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- ABJURETo solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
- ADROITdeft, dexterous, or skillful
- BRUMEMist, fog, vapour.
- CAIRNA rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- CHEMISEA loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
- COIFA hairdo.
- CULMINATEOf a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
- DEIGNTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe. To consider it appropriate or worthy to
- FIKETo feign; dissemble; flatter.
- FLAXA plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially wh
- GIRDTo bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- GRISTGrain that is to be ground in a mill.
- LATHETo invite; bid; ask.
- LEESThe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- LEXICONThe vocabulary of a language.
- LUGEA racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- MILTThe spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
- MORELA true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
- ONAGERThe Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus
- ORZOA form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups.
- PARSETo resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe gram
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- SHANKThe part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- SKEINA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a
- VELDThe open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
- WHINGETo whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
- WIGHTA living creature, especially a human being.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.