Word origins

• handmaidA maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
• sputterMoist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
• baptizeTo perform the sacrament of baptism by immersing someone in water or sprinkling or pouring water over them.
• princesseBeing or relating to a princesse dress.
• horningThe activity of blowing the horn of a train.
• quakingThe action of the verb quake.
• vetchAny of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
• minishTo lessen or cause to seem to be less.
• stiffenTo make stiff.
• donatA rank in some knightly orders.
• stourTall; big; stout.
• lamentationThe act of lamenting.
• downtroddenOppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
• seawallA coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
• jambEither of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
• knaveA boy; especially, a boy servant.
• croupThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
• quireOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
• wawTo stir; move; wave.
• garishOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
• shethThe bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.
• predestinationThe doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
• themselfThe reflexive form of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
• coverletA blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
• starklyIn a stark manner; with great contrast.
• humanelyIn a humane manner.
• outlandProvincial: from a province (of the same land).
• acolyteOne who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
• laveTo bathe or wash (someone or something).
• sheepishHaving the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
• abedIn bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
• dreadfullyIn a dreadful manner; terribly.
• contemptibleDeserving contempt.
• overchargingThe act or process of charging excessively
• bellwetherThe leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
• LockettA surname transferred from the given name.
• wildingA wild apple or apple tree.
• beckonTo wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
• gruntingA sound of grunts.
• crucifyTo execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
• untieTo loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
• snyTo move, proceed.
• girtA horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
• annulTo formally revoke the validity of.
• truantShirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
• ermineA weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America) which's dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
• corroborationThe act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.
• fallibleCapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
• bitternSeveral bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
• daystarThe planet Venus as the morning star.
• accusativeProducing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
• traveA crossbeam.
• mathematicMathematical.
• chapletA garland or circlet for the head.
• perseA very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
• treacherA traitor or deceiver.
• podeToad.
• comportTo tolerate, bear, put up (with).
• overdoTo do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
• suppositoryA medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
• deemingThe act or process of judging or of forming an opinion; judgment, estimation.
• maslinA mixture of metals resembling brass.
• womanlyConsidered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.
• nallAn awl.
• outwithOutside; beyond; outside of.
• ridgedHaving ridges.
• worshipperA person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
• pannierA large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.
• comelyOf a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
• prowThe front part of a vessel.
• bathhouseA building with baths for communal use.
• daceA shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
• panderA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
• deceiverA person who lies or deceives.
• imaginativelyIn an imaginative manner; showing creativity.
• MichaelmasA Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
• gulletThe throat or esophagus.
• chrismA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
• maimTo wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• cobwebA spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
• shoopThe fruit of the rose; rosehip.
• undoubtedWithout doubt; without question; certain.
• doubtfullyIn a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
• welterA general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
• landeAn uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.
• leatAn artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
• PhilpottA surname transferred from the given name.
• drinkableAble to be drunk (as liquid).
• ambleAn unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
• confectionA food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
• listlessLacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
• shelveTo furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
• wheatenOf, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
• copperasAny of various metallic sulphates formed from the reaction of sulfur with iron, zinc, or copper, especially (alchemy) solutions of such compounds misunderstood as a mediator or catalyst for the transmutation of iron into copper &c.
• shandShame; scandal; disgrace.
• downcastOf the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
• GascoigneSynonym of Gascon.
• soothTruth.
• grobA surname.
• gulpingThe action of one who gulps.