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- ARCHIVEChiefly in the form archives. A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
- AXONA nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
- BEQUESTThe act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- BLEMISHA small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
- BLITHECasually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRITTo break in pieces; divide.
- BUOYA float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes A lifebuoy; a life preserver.
- CASTEAny of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
- CLOUTInfluence or effectiveness, especially political.
- FAILTo be unsuccessful.
- FLACKTo flutter; palpitate.
- 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
- FLEDGETo care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- GALOREIn abundance.
- GNATA biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- GNAWTo bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- GRAVELSmall fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
- GRIPETo complain; to whine.
- GRUNTA short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- 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.)
- HABITUALOf or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- HIVEA structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
- HORNETAny large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
- HULKA large ship used for transportation; a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre. A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to o
- LAIRA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
- LEWDLascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
- LIMBOA speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can e
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- MIGHTILYIn a mighty manner.
- MOATA deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- MOOTSubject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- MORBIDITYThe quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
- NAILThe horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
- NEGRORelating to a black ethnicity.
- NICHEA cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- ORGANISMA discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
- PIOUSOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- 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.
- PUKEvomit.
- PUNYOf inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
- QUEERHomosexual.
- RANSACKTo search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
- REEKA strong unpleasant smell.
- ROTUNDHaving a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- SADETo tire, weary.
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- SCATA tax; tribute.
- SCOPEThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- SCUMA layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- SHAMROCKThe trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
- SLURPTo eat or drink noisily.
- STAMPEDEA wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- STIPENDA regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.
- STOWA place, stead.
- SWARTOf a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
- SWINEA pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
- TIMBERTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- TOOMEmpty; bare.
- TRAMA passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
- TURDA piece of solid feces.
- VALIANTPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- VENOMAn animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.
- VOGUEThe prevailing fashion or style.
- VULGARDebased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
- WAILTo cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- WAINA wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
- WEIRAn adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
- WHEYThe liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
- WISTsimple past and past participle of wit.
- WRATHGreat anger; an instance of this.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- WRITHETo twist, wring (something).