WOW24 Words from Old French

WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Old French, according to kaikki.org data.

523 entries

WORDDEFINITION
EX[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to cross out (=exed exing)
CAR[n. -S] · an automobile
BAIL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to transfer property temporarily - BAILABLE [a.]
CANT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to tilt or slant
CUBE[v. CUBED, CUBING, CUBES] · to form into a cube
EBON[n. -S] · ebony / [x] { ebon ebony § ebonies ebons § ebon ebony }
FLUX[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to melt
FOIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to thrust with a pointed weapon
FORT[n. -S] · a fortified enclosure or structure
FRAP[v. FRAPPED, FRAPPING, FRAPS] · to bind firmly
FUNK[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to shrink back in fear
GAGE[v. GAGED, GAGING, GAGES] · to pledge as security - GAGEABLE [a.] (=gageable)
HASH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to mince
JAPE[v. JAPED, JAPING, JAPES] · to mock
LEVY[v. LEVIED, LEVYING, LEVIES] · to impose or collect by legal authority
LIAS[n. LIASES] · a blue limestone rock
LUFF[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to steer a sailing vessel nearer into the wind
MASS[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to assemble in a mass
MOME[n. -S] · a fool
ORLE[n. -S] · a heraldic border
OUST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to expel or remove from a position or place
PACT[n. -S] · an agreement / [x] { pact paction § pactions pacts § pact paction pactions pacts }
PAIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause pain
PARD[n. -S] · a leopard
POOR[a. POORER, POOREST] · lacking the means of support
POST[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to affix in a public place
PREZ[n. -ES] · a president
PUSH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to exert force in order to cause motion away from the force
RITE[n. -S] · a ceremonial act or procedure
TACK[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fasten with tacks
AGONY[n. -NIES] · extreme pain
ALTAR[n. -S] · a raised structure used in worship
ALTER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make different
BROIL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cook by direct heat
CHOCK[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to secure with a wedge of wood or metal
CREEL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to put fish in a creel
DRUID[n. -S] · one of an ancient Celtic~ order of priests - DRUIDIC [a.] / [x] { druid § druids § druidic druidical }
EDIFY[v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to enlighten
ENSUE[v. -SUED, -SUING, -SUES] · to occur afterward or as a result
FIBRE[n. -S] · fiber - FIBRED [a.] (=fibred) / [x] { fiber fibre § fibers fibres § fibered fibred }
GAUGE[v. GAUGED, GAUGING, GAUGES] · to measure precisely
GLEBE[n. -S] · the soil or earth
GLEET[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to discharge mucus from the urethra
GULES[n. GULES] · the color red
IRONY[n. -NIES] · the use of words to express the opposite of what is literally said / ----- [a. -NIER, -NIEST] · of, pertaining to or like iron (=ironier ironiest)
LEVER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to move with a lever
LIBEL[v. -BELED or -BELLED, -BELING or -BELLING, -BELS] · to make or publish a defamatory statement about
LOGIC[n. -S] · the science of reasoning
MASSE[n. -S] · a type of shot in billiards
NOTCH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to make an angular cut in
PERSE[n. -S] · a blue color
PORCH[n. -ES] · a covered structure at the entrance to a building - PORCHED [a.] (=porched)
PUPPY[n. -PIES] · a young dog - PUPPYISH [a.]
