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- ABATETo lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- ADZEA cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
- BETIDEOften used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
- 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.
- CLOUTInfluence or effectiveness, especially political.
- FEISTYTenacious, energetic, spunky.
- GLISTERTo gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
- GNAWTo bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- GYRATIONThe act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
- KARSTA type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
- MAENADA female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.
- PUGILISTOne who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- QUAYA stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
- RIBALDCoarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
- SALOONA tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
- SCANTNot full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- SCATA tax; tribute.
- SHOALShallow.
- SHRIFTThe act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
- SLOEThe small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
- SPATEA (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; flooding, inundation.
- TWINGETo have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
- TWITTo blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- VALIANTPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- VEXATIONThe action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this. The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; an instance of this;
- WAINA wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
- WENDTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
- WHINGETo whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
- WHITTLEA knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
- WINNOWTo subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
- WOADThe plant Isatis tinctoria.
- WONTEDUsual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.
- WORTNow chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.
- WRESTTo pull or twist violently.
- WROUGHTHaving been worked or prepared somehow.
- ZYGOTEA eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.