Word origins

• daintyElegant; delicately small and pretty.
• beaterSomeone or something that beats.
• crackleA prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
• crossbowA mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
• repelTo turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
• onerousImposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
• stottA surname from Middle English.
• bonnyA female given name from English.
• haddockA saltwater fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
• HaddonA surname.
• oftentimesFrequently; often.
• swathThe track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
• miserablyIn a miserable manner.
• infiltrateTo surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
• searDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
• assimilateTo incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
• credenceAcceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
• LovelaceA well-mannered libertine.
• CaenA city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
• divulgeTo make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
• footpathAny set path or trail to be used by people walking.
• delugeA great flood or rain.
• HartwellTwo villages, named Lower and Upper Hartwell, in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7912).
• pryTo peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
• venisonThe meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat.
• shoalShallow.
• pareTo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
• skillfullyIn a skillful manner; with skill.
• headyIntoxicating or stupefying.
• hoardA hidden supply or fund.
• woodcockAny of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
• gertbig
• streamerA long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
• reproachA mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
• cherubA winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
• commendationThe act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
• speltA grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
• mouthfulThe amount that will fit in a mouth.
• drivelNonsense; senseless talk.
• BlandfordA surname.
• unwiseNot wise; lacking wisdom
• allegoryThe use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
• stifleTo make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
• devourTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• treacheryDeliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
• portraitureA portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
• opeAn exclamation of surprise; oops.
• undercutA cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
• warringengaged in war; belligerent
• frightenTo cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
• haulerA person or thing that hauls another person or thing.
• subtletyThe quality of being scarcely noticeable or difficult to discern. (of things)
• delicacyThe quality of being delicate.
• blissfulExtremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
• afieldAway (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.)
• mishapAn accident, mistake, or problem.
• inquestA formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
• snipeAny of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
• metropoleA metropolis; the main city of a country or area.
• ablyIn an able manner; with great ability.
• ailTo cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
• innkeeperThe person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
• mistrustLack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
• lordshipThe state or condition of being a lord.
• reddTo free from entanglement.
• lardFat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
• destituteLacking something; devoid.
• singlyIn a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
• headlessSynonym of decapitated.
• thaneA rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
• salveAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
• BeauchampThe name of several places in Northern France
• fissureA long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
• transomA crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
• talkerA person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
• bestowTo apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.
• LiddellA surname.
• enragedAngered, made furious, made full of rage.
• friarA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
• tatteredRent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
• clemencyThe gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
• blemishA small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
• swabA small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
• rindTree bark.
• perpetuallySeeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.
• divisibleCapable of being divided or split.
• lightnessthe condition of being illuminated
• harbingerA person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
• burlA tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
• beakerA flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.
• childbearingThe process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
• crayfishAny of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
• minotaurAnything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.
• quiverA container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
• wieldTo handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
• conjureTo perform magic tricks.
• roteMechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
• morelA true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
• budgeTo move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• ilkVery; same.