Word origins

• attendantOne who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
• gullA seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
• NorthumberlandA ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
• britA British person.
• shinThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flawA flake, fragment, or shiver.
• paneAn individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
• angularRelating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
• grinderOne who grinds something, such as the teeth.
• avoidanceThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
• conquerTo defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• endeavorA sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
• badgerAny member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
• impressTo affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
• willyWilling; favourable; ready; eager.
• anonStraight away; at once.
• testifyTo make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
• boycottTo abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
• crustA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• traverseA route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
• garrisonA permanent military post.
• salSalt.
• barbThe point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
• genitalOf or relating to biological reproduction.
• spongeAny of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
• sectAn offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
• anticipationThe act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
• backgammonA board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
• oxAn adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
• buffUndyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• butcherA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
• hamletA small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village or town with usually under two hundred people.
• cladWearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
• orbA spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
• grangeA granary.
• scionA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
• swallowingThe act of swallowing.
• bodilyOf, relating to, or concerning the body.
• aweA feeling of fear and reverence.
• BeaumontA city in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
• lizardAny reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
• regalOf, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
• wrongfulwrong or unjust
• circumstanceSomething which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
• numberingA sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
• breakerSomething that breaks (something else).
• jealousSuspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
• houndA dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
• wharfAn artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
• flickA short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
• BriggsA topographic surname from Middle English.
• lugThe act of hauling or dragging.
• surveyorA person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.
• psalmA sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
• bibAn item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
• spyingespionage; the act of secretly gathering information
• talbotAn mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.
• swellTo become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape, usually as a result of pressure from within.
• obstacleSomething that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
• mantleA piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
• ironyThe quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
• mandrakeAny plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses.
• breadthThe extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
• merchandisingTrade in merchandise.
• pronunciationThe way in which a word, phrase, letter, character etc. is made to sound when spoken.
• concessionThe act of conceding.
• pastryA baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
• levinLightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
• preachingThe act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.
• hempA tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
• pelicanAny of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
• apocalypseA revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
• admireTo be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
• unveiledNot wearing, or not covered by, a veil.
• textualOf or pertaining to textuality.
• spindleA rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
• winkTo close one's eyes in sleep.
• diarrheaA gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
• misterAlternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
• wightA living creature, especially a human being.
• foliageThe leaves of plants.
• nodTo incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
• crankHard; difficult.
• stubSomething blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
• fundamentallyIn a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
• expositionThe action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
• tortA wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
• braceA curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• mayhemThe criminal offence of maiming (“seriously wounding”) a person such that their ability to defend or protect themselves is weakened or completely removed; (countable) an instance of this.
• garthA grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
• infusionA product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
• connThe duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
• spurA rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
• jubileeA special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free.
• sithA journey, way.
• thighThe upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
• seventeenThe cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
• brethrenkinsmen
• pactAn agreement; a compact; a covenant.
• honourableUK standard spelling of honorable.