Word origins

• demeritA quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
• unbindTo take bindings off.
• plaicePleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
• roundnessThe degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be round fulfills that requirement; it is measured by parameters such as TIR (total indicator reading).
• tykeA mongrel dog.
• groatHulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
• matinsTogether with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; traditionally prayed at sunrise or earlier.
• brawlerOne who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
• PlatonA surname.
• blackishsomewhat black
• aphorismA concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
• inoculateTo introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
• barqueA sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
• pitilessHaving, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
• jangleTo cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
• beauteousbeautiful.
• contriveTo invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
• estimableWorthy of esteem; admirable.
• ministrationThe act of ministering; an instance of providing aid, care, or assistance.
• impudentNot showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
• roopTo cry; shout.
• armlessHaving no arms.
• CheritonA hamlet in Brendon and Countisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7346).
• consonanceA form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
• redstartAny of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
• toadstoolAny inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
• cleaversGalium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
• hestCommand, injunction.
• twingeTo have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
• bendyHaving the ability to be bent easily.
• botchTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
• yelmA bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
• prothonotaryA chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
• mishmashA collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
• swillA mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
• gentlemanlyOf, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.
• bemoanTo moan or complain about (something).
• cerebrumThe principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
• carkTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
• cofferA strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
• vestmentA robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
• chivalrousHonourable, especially to women; gallant.
• jetsamItems thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
• aikTo drive.
• deludeTo deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• wrothFull of anger; wrathful.
• fastnessThe quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
• unrighteousNot righteous; wicked.
• paternosterThe Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
• repastA meal.
• caulA style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
• shapelessWithout a clearly defined or identifiable shape.
• chaveI have
• contriteSincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
• abstractlyIn an abstract way or manner
• haverTo hem and haw.
• righteouslyIn a righteous manner.
• fanonA vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
• chastiseTo punish, especially by corporal punishment.
• cannerSomeone or something which cans.
• incorrigibleDefective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
• passantWalking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
• circularlyIn a circular way.
• sixtiethThe ordinal form of the number sixty.
• fivefoldFive times as much or as many.
• lintelA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
• meseA dinner; meal.
• clodA lump of something, especially earth or clay.
• beneficenceThe practice of doing good, such as acts of philanthropy, kind deeds; or other acts which benefit someone else.
• impregnableOf a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
• tippetA shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
• shoolA shovel.
• forenoonSynonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.
• bustardAny of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
• forgerA person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
• eightfoldEight times as much; multiplied by eight.
• jutTo stick out.
• kithFriends and acquaintances.
• noblesseThe quality of being noble; nobleness.
• quistThe wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
• sulkTo express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
• spritA spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
• consanguinityA consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
• tectCovered; hidden.
• sardA variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
• sparrowhawkA Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
• panterOne who pants.
• tempestuousOf, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.
• foxholeThe burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
• poulterSynonym of poulterer, a dealer in poultry.
• inmostThat which is inmost; the core.
• halyardA rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.
• cannotCan not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc.).
• midriffThe middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.
• sereWithout moisture; dry.
• stammerTo keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
• burryAbounding in burs.
• lucreMoney, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
• vintnerA seller of wine.
• gristleCartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.