Word origins

• figuralRepresenting by means of a figure; emblematic.
• sacramentalUsed in, or relating to, a sacrament.
• fayreFair, beautiful.
• ornTo ornament; to adorn.
• recluseSequestered; secluded, isolated.
• assailantSomeone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.
• buttressA brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• harpoonA long, spearlike implement with a barbed head, attached to a line and used to catch and haul in large marine animals such as whales and other cetaceans, seals, walruses, sharks, etc.
• dishonorAmerican standard spelling of dishonour.
• inquisitorA person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
• conversantClosely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
• PapillionA city, the county seat of Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
• immobileFixed, not movable.
• disobeyTo refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
• pillageTo loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
• tumultConfused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
• procreationThe process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
• opportuneSuitable for some particular purpose.
• reputeReputation, especially a good reputation.
• VauxA surname.
• MolyneuxA surname.
• inundationThe act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
• pronouncementAn official public announcement.
• gratera tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
• disjunctionThe act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
• frankincenseA type of aromatic resin obtained from the trees of the genus Boswellia, family Burseraceae, used in incense and perfume.
• significationThe act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
• camphorA white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
• BeechamA surname, variant of Beauchamp
• ranceA type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
• digestibleCapable of being digested.
• enlaceTo bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
• derisionAct of treating with disdain.
• surmiseThought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
• difficileHard to work with; stubborn.
• epicureanPursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
• linealPertaining to lines; consisting of lines.
• BolgerA surname.
• chancelThe space around the altar in a church or cathedral, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
• joistA piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
• cornettAn early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.
• AlgernonA male given name from French.
• TheobaldA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• disburseTo pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
• ousterA putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
• saylorA surname originating as an occupation.
• RicheA surname.
• transmutationChange, alteration.
• luffThe vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
• cheyneA surname.
• gluttonyThe vice of eating to excess.
• lorimerA person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces.
• BaylissA surname from Old French.
• abutmentThe point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
• sumpterThe driver of a packhorse.
• TalbertA surname.
• millicentOne thousandth of a cent (used in securities trading).
• GalahadA man considered to be pure, noble, or chivalrous.
• vesperThe bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
• RousselA surname from Old French.
• testyEasily annoyed, irritable.
• reverberationA violent oscillation or vibration.
• celestineSynonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
• fallaciousCharacterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
• marjoramA herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
• joustA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
• hanceTo raise, to elevate.
• malfeasanceWrongdoing.
• patronizeTo act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
• porphyryA hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.
• digressionAn aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
• phlebotomyThe opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
• distemperA viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
• disuseThe state of not being used; neglect.
• deflorationthe act of deflowering
• putridRotting, rotten, putrefying.
• barrellA surname.
• chastisementThe act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
• matriarchA female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
• PlantagenetA member of the dynasty which held the English throne from 1154 to 1485.
• DurrellA surname from Old French.
• FrizzellA surname.
• ambergrisA solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray to blackish color, formed within the intestines of the sperm whale and used in the production of perfumes.
• recordationThe act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.
• PostonA surname.
• doilyA small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
• jubilationA triumphant shouting of great happiness; rejoicing, especially as celebratory outbursts; a feeling of joyous exultation.
• jibeA facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
• NappA surname.
• foxfireBioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
• morellA community and rural municipality of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
• lectionThe act of reading.
• scaldingHot enough to burn.
• vinerA winegrower.
• BanvilleA surname from French.
• prelateA clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
• excusablePossible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
• TalmadgeA surname from Old French.
• telferA surname from Old French.
• LuttrellA surname from Old French.