Word origins

• thereaboutsAbout or near that place.
• wealdA forest or wood.
• okerInterest on money; usury; increase.
• hotnessThe condition of being hot, heat.
• recklessnessThe state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
• horsetailA tail of a horse.
• yateAny of several species of Eucalyptus.
• dungyResembling or characteristic of dung.
• nuthatchAny of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.
• spurgeAny plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
• gravencarved, engraved
• envelopTo surround, enclose or enfold.
• FranklynA surname.
• launderA washerwoman or washerman.
• omnipotenceUnlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
• gropeTo feel with or use the hands; to handle.
• ironworkAnything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
• jailerOne who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
• foursquareHaving four equal sides; square.
• tuftA bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
• ghastHaving a ghastly appearance; weird.
• reverentShowing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.
• monstrosityAn organism showing abnormal development or deformity.
• menialOf or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
• clayeyComposed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
• disjunctiveNot connected; separated.
• weyAn old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
• nunneryAny convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
• forefingerThe index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
• clatterTo make a rattling sound.
• trefoilAny of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
• remissAt fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
• anchoressA female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
• entrailsThe internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines.
• hoxTo hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
• topsailA sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
• modicumA modest, small, or trifling amount.
• encroachto seize, appropriate
• eunuchA castrated man.
• sumanRice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.
• dickerTo bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
• raindropA single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
• glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
• perplexityThe state or quality of being perplexed.
• giantessA female giant.
• woefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
• droopTo hang downward; to sag.
• dislodgeTo remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
• tithingThe tithe given as an offering to the church.
• indictTo accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
• carvenMade by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
• SwanageA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0378).
• declarerThe person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
• hearerOne who hears.
• berghA hill.
• triumphalOf, relating to, or being a triumph.
• affyTo have faith in (someone); to trust.
• flailA tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
• ardorGreat warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• beemanOne who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper.
• apaceQuickly, rapidly, with speed.
• stepsonThe son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
• bulwarkA defensive wall or rampart.
• breastplateA piece of armor that covers the chest.
• drossResidue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
• cinnabarA deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
• journeyingTravel, travelling.
• oppressorSomeone who oppresses another or others.
• glorificationThe act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
• mothershipThe state of being a mother.
• wayfarerA traveller, especially one on foot.
• egalEqual; impartial.
• serfA partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
• phlegmOne of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
• dissensionAn act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
• deformHaving an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
• defileTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
• foxgloveAny member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
• douceSweet; nice; pleasant.
• cornelAny tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
• bleacherOne who, or that which, bleaches.
• lozengeA thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
• honeypotA pot of honey.
• infestTo inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
• friskLively; brisk.
• concubineA sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
• courtlyBefitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court; stately, rich or fine, and so suitable for a royal court.
• raxTo stretch; stretch out.
• silversmithA person who makes articles out of silver usually larger than jewellery.
• curationThe act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
• loathAverse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.
• meatlessWithout meat.
• vexingCausing annoyance or pain; irritating.
• astonishTo surprise greatly.
• cognizanceAn emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.
• nearnessThe state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
• procuratorA tax collector.
• plaintiveSounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
• publicanThe landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
• hoarA white or greyish-white colour.