REPAY[v. -PAID, -PAYING, -PAYS] · to pay back
RIGOR[n. -S] · strictness or severity / [x] { rigor rigour § rigors rigours }
ROWEN[n. -S] · a second growth of grass
SEWER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to clean or maintain sewers
SKATE[v. SKATED, SKATING°, SKATES] · to glide over ice or the ground on skates
TAPIS[n. -PISES] · material used for wall hangings and floor coverings
TESTY[a. TESTIER, TESTIEST] · irritable
ULCER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to affect with an ulcer / [x] { ulcer ulcering § ulcers § ulcer ulcerate ulcerated ulcerates ulcerating ulcered ulcering ulcers § ulcerate ulcerated ulcered }
ADJUST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bring to a more satisfactory state
ATTAIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to gain or achieve by mental or physical effort
BETONY[n. -NIES] · a European~ herb
BREWIS[n. BREWISES] · broth
CAMBER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to arch slightly
CATTLE[n.] · domesticated bovines
COMFIT[n. -S] · a candy
COMMON[a. -MONER°, -MONEST] · ordinary / ----- [n. -S] · a tract of publicly used land
CONFER[v. -FERRED, -FERRING, -FERS] · to bestow
CRENEL[v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING or -ELLING, -ELS] · to provide with crenelles / [x] { crenation crenature crenel crenelation crenellation crenelle crenulation § crenations crenatures crenellations crenelles crenels crenulations § crenelate crenelated crenelates crenelating creneling crenellate crenellated crenellates crenellating crenelling § crenelated creneled crenellated crenelled }
CUTLAS[n. -ES] · cutlass / [x] { curtalax cutlas cutlass § curtalaxes cutlases cutlasses § cutlass cutlasses }
CUTLET[n. -S] · a slice of meat
DEBARK[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to unload from a ship / [x] { disembarking § debark debarked debarking debarks disembark disembarked disembarking disembarks }
DECAMP[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to depart from a camping ground
DEFRAY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to pay
DEJECT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to depress
DEPORT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to expel from a country
DETAIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to hold in custody
DEVEST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divest / [x] { devest devested devesting devests divest divested divesting divests }
DISUSE[v. -USED, -USING, -USES] · to stop using
DIVINE[a. -VINER°, -VINEST] · pertaining to or characteristic of a god - DIVINELY [b.] / ----- [v. -VINED -VINING -VINES] · to foretell by occult means
DOSSEL[n. -S] · dossal «an ornamental cloth hung behind an altar» / [x] { dorsel dossal dossel § dorsels dossals dossels }
EFFACE[v. -FACED, -FACING, -FACES] · to rub or wipe out
ENGLUT[v. -GLUTTED, -GLUTTING, -GLUTS] · to gulp down
ENLACE[v. -LACED, -LACING, -LACES] · to bind with laces / [x] { enlace enlaced enlaces enlacing inlace inlaced inlaces inlacing }
ESTRAY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stray / [x] { estray stray straying § estrays strays § estray estrayed estraying estrays stray strayed straying strays § stray strayed }
FAERIE[n. -S] · a fairy / [x] { faerie faery fairy § faeries fairier fairies fairiest § faerie faery fairy }
FAILLE[n. -S] · a woven fabric
FERVOR[n. -S] · great warmth or intensity / [x] { fervency fervor fervour § fervencies fervors fervours }
FINISH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to bring to an end
FRAYED< FRAY, [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to wear off by rubbing
GOBLET[n. -S] · a drinking vessel
GRATER[n. -S] · one that grates
GRISON[n. -S] · a carnivorous mammal
INDENT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cut or tear irregularly / [x] { indent indenting indenture indentured § indents indentures § indent indented indenting indents indenture indentured indentures indenturing § indented indentured }
JARGON[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to speak or write an obscure and often pretentious kind of language
LACHES[n. LACHES or -ES] · undue delay in asserting a legal right (=lacheses)
LAUNCH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to set in motion
LIABLE[a.] · subject or susceptible to something possible or likely
LINEAL[a.] · being directly descended from an ancestor - LINEALLY [b.]
LITANY[n. -NIES] · a ceremonial form of prayer
MALGRE[p.] · in spite of / [x] { malgre mauger maugre § malgre mauger maugre }
MARAUD[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rove in search of booty
MARINE[n. -S] · a soldier trained for service at sea and on land
MAUGER[p.] · maugre «in spite of» / [x] { malgre mauger maugre § malgre mauger maugre }
MAUGRE[p.] · in spite of / [x] { malgre mauger maugre § malgre mauger maugre }
MESTEE[n. -S] · mustee «an octoroon» / [x] { mestee mustee § mestees mustees § mestee }
METEOR[n. -S] · a small celestial body that enters the earth's atmosphere - METEORIC [a.]
MISSAL[n. -S] · a prayer book
MOBILE[n. -S] · a form of sculpture
OUSTER[n. -S] · the act of ousting
PARURE[n. -S] · a set of matched jewelry / [x] { parura parure § paruras parures }
PELTRY[n. -RIES] · an animal skin
PENNON[n. -S] · a pennant - PENNONED [a.]
