Word origins

• sconceA fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
• cleanlyBeing habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
• uncleanDirty, soiled or foul.
• tableclothA cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
• loamA type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• collusionA private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
• knottedFull of knots; knotty.
• especialExceptional in importance or significance; special.
• betrayTo deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
• arghExpressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.
• bennetWood avens or herb bennet, a common yellow-flowered plant of Europe (Geum urbanum).
• undressTo remove one's clothing.
• unpossibleImpossible.
• rutSexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.
• amuseTo entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
• EveshamA town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).
• untimelyAt an inopportune time.
• havesThe wealthy or privileged, and those with power and possessions.
• tangleTo mix together or intertwine.
• unwelcomeNot welcome.
• sceptreAn ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
• confederacyAn alliance.
• bustleAn excited activity; a stir.
• spicerOne who seasons with spice.
• mushA somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
• shudderTo shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
• eyesightVision or the faculty of sight.
• parsonAn Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
• infidelityUnfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
• foalA young horse or similar young equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
• peaseTo make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
• drearyDrab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
• drynessA lack of moisture.
• conquerorSomeone who conquers.
• carnalRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
• fetTo fetch.
• bridleThe headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
• galileeA narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building.
• FrenchmanA man of French birth or nationality.
• tillerA person who tills; a farmer.
• berylA mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
• forerunnerA runner at the front or ahead.
• watchfulFully observant, vigilant, or aware.
• afflictionA state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
• satchelA bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
• contributoryOf, pertaining to, or involving a contribution.
• revelAn instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
• crucifixionAn execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
• sutureA seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
• madlyWithout reason or understanding; wildly.
• gripeTo complain; to whine.
• thereuponUpon that; thereon.
• disdainA feeling of contempt or scorn.
• absurdityThat which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
• alabasterA fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
• GeorgieA diminutive of the male given name George.
• varicoseAbnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
• outburstAn intense period of activity.
• scantNot full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
• FitzroyA patrilineal surname from Anglo-Norman.
• sorelyIn a sore or desperate manner.
• elvenOriginally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.
• pailA vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
• mastiffOne of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.
• lumA chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
• concentricHaving a common center.
• loinThe part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
• permeableAble to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
• leerTo look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
• naveThe middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
• amityFriendship; friendliness.
• starveTo die because of lack of food or of not eating.
• leekA vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
• shortnessThe property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
• heretoforeBefore now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
• masterfulOf or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly.
• insolubleThat cannot be dissolved.
• lupinAny member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
• bealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
• flutterTo flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
• halloA cry of surprise.
• shatterOf brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
• upbringingThe traits acquired during one's childhood training
• dandelionAny of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
• BigelowA surname from Middle English.
• horsemanA man who rides a horse.
• padlockA detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
• informerOne who informs someone else about something.
• fennelA plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
• chimeraAny fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
• tasselA ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
• wastefulInclined to waste or squander money or resources.
• HertfordA town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
• retractTo pull (something) back or back inside.
• taitThe honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).
• starboardThe right-hand side of, originally, a ship or other marine vessel, and now also an aircraft or spacecraft, when one is facing the front, or the bow or fore.
• murkyHard to see through, as a fog or mist.
• tongsAn instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
• clotA thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
• beggarA person who begs.