Word origins

• keymakerOne who makes keys.
• LiphookA village in Bramshott and Liphook parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8431).
• leguminousOf the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
• executrixA female person who executes or carries out something.
• seacliffA cliff that abuts the sea, formed by sea erosion.
• lemeA ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
• damnableCapable of being damned.
• moodinessThe property of being moody.
• haymakerA person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
• eyrieThe nest of a bird of prey.
• jowA premetric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch.
• murreyThe mulberry fruit.
• jupeA style of skirt.
• ruggedlyIn a rugged manner.
• resterOne who rests.
• wisherSomeone who makes a wish
• swingleAn implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
• prescienceSuch knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses.
• treenPertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
• goatskinThe skin of a goat, especially when cured and used as a material for clothing, tents, etc.
• acceptationThe meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
• bryonyA perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
• salvatorA savior.
• forelA kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.
• grizzleA dark grey colour.
• divinerOne who foretells the future.
• variolaSmallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
• sakerA falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
• forecastleA raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.
• bracerThat which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
• proscribeTo forbid or prohibit.
• unbuiltNot built.
• evennessFlatness, smoothness; the quality of being flat or level.
• dolorousSolemnly or ponderously sad.
• wholesomenessThe state of being wholesome.
• foretasteA taste beforehand.
• gangerOne who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
• rennetAn enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.
• maundyA commandment.
• catarrhEspecially, that of the nose and throat.
• berendTo rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.
• keechA mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
• cockfightingA gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
• commodiousSpacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
• pincersA gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
• artificerSomeone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
• ragerOne who rages.
• gimletA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
• pincerAny object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
• musetteAny of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century.
• nillTo be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
• whealA small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
• assignationAn appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
• gudgeonA small freshwater fish of species Gobio gobio, native to Eurasia.
• sacerdotalOf or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
• armholeA human armpit.
• nimmerA petty thief.
• chatelainSynonym of castellan: the lord of a castle; a caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle for its lord.
• pickaxeA heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
• besiegeTo beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
• mutabilityThe quality or state of being mutable.
• dingeDinginess.
• slakeTo satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
• whirligigAnything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
• leaflessOf plants or trees, without leaves.
• gillerA person who gills fish.
• slaverTo drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
• ogeeA double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
• gluttonousGiven to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
• dalliancePlayful flirtation; amorous play.
• arrearageThe condition of being in arrears.
• grandamA grandmother.
• vinyardA surname.
• yondFurther; more distant.
• frumpyDowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
• StroodA town in Medway district, Kent, England.
• frainTo ask, inquire.
• heavenwardToward heaven (place of the afterlife).
• WalsheAn Irish surname transferred from the nickname of Anglo-Norman origin, meaning Briton or foreigner. Also a translation of Breathnach, with the same meaning.
• CloptonA deserted medieval village in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL303487).
• repugnanceExtreme aversion, repulsion.
• BeardmoreA surname.
• pleasanceA pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
• kittleTo tickle, to touch lightly.
• chismA shoot or sprout; a bud.
• hedgerOne who makes or mends hedges.
• geometerA mathematician who specializes in geometry.
• eyelessHaving no eyes (organs of sight).
• leeseTo lose.
• exemplificationThe act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
• pleadera person who pleads in court; an advocate
• bawlTo shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
• vaingloryExcessive vanity.
• hoofedHaving a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
• matriceThe womb.
• unclippedNot clipped.
• fornFore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
• fishmongerA person who sells fish.
• salersalt cellar
• gildenGolden; made of gold.