Word origins

• LanghorneA surname from Middle English.
• adieuSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• gathererA person who gathers things.
• mittenA type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• OnslowA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• tamarindA tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
• admonitionA rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
• perchancePerhaps.
• roodA crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• dudA device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
• moorlandOpen land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
• congratulationThe act of congratulating.
• abackTowards the back or rear; backwards.
• quinceThe pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
• sorceressA female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
• chubA European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
• vangTo take; undertake for.
• throthrough
• cavernousResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
• reprieveTo cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
• lividHaving a dark, bluish appearance.
• bestillTo make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
• childlessNot having any children.
• lavishlyIn a lavish manner, expending profusely.
• smiteTo hit; to strike.
• forthrightStraightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
• adherentAdhesive, sticking to something.
• vindicationAn act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.
• falterAn unsteadiness.
• AuvergneA former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• encumbranceSomething that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
• sorrowfulexhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
• crisscrossTo move back and forth over or through.
• hyenaAny of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
• wedlockThe state of being married.
• obtuseBlunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
• sternlyIn a stern manner.
• savourAn aroma or smell.
• suffocationAsphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
• luskLazy or slothful.
• babblerSomeone who babbles.
• whetTo sharpen (something, such as a knife or sword) by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone; to hone.
• alineIn line.
• doerSomeone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
• bywayA road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
• seepTo ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
• fescueA straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
• outrageouslyIn an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
• petticoatA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
• forlornAbandoned, deserted, left behind.
• absolutionAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
• inordinateExcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
• evermoreAlways; forever; eternally.
• IrishmanA man from Ireland.
• hundredthThe ordinal form of the number one hundred.
• firstbornThe first child to be born to a parent or family.
• betrayingThat betrays
• screechA high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
• carelessnessLack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
• groaningThat groans.
• quicknessrapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
• lealLoyal, honest.
• cleveA room; chamber.
• chompThe act of chomping (see below)
• freneticFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
• tankardA large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
• amorousInclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
• JesuJesus
• tipperSomeone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
• whetstoneA sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
• wellspringThe source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
• alightTo make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
• fortifyTo give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
• implicateTo show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
• tollingThe act by which a bell is tolled.
• infamyThe state of being infamous.
• dapperNeat, trim.
• belfryA tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
• odiousArousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
• FarrahA surname originating as an occupation.
• outhouseAn outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
• vanquishTo defeat (someone); to overcome.
• laudableWorthy of being lauded.
• purlA particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
• holmeA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).
• placardA sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
• quartermasterAn officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.
• spongA long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a short peninsula.
• BackusA surname from Middle English.
• brotherlyOf or characteristic of brothers.
• unbeliefAn absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.
• bellmanA town crier.
• ducklingA young duck.
• goodlyGood; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
• brambleAny of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
• anthillA cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
• latherThe foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
• engenderTo beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
• quandaryA state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
• finialEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.