Word origins

• desiccationThe state or process of being desiccated.
• archdukeThe son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• seditiousOf, related to, or being involved in sedition.
• opineTo express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
• gutturalOf, relating to, or connected to the throat.
• virileManly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
• detestableStimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
• decoupleTo unlink; to take apart or come apart.
• partageA part, portion or share.
• skinkA shin of beef.
• dowagerA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
• inestimableNot able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
• ignobleNot noble; plebeian; common.
• transpireTo give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
• clavicleThe collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
• terrifyTo frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
• inflammableCapable of burning.
• convalescenceA gradual healing after illness or injury.
• lodgmentAn area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
• incorruptibleIncapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
• piquantCausing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
• redoubleTo double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
• replicablePossible to replicate or reproduce; reproducible.
• obliquityThe quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
• satiricOf or pertaining to satire.
• perduStationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
• impermanenceLack of permanence or continued duration.
• certitudeSureness, certainty.
• inaccessibilityThe quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
• wigeonAny of three freshwater dabbling ducks.
• satietyThe state of being satiated.
• rhombA rhombus.
• acrosticA poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
• carrelA partitioned space for reading or studying, often in a library.
• elegiacOf or relating to an elegy.
• MerovingianOf or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.
• abolishmentThe act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
• instillationThe act of instilling.
• charlatanA mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
• perfumerA person who makes or sells perfume.
• deportmentBearing; manner of presenting oneself.
• malevolenceHostile attitude or feeling.
• sapperA combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.
• ocheA line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
• incongruityThe state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
• intemperanceLack of moderation or temperance; excess.
• caravelA light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
• imperishableNot perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
• mahoneA large Turkish warship.
• decalogueAny set of rules that have the weight of authority
• acrimonyA sharp and bitter hatred.
• epigramAn inscription in stone.
• paillardA slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.
• illiberalRestricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
• subventionA subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
• indolenceHabitual laziness or sloth.
• contusionSynonym of bruise.
• exigencyThe demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
• fiscThe public treasury of Rome.
• inelegantNot elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
• ramificationA branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
• somnolenceA state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
• quintuplehaving five parts or members
• bludgeonA short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
• inconsiderableToo unimportant to be worthy of attention.
• codicilAn addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
• pitiableThat deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
• pastoraleA play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
• benzoinA resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
• impudenceThe quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
• equipageEquipment or supplies, especially military ones.
• fictiveHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
• sorbThe service tree, Sorbus domestica.
• purulentConsisting of pus.
• circletA small circle.
• magnanimityThe quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.
• bibliothequeA collection of books or treatises.
• chamferAn obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
• subalternOf a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
• doteTo be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
• verbalizeTo speak or to use words to express.
• funerealOf or relating to a funeral.
• entrapTo catch in a trap or snare.
• depredationAn act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
• impermanentnot permanent; unperpetual.
• nacreA shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
• palliationThe alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
• umbrageA feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
• portmanteauA large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
• expiationAn act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
• insinuationThe act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
• nideA nest of pheasants.
• remonstranceA remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
• verisimilitudeThe property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
• resinousOf or relating to resin.
• discordanceA state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
• bandolierAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
• monarchicalOf or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
• beatificationThe act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
• inviolabilityThe quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.