POROSE[a.] · porous / [x] { porose porous § porously }
POROUS[a.] · having minute openings - POROUSLY [b.] / [x] { porose porous § porously }
PUMICE[v. -ICED, -ICING, -ICES] · to polish with a porous volcanic rock
PUNISH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to impose a penalty on in requital for wrongdoing
PURFLE[v. -FLED, -FLING°, -FLES] · to decorate the border of
PURITY[n. -TIES] · the quality of being pure
RABBET[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cut a groove in
RABBIT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to hunt rabbits
RAPPEE[n. -S] · a strong snuff
REBATE[v. -BATED, -BATING, -BATES] · to deduct or return from a payment or bill
RECOIL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to draw back in fear or disgust
REDACT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to prepare for publication
REFUND[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to give back
REGALE[v. -GALED, -GALING, -GALES] · to delight
RENOWN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make famous
REPEAL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to revoke
RETAIL[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to sell in small quantities
REVERT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to return to a former state
REVILE[v. -VILED, -VILING°, -VILES] · to denounce with abusive language
REWARD[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give recompense to for worthy behavior
SATIRE[n. -S] · the use of derisive wit to attack folly or wickedness - SATIRIC [a.] / [x] { satire § satires § satiric satirical }
SENDAL[n. -S] · a silk fabric
SPURRY[n. -RIES] · a European~ weed / [x] { spurrey spurry § spurreys spurries }
SUDDEN[n. -S] · a sudden occurrence / ----- [a.] · happening quickly and without warning - SUDDENLY [b.]
SUMMON[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to order to appear
TARGET[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make a goal of
TENTER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stretch on a type of frame
TRIFLE[v. -FLED, -FLING°, -FLES] · to waste time
TROVER[n. -S] · a type of legal action
TUFFET[n. -S] · a clump of grass
USURER[n. -S] · one that practices usury
VAWARD[n. -S] · the foremost part
VESPER[n. -S] · an evening service, prayer, or song
VESTRY[n. -TRIES] · a room in which vestments are kept - VESTRAL [a.]
VIELLE[n. -S] · a musical instrument played by turning a handle
VISUAL[n. -S] · something that illustrates by pictures or diagrams
VIVIFY[v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to give life to / [x] { vivified vivifies vivify vivifying § vivific }
WARREN[n. -S] · a place where rabbits live and breed
WICKET[n. -S] · a small door or gate
ASSAULT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to attack
AVARICE[n. -S] · greed
BANDEAU[n. -DEAUX or -DEAUS] · a headband
BASTION[n. -S] · a fortified place
BAWCOCK[n. -S] · a fine fellow
BITTERN[n. -S] · a wading bird
BLANKET[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to cover uniformly
BREVIER[n. -S] · a size of type
CALUMET[n. -S] · a ceremonial pipe
CARNAGE[n. -S] · great and bloody slaughter
CENSURE[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to criticize severely
CERTIFY[v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to confirm
CHOLENT[n. -S] · a traditional Jewish~ stew
CLEMENT[a.] · merciful
CONJOIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to join together - CONJOINT [a.] / [x] { conjoin conjoining § conjoins § cojoin cojoined cojoining cojoins conjoin conjoined conjoining conjoins § conjoined conjoint }
CONTEST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to compete for
CORNETT[n. -S] · cornetto / [x] { cornet cornett cornetto § cornets cornetti cornettos cornetts }
COTTIER[n. -S] · cotter / [x] { cottar cotter cottier § cottars cotters cottiers § cotter cottered cotters }
CROCKET[n. -S] · an architectural ornament
CROSIER[n. -S] · a bishop's staff / [x] { crosier crozier § crosiers croziers }
CROZIER[n. -S] · crosier «a bishop's staff» / [x] { crosier crozier § crosiers croziers }
CURRIER[n. -S] · one that curries leather
CUTLASS[n. -ES] · a short sword / [x] { curtalax cutlas cutlass § curtalaxes cutlases cutlasses § cutlass cutlasses }
