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- AEGISA mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoul
- ANUSThe external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
- APHIDA sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- ASUNDEROf two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other. Moving apart from each other.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRUITHearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this.
- CUDGELA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- DATUMSomething known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constru
- DIVAAny female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- DOFFTo remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
- EVERTTo turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- FACILEEasy; contemptibly easy.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- GIRDTo bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- GOADA long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- LITHEMild; calm.
- LUGEA racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- MEADAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- MIDGEAny of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or b
- MOLEA naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
- NUBILEOf an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- ODIUMHatred; dislike.
- PARETo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- PARSIMONYWith a negative connotation: great reluctance to spend money or other resources; miserliness, stinginess; an instance of this.
- PHYSICRelating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- RUBICONA limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- SCIONA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- SCURVYAffected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun
- SCYTHEAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- SHOALShallow.
- SINGETo burn slightly.
- 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
- SOOTHTruth.
- SWAINA young man or boy in service; a servant.
- THATCHStraw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- THEEObjective and reflexive case of thou.
- VULPINEPertaining to a fox.
- WINCHA machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing,
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.