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- BRACKENAny of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
- CHURLA free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also , a person without royal or noble status; a commoner. A bondman or serf.
- CUCKOLDA man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- FAINOften followed by of: glad, well-pleased. Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative. Compelled or obliged to.
- FELICITYThe condition of being happy. Intense happiness.
- FURLONGA unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
- FURNISHMaterial used to create an engineered product.
- GARISHOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
- GYREA swirling vortex. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- HELIOTROPEA plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as marigolds and sunflowers.
- HISTORYThe aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- HOBNOBA toast made while touching glasses together.
- HOVETo remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- HUCKSTERA peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
- LICHA reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
- MAENADA female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.
- MANACLEA shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
- MOIETYA half.
- MORBIDITYThe quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
- MOULDEROften followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. To cause (someone or something) to die away or disappear.
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PYTHONICOf or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
- QUEANA woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
- RECONDITEDifficult, obscure. Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.
- VARICOSEAbnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
- VOLUPTUARYOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
- WEIRDHaving an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- WENDTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
- WINNOWTo subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
- WOUNDAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.