.
• transgressionA violation of a law, duty or commandment.
• scapeA leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
• NorthumbriaAn Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England; in full, Kingdom of Northumbria.
• periwinkleAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
• farrowA litter of piglets.
• annulmentAn act or instance of annulling.
• spateA (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
• dingleA small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
• gleamAn appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
• suppositionSomething that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
• BrabantA draft horse of a strong, heavy breed originating from the Brabant region of modern Belgium.
• superlativeHaving the power to carry something or someone above, over or beyond others.
• StaggAn English surname transferred from the nickname.
• fondnessThe quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.
• fruitlessBearing no fruit; barren.
• alienateEstranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
• moyenIntercession; intervention.
• threefoldThree times as great.
• triceTo pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
• violatorOne who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
• cinderPartially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
• peltThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
• thorpA group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
• rejuvenateTo render young again.
• malevolentHaving or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
• stileA set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
• naughtNothing.
• coinageThe process of coining money.
• CarmarthenA town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).
• planerA tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
• gavelRent.
• weightyHaving a lot of weight; heavy.
• goofA mistake or error.
• pendentDangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
• edificeA building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
• verminAny of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
• splatThe narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
• manneredHaving manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.
• butteryMade with or tasting of butter.
• deformityThe state of being deformed.
• soundlyIn a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.
• dankDark, damp and humid.
• trifleAn English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
• workhorseA horse used primarily for manual labor: a draft horse (draught horse).
• diureticIncreasing the amount or frequency of urination.
• milkenConsisting of milk.
• midwinterThe middle of winter.
• undoingThe act of loosening or unfastening
• purviewThe enacting part of a statute.
• hiltThe handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
• hewTo chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
• skirmishA brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
• gallowsA wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging.
• cowardiceLack of courage.
• wilySly, cunning, full of tricks.
• errandA mission or quest.
• yeomanAn official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
• slimyOf or pertaining to slime.
• estoppelA legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, making it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
• torrA unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.
• contaminateTo make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
• thornyHaving thorns or spines.
• mercilessShowing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
• clumpA cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
• shinerOne who shines; a luminary.
• sirloinA cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
• lappingA kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
• rogTo shake.
• chivalryCavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
• commonalityThe joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
• frustrateTo disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
• wyvernA draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
• tetherA rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
• hyperboleDeliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
• CharlemagneOne of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
• sterilityThe state or quality of being sterile.
• prowlTo rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
• bridgerOne who builds bridges
• amiableFriendly; kind; sweet; gracious.
• urinalA device or fixture used for urination, particularly
• femininityThe sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
• squallTo cry or wail loudly.
• hellfireThe fire of Hell.
• cinqueA card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
• immovableIncapable of being physically moved: fixed.
• fervorAn intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.