DAMNIFY[v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to cause loss or damage to
DEBACLE[n. -S] · a sudden collapse
DEFORCE[v. -FORCED, -FORCING, -FORCES] · to withhold by force
DISOBEY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fail to obey
DISPEND[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to squander
DITTANY[n. -NIES] · a perennial herb
DONATOR[n. -S] · a donor / [x] { donator donor § donators donors }
DORMANT[a.] · lying asleep / [x] { dormant dormient § dormant dormient }
DUCTILE[a.] · easily molded or shaped
ECSTASY[n. -SIES] · a state of exaltation
EMPIRIC[n. -S] · one who relies on practical experience
ENFLAME[v. -FLAMED, -FLAMING, -FLAMES] · to inflame / [x] { enflame enflamed enflames enflaming inflame inflamed inflames inflaming § inflamed inflaming }
ENGORGE[v. -GORGED, -GORGING, -GORGES] · to fill with blood
ENQUIRY[n. -RIES] · inquiry / [x] { enquiry inquiry § enquiries inquiries }
ESCALOP[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to escallop «to scallop» / [x] { escallop escalop escalope scallop scollop § escallops escalopes escalops scallops scollops § escallop escalloped escalloping escallops escalop escaloped escaloping escalops scallop scalloped scalloping scallops scollop scolloped scolloping scollops § escalloped escaloped scalloped }
ESTREAT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to copy from court records for use in prosecution
FEOFFER[n. -S] · one that grants a fief to another / [x] { feoffer feoffor § feoffers feoffors }
FEOFFOR[n. -S] · feoffer «one that grants a fief to another» / [x] { feoffer feoffor § feoffers feoffors }
FOUNDER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to become disabled
FRESHET[n. -S] · a sudden overflow of a stream
GIBLETS< GIBLET, [n. -S] · an edible part of a fowl
HOBBLER[n. -S] · one that hobbles «to limp»
HYMNODY[n. -DIES] · the singing of hymns
IMPIETY[n. -TIES] · lack of piety
INFLAME[v. -FLAMED, -FLAMING, -FLAMES] · to set on fire / [x] { enflame enflamed enflames enflaming inflame inflamed inflames inflaming § inflamed inflaming }
INQUIRY[n. -RIES] · a question / [x] { enquiry inquiry § enquiries inquiries }
JAMBEAU[n. -BEAUS or -BEAUX] · a piece of armor for the leg (=jambeaus) / [x] { jambe jambeau § jambeaus jambeaux jambes }
JESSANT[a.] · shooting forth
JOINDER[n. -S] · a joining of parties in a lawsuit
LECHERY[n. -ERIES] · excessive sexual indulgence
MALMSEY[n. -SEYS] · a white wine / [x] { malmsey malvasia § malmseys malvasias }
MARCHER[n. -S] · one that marches
MELILOT[n. -S] · a flowering plant
MILLION[n. -S] · a number
MINIVER[n. -S] · a white fur
MOVABLE[n. -S] · something that can be moved / [x] { movable moveable § movables moveables § movable moveable }
NUMBLES[n.] · animal entrails / [x] { nombles numbles }
ORIFICE[n. -S] · a mouth or mouthlike opening
PACKAGE[v. -AGED, -AGING°, -AGES] · to make into a package
PEEVISH[a.] · irritable
PERJURE[v. -JURED, -JURING, -JURES] · to make a perjurer of
PERPLEX[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to make mentally uncertain
PIONEER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to take part in the beginnings of
PLACARD[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to publicize by means of posters
PLIABLE[a.] · easily bent - PLIABLY [b.]
PRIMACY[n. -CIES] · the state of being first
PRIVITY[n. -TIES] · private knowledge
PROVERB[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make a byword of
PROVOKE[v. -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES] · to incite to anger or resentment
QUARTAN[n. -S] · a recurrent malarial fever
QUINTAL[n. -S] · a unit of weight
REBOUND[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to spring back
RECOUNT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to relate in detail
REFLECT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to turn or throw back from a surface
REPLEVY[v. -PLEVIED, -PLEVYING, -PLEVIES] · to regain possession of by legal action / [x] { replevin replevy § replevins § replevied replevies replevin replevined replevining replevins replevy replevying }
REQUIRE[v. -QUIRED, -QUIRING, -QUIRES] · to have need of
RESPITE[v. -SPITED, -SPITING, -SPITES] · to relieve temporarily
REVENUE[n. -S] · the income of a government - REVENUAL REVENUED [a.]
