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- ALBUMENSynonym of egg white (“ the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked; the whit
- BANEA cause of misery or ruin.
- BAWLTo shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
- 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.
- CRIBA baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- CUDGELA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- CULMINATEOf a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
- DISTANCEAn amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- DUVETA quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especia
- EXUDETo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- 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.
- FEUDA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- FLITA fluttering or darting movement.
- GLEANTo collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
- GLINTA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
- GNATA biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- GUISEA customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- HAKEA hook; a pot-hook.
- HAULMThe stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
- HISTORYThe aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- IRENICPromoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- JUSTICEThe state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- KNEADTo work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- LISPThe act or a habit of lisping.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- MOCKAn imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- NESHSoft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
- OASTA kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
- OBTUSEBlunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. Blunt, or rounded at the extremity. Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, equivalently more than 90° and less than 180°.
- OCCUPATIONAn activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- PARAGONA person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
- PLACATETo calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- RASETo be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
- RATHERipening or blooming early.
- SCURFA skin disease.
- SHREWAny of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
- SIEVEA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- 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
- SOOTHETo restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- THANKsingular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
- THUDThe sound of a dull impact.
- UNDERBeneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- VELDThe open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
- WAIFAn article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belon
- WAINA wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
- WHELKCertain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
- WOADThe plant Isatis tinctoria.