Word origins

• feminitySynonym of femininity.
• flouryResembling flour.
• unbuckleto unfasten (the buckle of (a belt, shoe, etc))
• richessewealth or riches
• jollTo bump, knock; push.
• adownDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
• goddaughterA female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
• hawserA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
• shogjolt, shake (brisk movement)
• pursuivantA functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
• foullyIn a foul manner; revoltingly.
• troublousOf a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment.
• flusterTo throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
• arguerOne who argues.
• kinswomanA female relative.
• prefigureTo show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
• bethinkTo think about, to recollect.
• LettowLithuania (a country in northeastern Europe).
• charlockAny of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).
• tonsureTo shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.
• HardacreA surname from Middle English.
• shapenTo shape, form.
• misleaderOne who leads into error.
• chastelyIn a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner)
• yepsenAmount that can be held in two hands cupped together.
• hidyOf or pertaining to hides.
• ullageIn a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
• holdmanA man employed in the hold of a ship to load and unload cargo.
• estopTo impede or bar by estoppel.
• strewingThe act of scattering or spreading.
• wonderlywondrous; wondersome
• splotchyMarked or covered with large, irregular spots.
• straggleTo stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
• mitherTo make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
• recreantHaving admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
• shamefacedBashful; showing modesty, embarrassment, shyness, or self-consciousness.
• yedTo speak; sing.
• sovereignlyTo the highest degree; wholly; utterly
• enowJust now.
• yifIf.
• yellownessThe state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.
• hugenessthe quality of being huge; immensity.
• hoodlessNot having, or wearing, a hood.
• absinthiumCommon wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
• angulatedSynonym of angulate.
• foemanAn enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.
• fustyMoldy or musty.
• enfranchiseTo grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
• quellerOne who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
• drubCarbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
• extenuateOf a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
• disinheritTo exclude from inheritance; to disown.
• bagfulThe amount that fills a bag.
• thilkThat same; this; that.
• sollarsA surname.
• sharnThe dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
• bramblingA finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
• freetA superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
• wineberryThe grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
• dooredHaving or furnished with doors
• innocencyHarmlessness.
• dightAdorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked out.
• propinquityNearness or proximity
• unthankfulNot thankful; ungrateful.
• begoTo go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
• SatanasSatan.
• lacerateTo tear, rip or wound.
• KenterA person from, or an inhabitant of, Kent.
• ninefoldHaving nine times as much or as many.
• canonizeTo declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
• breeksPants, breeches.
• cholerYellow bile.
• bizenSomething monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
• truenessThe characteristic of being true.
• teendTo kindle; to burn.
• snokeTo sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
• granduncleSynonym of great-uncle.
• pasternThe part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.
• delverOne who digs or delves, as with a spade.
• ConyerA surname from Middle English.
• whensoeverwhenever; at any time at all
• catmintSynonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
• yowlA prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
• hirnCorner; nook; hiding-place.
• semblableapparent.
• AlmondburyA suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1615).
• adaysIn the daytime.
• mascleA lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail.
• queyA heifer.
• warmnessthe state of being warm; warmth
• sightlyAttractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing.
• kemptOf a person's beard or hair: combed.
• sickbedA bed used by a person who is sick.
• mishandleTo manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
• cressetA metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination.
• ammoniacOf or relating to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
• fornicatorAn unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
• endlessnessThe state or characteristic of being endless.
• singlerSingular.
• ShirehamptonA district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth and historically in Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5376).