RUMMAGE[v. -MAGED, -MAGING, -MAGES] · to search thoroughly through
SARSNET[n. -S] · sarcenet «a silk fabric» / [x] { sarcenet sarsenet sarsnet § sarcenets sarsenets sarsnets }
SOILURE[n. -S] · a stain or smudge
SPURREY[n. -REYS] · spurry «a European~ weed» / [x] { spurrey spurry § spurreys spurries }
STAMMEL[n. -S] · a red color
STATURE[n. -S] · the natural height of a human or animal body - STATURED [a.] (=statured)
SUBSIDY[n. -DIES] · a grant or contribution of money
SUSPEND[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause to stop for a period
TALLYHO[v. -ED, -ING, -S or -ES] · to make an encouraging shout to hunting hounds (=tallyhoes)
TEDIOUS[a.] · causing weariness
TENDRIL[n. -S] · a leafless organ of climbing plants
TIMBREL[n. -S] · a percussion instrument
TOURNEY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to compete in a tournament
TUMBREL[n. -S] · a type of cart / [x] { tumbrel tumbril § tumbrels tumbrils }
TUMBRIL[n. -S] · tumbrel «a type of cart» / [x] { tumbrel tumbril § tumbrels tumbrils }
TURMOIL[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to throw into an uproar
VERDANT[a.] · green with vegetation / [x] { verdure virid § verdures § verdure verdured verdures § verdant verdured verdurous virid }
VIRELAI[n. -S] · virelay «a medieval French verse form» / [x] { virelai virelay § virelais virelays }
VIRELAY[n. -LAYS] · a medieval French verse form / [x] { virelai virelay § virelais virelays }
VITRINE[n. -S] · a glass showcase for art objects
ADULTERY[n. -TERIES] · voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse
ALTRUISM[n. -S] · selfless devotion to the welfare of others
BARONAGE[n. -S] · the rank of a baron
BENEFICE[v. -FICED, -FICING, -FICES] · to endow with land
BOUNDARY[n. -ARIES] · a dividing line
BUTCHERY[n. -ERIES] · wanton or cruel killing
CATHOLIC[n. -S] · a member of the early Christian~ church
CHAPERON[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accompany / [x] { chaperon chaperone chaperoning § chaperones chaperons § chaperon chaperone chaperoned chaperones chaperoning chaperons § chaperoned }
CLAIMANT[n. -S] · one that asserts a right or title
COISTREL[n. -S] · a knave / [x] { coistrel coistril § coistrels coistrils }
COISTRIL[n. -S] · coistrel «a knave» / [x] { coistrel coistril § coistrels coistrils }
COMPLICE[n. -S] · an associate
CONFRERE[n. -S] · a colleague
CONSTANT[n. -S] · something that does not vary
CRENELLE[n. -S] · a rounded projection / [x] { crenation crenature crenel crenelation crenellation crenelle crenulation § crenations crenatures crenellations crenelles crenels crenulations § crenelate crenelated crenelates crenelating creneling crenellate crenellated crenellates crenellating crenelling § crenelated creneled crenellated crenelled }
CUTLETTE[n. -S] · a breaded patty of chopped meat
DENOUNCE[v. -NOUNCED, -NOUNCING, -NOUNCES] · to condemn openly
DERISION[n. -S] · the act of deriding
DESCRIER[n. -S] · one that descries «to discern»
DEVOTION[n. -S] · the act of devoting
DIAMETER[n. -S] · a straight line passing through the center of a circle and ending at the periphery
DISBURSE[v. -BURSED, -BURSING, -BURSES] · to pay out
DIVINITY[n. -TIES] · the state of being divine
DOCTRINE[n. -S] · a belief or set of beliefs taught or advocated
DORMIENT[a.] · dormant / [x] { dormant dormient § dormant dormient }
EMINENCE[n. -S] · high station or rank / [x] { eminence eminency § eminences eminencies }
ENGINOUS[a.] · ingenious / [x] { enginous ingenious }
EQUATION[n. -S] · the act of equating
ESTOPPEL[n. -S] · a legal restraint preventing a person from contradicting his own previous statement
ETIOLATE[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · to whiten
EXACTION[n. -S] · the act of exacting
FAINEANT[n. -S] · a lazy person
FONTANEL[n. -S] · a space in the fetal and infantile skull / [x] { fontanel fontanelle § fontanelles fontanels }
FRENETIC[n. -S] · a frantic person / [x] { frenetic phrenetic § frenetics § frenetic phrenetic }
FRONTLET[n. -S] · a decorative band worn across the forehead
GIANTESS[n. -ES] · a female giant
GLUTTONY[n. -TONIES] · excessive eating / [x] { gluttony gulosity § gluttonies gulosities }
GORGEOUS[a.] · beautiful
GUARANTY[v. -TIED, -TYING, -TIES] · to assume responsibility for the quality of / [x] { guarantee guaranty § guarantees guaranties § guarantee guaranteed guaranteeing guarantees guarantied guaranties guaranty guarantying § guaranteed }
HORRIBLE[n. -S] · something that causes horror
INSOLENT[n. -S] · an extremely rude person
MATTRASS[n. -ES] · matrass «a long-necked~ glass vessel» / [x] { matrass mattrass § matrasses mattrasses }
MATTRESS[n. -ES] · a large pad filled with resilient material used on or as a bed
MONARCHY[n. -CHIES] · rule by a monarch
MORALISE[v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · to moralize «to explain in a moral sense» / [x] { moralising moralizing § moralise moralised moralises moralising moralize moralized moralizes moralizing }
MORALIZE[v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to explain in a moral sense / [x] { moralising moralizing § moralise moralised moralises moralising moralize moralized moralizes moralizing }
MORTMAIN[n. -S] · perpetual ownership of land
MOVEABLE[n. -S] · movable / [x] { movable moveable § movables moveables § movable moveable }
