Word origins

• hendTo take hold of; to grasp, hold.
• commensalOf a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.
• BamburghA coastal village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1834).
• lollTo act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• flagonA large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion.
• clerestoryThe upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.
• forefatherAn ancestor.
• revelatorA person or personified agent who reveals; especially, one who makes a divine revelation.
• evilnessThe quality or state of being evil.
• feasterOne who feasts, who attends a feast.
• patenThe plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
• barlingThe smallest pig in a litter; runt.
• burianA tomb; sepulchre.
• kiddleA kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
• irrecoverableNot recoverable; incapable of being recovered
• gleemanA professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.
• curtilageA small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; originally, such areas were enclosed by a fence or wall.
• rhymerA minstrel.
• unworthinessThe characteristic or condition of being unworthy.
• arrearTowards the rear, backwards.
• blobbySimilar in shape to blobs; amorphous and rounded in appearance; partially irregular in appearance like bubbles.
• ironmongerA retailer of hardware, tools, and household goods.
• greennessThe state or quality of being green; green colour.
• bedstrawAny plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers.
• aureoleA circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
• greceA flight of stairs.
• emendTo correct and revise (text or a document).
• PimmA surname from Old English.
• fusterA saddle tree maker.
• starlessWithout visible stars.
• slackenTo gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
• leaperOne who leaps.
• pomeA type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
• mischievouslyIn a mischievous manner.
• collyBlack as coal.
• feloniouslyIn a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
• spoliationThe action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.
• terminableAble to be terminated.
• dominicalOf or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
• collingThe act of colling; hugging or embracing.
• bakehouseA building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
• sixfoldHaving six times as much or as many.
• hurtleTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
• unmindfulLacking awareness; oblivious.
• FerryhillA town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).
• cowslipA low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
• supernaturallyIn a supernatural manner.
• enfranchisementRelease from imprisonment, political oppression, or slavery; emancipation, liberation; (countable) an instance of this.
• wizenedWithered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
• numerateTo count.
• townsmanA man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
• mildnessThe quality of being mild; gentleness.
• jowlThe jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
• paroxysmA period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.
• thillOne of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
• fundamentFoundation.
• thwackTo hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
• dewdropA droplet of water formed as dew.
• nardA flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
• carseLow, fertile land; a river valley.
• rooseTo flatter or praise.
• illumineTo shine light on (something).
• awfulnessThe state or quality of being awful.
• henceforwardfrom now on; from this time on
• gaugerOne who gauges.
• surpliceA liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
• demurChiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
• peradventurePerchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
• earwigAny of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
• grandsireGrandfather.
• booklandIn Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
• celandineAny plant of the genus Chelidonium.
• attalA surname.
• DearneA river in South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.
• mannerlyHaving good manners; polite.
• mawkA maggot.
• birkenMade of birch; birchen.
• righterSomeone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong.
• doubtlesslyWithout question; indubitably.
• seventiethThe ordinal form of the number seventy.
• dodderTo shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
• overreachTo reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
• jacobinSynonym of Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter.
• erysipelasAn acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.
• persecutorA person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
• slobberLiquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
• bunterOne who bunts.
• burgherA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
• herdmanSomeone who herds animals; a herdsman.
• gallyCharacterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
• swithStrong; vehement.
• circumciseTo surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
• songerA singer (of songs); a songster.
• neepThe swede (rutabaga); turnip.
• practicA person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
• mollifyTo ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• AfricAfrican.
• bedclothesSheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
• brandishTo move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
• bastonA staff or cudgel.