Word origins

• cherubimA cherub.
• massyHeavy; massive.
• maculaAn oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
• chiveA perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
• gluttonGluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
• saredry, withered
• unnaturallyIn an unnatural manner; to an unnatural extent.
• hameshroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
• credulityA willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
• astoundTo astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
• rightnessThe characteristic of being right; correctness.
• wartyHaving warts.
• overmanA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
• swiftnessThe state of being swift.
• boatswainThe officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
• summerhouseA house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
• ripenessThe characteristic of being ripe.
• sinkholeA hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
• bourdonThe burden or bass of a melody.
• middenA dung heap.
• hogsheadA cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).
• bickerTo quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
• ointTo anoint.
• gorgonA vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
• smallnessThe state or quality of being small.
• tiptoeThe tip of the toe.
• thanklessNot appreciated or rewarded.
• sublimityThe quality or state of being sublime.
• misbehaveTo act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
• discolorTo change or lose color.
• insufferableNot sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
• usurpationThe wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
• unlearnedignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
• reflexionDated spelling of reflection.
• crannyA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
• lamentableCausing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
• chanticleerA domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
• rebellingAn act or feeling of rebellion.
• montantAn upward cut with a blade.
• trowTo trust or believe.
• overworkTo make (someone or something) work too hard.
• pommelThe upper front brow of a saddle.
• crakeAny of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
• gaiterA covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
• blabTo tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• unrighteousnessThe state of being unrighteous.
• kinglyOf or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
• drinkwaterPotable water; water intended for drinking
• acquitTo declare or find innocent or not guilty.
• singeTo burn slightly.
• akimboWith a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
• gyreA swirling vortex.
• fealtyFidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
• whosowhosoever, whatever person
• ourselfThe reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
• lantAged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.
• ardentlyFervently.
• coppiceA grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
• TowcesterA market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6948).
• faneA weathercock, a weather vane.
• drabbleTo wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
• cattailAny of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
• motherlessWithout a (living) mother.
• wheezeTo breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
• heartstringsThe tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the diaphragm.
• procreateTo beget or conceive (offsprings).
• slikeTo crawl; creep; slide.
• RothburyA small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0501).
• ligureA gemstone, supposed to have been a form of agate
• belieTo lie around; encompass.
• fortiethThe ordinal form of the number forty.
• slylyIn a sly manner, cunningly.
• spangleA small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
• figurationThe act of giving figure or determinate form.
• plaitA flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• handbellA small bell designed to be rung by hand.
• shearmanOne whose occupation is to shear cloth.
• lathA thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
• whiten(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
• reynardA fox.
• murewall
• shriftThe act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
• parishionerA member of a parish.
• hoarsenessThe quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
• gildTo cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
• debonairGracious, courteous.
• blessednessThe condition or state of being blessed; holy.
• betteringimprovement
• stratagemA tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
• authoritativelyIn an authoritative manner; with authority.
• comberA person who combs wool, etc.
• pickerelA freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
• thinnessThe state or quality of being thin.
• goldySynonym of goldish.
• AugustinianOf, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
• scaldTo burn with hot liquid.
• uncouthUnfamiliar, strange, foreign.
• relictThe surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
• skinkA shin of beef.
• blabberTo blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.