MULTIPLY[v. -PLIED, -PLYING, -PLIES] · to increase in number
NOBILITY[n. -TIES] · the social class composed of nobles
OUTRANCE[n. -S] · the last extremity
PALISADE[v. -SADED, -SADING, -SADES] · to fortify with a heavy fence
PASTORAL[n. -S] · a literary or artistic work that depicts country life / [x] { pastoral pastorale § pastorales pastorali pastorals § pastoral }
PENCHANT[n. -S] · a strong liking for something
PENITENT[n. -S] · a person who repents his sins
PRESENCE[n. -S] · close proximity
RECHARGE[v. -CHARGED, -CHARGING, -CHARGES] · to charge again +
REGALITY[n. -TIES] · regal authority
REMOTION[n. -S] · the act of removing
RENOUNCE[v. -NOUNCED, -NOUNCING, -NOUNCES] · to disown
REPLEVIN[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to replevy «to regain possession of by legal action» / [x] { replevin replevy § replevins § replevied replevies replevin replevined replevining replevins replevy replevying }
RESEARCH[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to investigate thoroughly
REVEREND[n. -S] · a clergyman
ROMANCER[n. -S] · one that romances
RUDIMENT[n. -S] · a basic principle or element
SANCTIFY[v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to make holy
SARCENET[n. -S] · a silk fabric / [x] { sarcenet sarsenet sarsnet § sarcenets sarsenets sarsnets }
SARSENET[n. -S] · sarcenet «a silk fabric» / [x] { sarcenet sarsenet sarsnet § sarcenets sarsenets sarsnets }
SCISSION[n. -S] · the act of cutting or splitting
SCULLION[n. -S] · a kitchen servant who does menial work
SEDITION[n. -S] · incitement of rebellion against a government
SINGULAR[n. -S] · a word form that denotes one person or thing
SOBRIETY[n. -ETIES] · the quality or state of being sober
SUFFRAGE[n. -S] · the right to vote
SURCEASE[v. -CEASED, -CEASING, -CEASES] · to cease
TABORINE[n. -S] · a taboret «a small drum» / [x] { taboret taborin taborine tabouret § taborets taborines taborins tabourets }
VALOROUS[a.] · courageous
VARLETRY[n. -RIES] · a group of common people
WARRANTY[v. -TIED, -TYING, -TIES] · to provide a written guarantee for (=warrantied warrantying)
BLAZONING[n. -S] · derivative of blazon
CARPENTRY[n. -TRIES] · © the art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings
CONCAVITY[n. -TIES] · © a concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave
CONFIGURE[v. -URED, -URING, -URES] · © to arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape
CONGRUITY[n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency
CONTAGION[n. -S] · © the transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact
DEBRUISED< DEBRUISE, [v. -BRUISED, -BRUISING, -BRUISES] · to cross a coat of arms
DEJECTION[n. -S] · © a casting down; depression
DEPARTURE[n. -S] · © division; separation; putting away
DESIRABLE[n. -S] · worthy of desire or recommendation
DIFFICULT[a.] · © hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous
DISCOVERT[a.] · © not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow
DISPRAISE[v. -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES] · © to withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame
DISTEMPER[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate~; to change the due proportions of
DIVISIBLE[a.] · © capable of being divided or separated
EFFICIENT[a.] · functioning or producing effectively and with the least waste of effort; competent
ELEVATION† [n. -S] · height above a reference point
ENDURANCE[n. -S] · © a state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance
EQUITABLE† [a.] · characterized by fairness
ETIQUETTE† [n. -S] · code of polite behavior
EVANGELIC[a.] · © belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical / [x] { evangelic evangelical § evangelicals § evangelic evangelical }
EXCUSABLE[a.] · © that may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action
FEOFFMENT[n. -S] · © the grant of a feud or fee / [x] { enfeoffment feoffment § enfeoffments feoffments }
FORTITUDE[n. -S] · © power to resist attack; strength; firmness
GALANTINE[n. -S] · © a dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold
IMPOSTUME[n. -S] · an archaic word for abscess / [x] { imposthume impostume § imposthumes impostumes § imposthume imposthumes impostume impostumes }
INCURSION[n. -S] · © a running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid
INDICTION[n. -S] · © declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment
INTERVIEW[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication
KENTLEDGE[n. -S] · © pigs of iron used for ballast
LABORIOUS[a.] · © requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome
LANGUETTE[n. -S] alternative form of languet «a tonguelike part» / [x] { languet languette § languets languettes }
LAUDATORY[a.] · © of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden~
MATRIMONY[n. -NIES] · © the union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock
MISCHANCE[n. -S] · © ill luck; ill fortune; mishap
MISERABLE[n. -S] · © a miserable person
MORTALITY[n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying
OBJECTION[n. -S] · © the act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection
PALAESTRA[n. -TRAE or -TRAS] · © see Palestra (=palaestras) / [x] { palaestra palestra § palaestrae palaestras palestrae palestras }
