Word origins

• scorchA slight or surface burn.
• villainousOf, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.
• steadfastlyIn a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction.
• arbourUK standard spelling of arbor.
• toothlessHaving no teeth.
• creviceA narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
• evictTo expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
• foxtailThe tail of a fox.
• neighThe cry of a horse.
• heleTo hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
• ravenousVery hungry.
• DieppeA coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
• ruddockThe European robin.
• pernPart of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
• crinkleTo fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
• farthingA quarter of any monetary unit or measure.
• wringingThe act by which something is wrung.
• collegianA student (or a former student) of a college
• betwixtBetween.
• sleightCunning; craft; artful practice.
• nonpaymentThe failure to make a payment.
• firmamentThe vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
• confessorOne who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
• ligatureThe act of tying or binding something.
• newnessThe property of being new; novelty; recency.
• bearableAble to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
• russetA reddish-brown color.
• gilderOne who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.
• hothouseA heated greenhouse.
• skeinA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
• matinof or relating to matins
• demonstrativeThat serves to demonstrate, show or prove.
• discordantNot in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
• orielA large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
• maladyAny ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
• thirtiethThe ordinal form of the number thirty.
• festerA fistula.
• mellTo say (something); to speak, to tell.
• saintlyLike or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
• aughtAnything whatsoever, any part.
• embellishTo make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
• gulesRed, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
• horryimpure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul
• wakerWatchful; vigilant; alert.
• loathsomeHighly offensive; abominable, sickening.
• loteTo lurk; lie hidden
• skinlessNot having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.
• SaxeA German albumenized paper used in photography.
• reaverOne who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
• trystA prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
• upwindExposed to the wind.
• teemTo be stocked to overflowing.
• obstinateStubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
• buttockEach of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
• glasshouseA greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
• lurchA sudden or unsteady movement.
• nightgownA long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
• bombardA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
• quashTo defeat decisively, to suppress.
• mousetrapA device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
• supplicationAn act of supplicating; a humble request.
• suetThe fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
• pulverPowder.
• noughtA thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
• lichA reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
• writhingBended in twisting struggle.
• rustlingThe rounding up and theft of animals, cattle in particular.
• earthwormA worm that lives in the ground.
• FriseFrisia: (historical) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany
• spinkThe chaffinch.
• sneerTo raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
• allayTo make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• FelixstoweA coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3034).
• conspiratorOne of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.
• wittedhaving a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)
• wherewithWith which; with what.
• coldlyIn a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
• fenugreekAny of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
• coldnessThe relative lack of heat.
• FrieslandA province of the Netherlands.
• brazierA worker in brass; a brassworker.
• docileReady to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
• maliciouslyIn a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.
• scrivenerA professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
• oppressTo keep down by unjust force.
• usuryAn exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
• greedilyIn a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
• nostrilEither of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
• blanchTo grow or become white.
• syneSubsequently; then.
• blamelessFree from blame; without fault; innocent.
• probativeTending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
• corporealMaterial; tangible; physical.
• partialityPreference, bias in favor of, tendency.
• rummageTo arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
• headstrongDetermined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
• nestlingA small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.
• leperA person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
• dimpleA small depression or indentation in a surface.
• RossiterA surname.