Word origins

• LideMarch (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
• cressA plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
• womanhoodThe state or condition of being a woman.
• exorbitantExceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
• bedsteadThe framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc.
• ligTo lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
• frothFoam.
• regaliaRoyal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
• peeragePeers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
• doubletA pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
• cohabitationAn emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.
• wattleA construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
• tinselA silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.
• breveA semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
• worthinessThe state or quality of having value or merit.
• raverA person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.
• weenDoubt; conjecture.
• woefullyIn a woeful manner.
• outwardsFrom the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
• rendTo separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
• disagreeableCausing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
• shrikeAny of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
• kineA proposed unit of velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
• fraudulentlyIn a fraudulent manner.
• darkenTo make dark or darker by reducing light.
• dowryPayment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
• adieuSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• gathererA person who gathers things.
• mittenA type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• OnslowA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• tamarindA tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
• admonitionA rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
• perchancePerhaps.
• roodA crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• dudA device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
• moorlandOpen land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
• congratulationThe act of congratulating.
• abackTowards the back or rear; backwards.
• quinceThe pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
• sorceressA female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
• chubA European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
• vangTo take; undertake for.
• throthrough
• cavernousResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
• reprieveTo cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
• lividHaving a dark, bluish appearance.
• bestillTo make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
• childlessNot having any children.
• lavishlyIn a lavish manner, expending profusely.
• smiteTo hit; to strike.
• forthrightStraightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
• adherentAdhesive, sticking to something.
• vindicationAn act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.
• falterAn unsteadiness.
• AuvergneA former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• encumbranceSomething that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
• sorrowfulexhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
• crisscrossTo move back and forth over or through.
• hyenaAny of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
• wedlockThe state of being married.
• obtuseBlunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
• sternlyIn a stern manner.
• savourAn aroma or smell.
• suffocationAsphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
• luskLazy or slothful.
• babblerSomeone who babbles.
• whetTo sharpen (something, such as a knife or sword) by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone; to hone.
• alineIn line.
• doerSomeone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
• bywayA road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
• seepTo ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
• fescueA straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
• outrageouslyIn an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
• petticoatA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
• forlornAbandoned, deserted, left behind.
• absolutionAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
• inordinateExcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
• evermoreAlways; forever; eternally.
• IrishmanA man from Ireland.
• hundredthThe ordinal form of the number one hundred.
• firstbornThe first child to be born to a parent or family.
• betrayingThat betrays
• screechA high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
• carelessnessLack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
• groaningThat groans.
• quicknessrapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
• lealLoyal, honest.
• cleveA room; chamber.
• chompThe act of chomping (see below)
• freneticFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
• tankardA large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
• amorousInclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
• JesuJesus
• whetstoneA sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
• wellspringThe source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
• alightTo make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
• fortifyTo give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
• implicateTo show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
• tollingThe act by which a bell is tolled.
• infamyThe state of being infamous.