PARENTAGE[n. -S] · © descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage
PATERNITY[n. -TIES] · © the relation of a father to his child; fathership~; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity
PLEADABLE[a.] · © capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law
POTENTATE[n. -S] · a person who possesses great power or authority, esp~ a ruler or monarch
PRECEDENT[n. -S] · © something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example
PREGNABLE[a.] · © capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable~; as, a pregnable fort
PRESCRIPT[n. -S] · © direction; precept; model prescribed
PRESIDENT[n. -S] · © precedent
PROCEDURE[n. -S] · © the act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct
PROCURESS[n. -ES] · © a female procurer, or pander
QUERULOUS[a.] · inclined to make whining or peevish complaints
RECTANGLE[n. -S] · © a four-sided~ figure having only right angles; a right-angled~ parallelogram
REPENTANT[a.] · © penitent; sorry for sin
REPRESENT[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to present again +
ROUNDELAY[n. -LAYS] · © see Rondeau, and Rondel
SAFEGUARD[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to guard; to protect
SCANTLING[n. -S] · a piece of sawn timber, such as a rafter, that has a small cross section
SENSATION† [n. -S] · perception through the senses
SURCHARGE[v. -CHARGED, -CHARGING, -CHARGES] · © to overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon
SURCINGLE[v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket
VARIATION† [n. -S] · act or instance of varying
VASSALAGE[n. -S] · © the state of being a vassal, or feudatory
VENERABLE[n. -S] commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position
VENGEANCE[n. -S] · © punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge
ARTIFICIAL[a.] · © made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers
BENEVOLENT[a.] · © having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable
CHARITABLE[a.] · © full of love and good will; benevolent; kind
CINQUEFOIL[n. -S] · © the name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger~, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand
COGITATIVE[a.] · © possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating
COLLATERAL[n. -S] · © a collateral relative
COMBUSTION[n. -S] · © the state of burning
CONJECTURE[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · © to arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning
CONVERSANT[a.] · © having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary~ associated; intimately acquainted
COPARCENER[n. -S] · © one who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance / [x] { coparcener parcener § coparceners parceners }
CORPULENCE[n. -S] · © alt. of Corpulency / [x] { corpulence corpulency § corpulences corpulencies }
CORPULENCY[n. -CIES] · © excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity / [x] { corpulence corpulency § corpulences corpulencies }
CRENELLATE[v.] to furnish with crenelles / [x] { crenation crenature crenel crenelation crenellation crenelle crenulation § crenations crenatures crenellations crenelles crenels crenulations § crenelate crenelated crenelates crenelating creneling crenellate crenellated crenellates crenellating crenelling § crenelated creneled crenellated crenelled }
CULTIVABLE[a.] · © capable of being cultivated or tilled
DEFENDABLE[a.] · © capable of being defended; defensible
DEFENSIBLE[a.] · © capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause
DEMOLITION† [n.] the process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures
DIVINATION[n. -S] · © the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means
EBULLITION[n. -S] · © a boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor / [x] { ebullience ebulliency ebullition § ebulliences ebulliencies ebullitions }
ENTERPRISE† [n.] a company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor / [x] { emprise emprize enterprise § emprises emprizes enterprises § emprise emprises emprize enterprise enterprises enterprising }
ENTICEMENT[n. -S] · © the act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions
EVANGELIST[n. -S] · © a bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines
EXHIBITION[n. -S] · © the act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display
EXORBITANT† [a.] · exceeding reasonable limits
EXPERIENCE[v. -ENCED, -ENCING, -ENCES] · direct personal participation or observation; actual knowledge or contact
FONTANELLE[n. -S] · © same as Fontanel, 2 / [x] { fontanel fontanelle § fontanelles fontanels }
IMMOLATION[n. -S] · © the act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed
IMPASSIBLE[a.] · © incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation
INSPECTION[n. -S] · derivative of inspect
INUNDATION[n. -S] · © the act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds
JUBILATION[n. -S] · © a triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation
MAINTAINER[n. -S] · © one who maintains
MISERICORD[n. -S] · a ledge projecting from the underside of the hinged seat of a choir stall in a church, on which the occupant can support himself or herself while standing / [x] { misericord misericorde § misericordes misericords }
ORDINATION[n. -S] · © the act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc~.
