Word origins

• brailA small rope used to truss up sails.
• engrossTo write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
• tumbTo tumble; jump; dance.
• intoneTo give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
• maliciousnessThe condition of being malicious; malevolence or malice.
• battelA single combat.
• letchStrong desire; passion.
• parureA set of jewellery to be worn together.
• surenessThe property of being sure, certainty.
• worldwiseKnowledgeable about the world; worldly-wise; sophisticated; experienced.
• meddlerOne who meddles or interferes in something not of their concern.
• OrgillA surname from Middle English [in turn transferred from the nickname].
• hextHighest.
• harrasA herd of horses.
• PettengillA surname from Middle English.
• aristA rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
• ScafellA mountain in Cumbria, England.
• SummerhaysA surname from Middle English.
• procuracyThe office of a procurator.
• merminA mermaid or merman.
• ateneTo irritate; grill; vex; annoy.
• yawpTo yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
• quaverA trembling shake.
• BrockbankA surname from Middle English.
• sliveTo cut; split; separate.
• emendationThe act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
• espousalA betrothal.
• presterA priest or presbyter.
• struttersomeone who struts
• purgationThe process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
• toseTo pull apart or asunder; touse.
• winepressA press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
• forepartThe front or anterior part of something.
• congealTo change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
• tidilyIn a tidy manner; neatly; cleanly.
• scryTo magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
• ChurchdownA large village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8820).
• solemnizeTo make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
• amperA tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
• thringTo thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
• importunityConstant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; (countable) an instance of this.
• moilTo toil, to work hard.
• steadingA farmhouse and outer buildings such as barns, stables, cattle-sheds, etc.; a farmstead; a homestead, an onstead, an estate.
• bewitchTo cast a spell upon.
• rottennessThe quality of being rotten.
• privilySecretly, in secret; in a private manner; privately.
• dunnockA small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
• ignominiouslyIn a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”).
• appertainTo belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
• headlyChief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly.
• foresideThe front or fore part of anything; front face of a thing; front side.
• widgeA horse.
• spendableCapable of being spent.
• viscountessThe wife of a viscount.
• quicklimeCalcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
• forthrightnessThe characteristic or quality of being forthright
• borstalA way up a hill in the South Downs.
• pomaceSuch residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out.
• twelvemonthA year.
• DarlastonA town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9897).
• glaiveA light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
• uncrownedNot crowned; not yet crowned.
• malefactorA criminal or felon.
• dotageDecline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
• palliateTo relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
• froodShrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
• hydrophobiaAn aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
• empriseAn enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
• vocativeOf or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
• plodderA person who, or animal that, plods.
• fremdStrange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
• felegreatly, much, very
• detractionThe act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
• wastefulnessimprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
• saucerfulAs much as a saucer will hold.
• ammerThe yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.
• JenningA rare surname originating as a patronymic.
• parlousAttended with peril; dangerous, risky.
• herryTo honour, praise or celebrate.
• chasubleThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
• MaysonA surname transferred from the given name.
• roydA forest clearing.
• littlenessThe property of being little, smallness.
• regallyIn a regal manner, in the way of, or befitting, royalty.
• upbraidTo criticize severely.
• inwardnessThe characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
• fastlyIn a secure or firm manner; securely
• authoressA female author.
• squarenessThe condition of being square
• denominateTo name; to designate.
• redbreastA European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
• AlmondsburyA village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6084).
• jollityThe state of being jolly; jolliness, cheerfulness.
• MyresA surname from Middle English.
• wastefullyIn a wasteful manner.
• drearinessThe characteristic of being dreary.
• DudneyA surname from Middle English.
• penetrableCapable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
• gorgetA piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
• metaphysicianA philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics.