Word origins

• virgilSynonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
• summertimeThe period or season of summer.
• cleopatraA woman of great seductive beauty.
• undecidedOpen and not yet settled or determined.
• bylawA local custom or law of a settlement or district.
• epiphanyAn illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
• melancholyBlack bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
• hindLocated at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
• squireA shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
• acheTo suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
• counterfeitFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
• yokeA bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; two draught animals connected by such a yoke; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
• GraysonA surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a steward.
• sweetnessThe condition of tasting sugary or tasting as if sugary, from either sugar or another sweet-tasting substance.
• crookA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
• rearingAct of raising young.
• staleNo longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• cogA tooth on a gear.
• incarnationAn incarnate being or form.
• fourteenthThe ordinal form of the number fourteen.
• gaspTo draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
• hummelHummel figurine
• hapA person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.
• unequalNot the same.
• stalkingThe act of going stealthily.
• sturgeonAny of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
• hasteSpeed; swiftness; dispatch.
• rhetoricalPart of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
• prongA thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
• simmerTo cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
• vertA green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
• waterwayA body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
• bainReady; willing.
• AubreyAn English patronymic surname.
• siltMud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
• cherishTo treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
• undeadNot dead; alive.
• berthA place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
• lintClinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
• TuscanOf, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy.
• roamTo wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
• cataractA (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
• middayNoon; twelve o'clock during the day.
• innateInborn; existing or having existed since birth.
• plattA marketplace.
• sunbeamA ray of sunlight; especially, a demarcated, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
• impairTo weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
• stunTo incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
• goblinTraditionally, a supernatural being of folklore, typically small and grotesque or misshapen, that commonly haunts dark places, often mischievous or malevolent; a type of evil elf, sprite, or demon.
• ceeThe name of the Latin script letter C/c.
• SewardA surname.
• accuseTo find fault with, blame, censure.
• doggyA dog, especially a small one.
• hurdleAn artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
• lewA French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
• treyA playing card or die with the rank of three.
• primateA mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
• willinglyOf one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
• revisitTo visit again.
• cuckooAny of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
• whitingA fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
• fangA long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
• nettingSomething that acts as, or looks like, a net.
• hermitageA house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
• broodThe young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
• azureThe clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
• compelTo drive together, round up.
• sniffTo make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something; to smell (something).
• negligentCareless or inattentive.
• woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
• unwindTo separate (something that is wound up)
• crotchThe ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
• hostessA female host.
• weepTo cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
• bestandTo stand by or near; stand around.
• westwardLying toward the west.
• sinnerA person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
• ergoConsequently, therefore, or thus.
• craftySkillful at deceiving others.
• peridotA transparent olive green form of olivine, used as a gem.
• vowelA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
• cobA corncob.
• coronationAn act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
• treblePertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
• galleyA long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
• shovelA hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
• entailTo imply, require, or invoke.
• nighttimeThe hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
• moanA low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
• milkingThe act by which any animal is milked.
• scribeSomeone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
• fenA type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
• blisterA small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
• guileAstuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
• unfoldTo undo a folding.
• baleEvil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• fishnetA net used to catch fish.
• dissipationThe act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
• spriteA spirit; a soul; a shade.
• keelA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.