Word origins

• grallochThe entrails or offal of a dead deer, especially when removed. Also the entrails of other wild animals, when removed.
• Great BerneraAn island of the Outer Hebrides in Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB13).
• gugasolan goose or northern gannet
• IcolmkillSynonym of Iona (“Scottish island”).
• InnogenA female given name from the Celtic languages.
• Inver-mouth of a river; confluence
• IshbelA female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• kebbuckA whole wheel or ball of cheese.
• keelyvine penA pencil of black lead.
• KinlocheilA hamlet at the head of Loch Eil in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM9779).
• kyloeOne of a breed of small Highland cattle.
• Loch AlshA sea inlet (sea loch) between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
• Loch LinnheA sea loch in Argyll and Bute council area and Highland council area, Scotland, with its head at Fort William.
• Loch LongA sea loch off the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
• Loch NessA lake in the Great Glen of Scotland, United Kingdom, the second largest in Britain, and with a maximum depth of 226 metres. It is the alleged home of the Loch Ness monster, Nessie.
• lymphadA single-masted ship propelled by oars, usually indicating a Scottish title associated with islands.
• MacCannA surname.
• machairA type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
• MackneilA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McAdieA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McAndieA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McAughtrieA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McBlainA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McCaddenA surname.
• McClumphaA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McDarisA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McGeachyA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McHaffieA surname.
• McIlwrickA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McKennonA surname.
• McKnockiterA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McLesterA surname.
• McMackinA surname.
• McMichealA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McMunnA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McNeilageA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McPhedranA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McPhilemyA surname.
• McQuilkinA surname.
• McRobertA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McRonaldA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McVarishA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• McWatersA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• messanSynonym of messet.
• mouth musicThe vocal imitation of instrumental music.
• MuileachA person from the Scottish island of Mull.
• MulbenA hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3550).
• Mull of KintyreA headland in Scotland, at the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre peninsula.
• ochdamhAn obsolete Scots unit equal to ¹⁄₈ daugh, notionally comprising 50 Scottish acres.
• philibegA little kilt.
• pibrochA series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
• plookyCovered in blotches or pimples.
• powanCoregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.
• PronyA locality in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
• QuiraingA landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, taking the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock.
• rolagA roll of fiber, used as a precursor to yarn.
• RosneathA village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2583).
• sgian dubhA small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt.
• sgudalgarbage
• sonsylucky; fortunate; thriving; plump
• spreaghPlunder, especially cattle taken as booty.
• spreathA raid in order to steal cattle.
• strontianContaining strontium.
• taghairmA method of divination involving wrapping a person in the hide of a freshly-killed ox which was then placed beside a waterfall or other desolate place, to enable the person to foresee the outcome of an impending battle; the oracle of the hide.
• taischsecond sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.
• TarskavaigA village on the west coast of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG5809).
• tascalA reward for information about the theft of cattle.
• TorquilA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• TorridonianA series of Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic arenaceous and argillaceous sedimentary rocks which occur extensively in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
• UllieSynonym of the Helmsdale: a river in Highland council area, which flows into the North Sea at Helmsdale.
• urlarThe base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
• uruisgA brownie in Scottish folklore.