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- DOUCETA sweetened dish.
- DOWLEfeathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
- DRESSERAn item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- DURANCEImprisonment; forced confinement.
- EFFACETo erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
- EIGNEeldest; firstborn
- EMBASETo lower physically.
- EMBLAZONTo adorn with prominent markings.
- EMERYAn impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- EMPANELAlternative spelling of impanel.
- ENAMORTo cause to be in love.
- ENAMOREDIn love, amorous.
- ENARMEDHaving horns, hoofs, etc. of a different colour from the body.
- ENCUMBERTo load down something with a burden.
- ENDURANCEThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
- ENEWTo drive back to the water; to pursue.
- ENFEEBLETo make feeble.
- ENGLUTTo swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
- ENGOULEDPartly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything.
- ENJOYTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- ENLARGETo make (something) larger.
- ENRAGETo become angry or wild.
- ENRICHTo enhance.
- ENSURETo make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
- ENTOMBTo deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.
- ENTREMETSA side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
- ENWRAPTo wrap around, surround; to envelop.
- EQUITABLEMarked by or having equity.
- ERRANTStraying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
- ESCALOPAlternative spelling of escallop.
- ESCUAGEPayment to a lord in lieu of military service.
- ESPIALAn act of noticing or observing.
- ESTOCA type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.
- ESTOVERAn allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.
- ESTRAYAn animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owne
- ESTREPEMENTA destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
- EVANGELICevangelical
- EXPLOITA heroic or extraordinary deed.
- FABLIAUA short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
- FAERIEArchaic spelling of fairy.
- FAILLEA fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
- FAILUREState or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
- FALCONERA person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
- FAUCETAn exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
- FEASANCEthe performing of an act, especially out of one's duty.
- FELONOUSEvil, wicked.
- FITCHYSharpened to a point; pointed.
- FIXATIONThe act of fixing.
- FLACKETA barrel-shaped bottle, or a flagon.
- FLAMBOYANTShowy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- FLANCHA flange (rim or projection).
- FLANGEAn external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
- FLATTERYExcessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
- FLETCHEROne who fletches or feathers arrows.
- FLEURONAn ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
- FLORETA small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
- FLORINAny of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- FLOTAGEThe state of floating.
- FLOTANTRepresented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
- FLOWERETA floret, or small or component flower
- FLUTEA woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one o
- FLUTISTAlternative form of flautist.
- FOLLYFoolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- FORCIBLEDone by force, forced.
- FORELA kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.
- FORGIVABLEAble to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
- FORJUDGETo exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).
- FORTA fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- FRANCHISEThe right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.
- FRANKHonest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
- FRAPTo draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- FRAZILA collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.
- FRESHETA flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
- FROWSTYOf an atmosphere: not fresh; close, musty, stuffy; of an object: having a musty, stale odour.
- FRUCTIFYTo bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
- FUMOSITYThe quality of being fumous.
- FURBISHTo polish or burnish.
- FURLTo lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
- GAFFA tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
- GALACelebratory; festive.
- GALIPOTAn unrefined turpentine obtained from some European pines
- GALOSHAn overshoe or boot worn in wet weather: A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy condition
- GANTLETAlternative spelling of gauntlet.
- GARMENTA single article of clothing.
- GARNETA hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
- GASKETA length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
- GAZOONA young farm boy.
- GENTILITYThe state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
- GENTRICEThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- GENTRICESThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- GENTRYBirth; condition; rank by birth.
- GIBLETSThe internal organs of poultry birds, used as food.
- GIMLETA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- GIMPA narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furnitur
- GISARMEA type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back.
- GLEEKA once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- GLEETStomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
- GOBLETA drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
- GOURMANDA person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
- GRANDAMA grandmother.