PESTILENCE[n. -S] · © specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating
PROSPERITY† [n. -TIES] · state of being prosperous
PROTECTION[n. -S] · © the act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection
QUADRANGLE[n. -S] · © a plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles
QUATREFOIL[n. -S] · © same as Quarterfoil~
REPENTANCE[n. -S] · © the act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin
RESENTMENT[n. -S] · © the act of resenting
SALMAGUNDI[n. -S or -ES] · © a mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions (=salmagundies) / [x] { salmagundi salmagundies § salmagundis }
SEIGNORIAL[a.] · another word for seigniorial~ / [x] { seigneurial seignorial }
SIMILITUDE[n. -S] · © the quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance
SUFFICIENT[a.] · © equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country
SUSPICIOUS[a.] · © inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof
TEMPTATION[n. -S] · © the act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
THEOLOGIAN[n. -S] · © a person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine
TOURNAMENT[n. -S] · © a mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle
TRANSITORY[a.] · © continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent
TRIUMPHANT[a.] · experiencing or displaying triumph
VISITATION[n. -S] · © the act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination
BENEVOLENCE[n. -S] · © the disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness / [x] { benevolence benevolentness § benevolences }
CELEBRATION[n. -S] · © the act, process, or time of celebrating
CHAMPERTOUS† [a.] · relating to champerty
COMPENDIOUS[a.] · © containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized
CONCEALMENT[n. -S] · © the act of concealing; the state of being concealed
CONDITIONAL[n. -S] · © a limitation
CONSOLATION[n. -S] · © the act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation~ of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit
CONVERTIBLE[n. -S] · capable of being converted
COPARCENARY[n. -RIES] · © partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance
DECREPITUDE[n. -S] · © the broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age
DEFLORATION[n. -S] · © the act of deflouring~; as, the defloration of a virgin
DEFORCEMENT[n. -S] · © a keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right
DEFORMATION[n. -S] · © the act of deforming, or state of anything deformed
DELIVERANCE[n. -S] · © the act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive
DESTITUTION† [n.] the action of deserting or abandoning
DISCONTINUE[v. -UED, -UING, -UES] · © to interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off
DISJUNCTION[n. -S] · also called: disjuncture. the act of disconnecting or the state of being disconnected; separation
DISLOCATION[n. -S] · © the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced
DISPLEASURE† [n.] a feeling of being displeased with something or someone
DISPUTATION[n. -S] · the act or an instance of arguing
EDIFICATION[n. -S] · © the act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction
ENFORCEMENT[n. -S] · © the act of enforcing; compulsion
ENFRANCHISE[v. -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES] · © to set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power
GALLIMAUFRY[n. -RIES] · © a hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout
IGNOMINIOUS[a.] · © marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful
IMPETUOSITY[n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence
INDIFFERENT[a.] · © not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance
INQUISITION[n. -S] · © the act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation
INSINUATION[n. -S] · © the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in
IRREPARABLE[a.] · © not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss
MANUFACTURE[v. -TURED, -TURING°, -TURES] · © to make by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc~.
MASCULINITY[n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being masculine; masculineness~
MISERICORDE[n. -S] · © compassion; pity; mercy / [x] { misericord misericorde § misericordes misericords }
MOLESTATION[n. -S] · © the act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance
PERSPECTIVE[n. -S] · © of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical
PERTINACITY[n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency
PRESENTABLE† [a.] · fit to be seen or shown
PROCUREMENT[n. -S] · © the act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment
PRODIGALITY[n. -TIES] · © extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony
RECORDATION[n. -S] · (formal) the act or process of recording something in the official records
RESEMBLANCE[n. -S] · the state or quality of resembling; likeness or similarity in nature, appearance, etc~.
RESTITUTION[n. -S] · the act of giving back something that has been lost or stolen
SACRAMENTAL[n. -S] · © that which relates to a sacrament
SPIRITUALTY[n. -TIES] · © an ecclesiastical body; a spirituality
TRANSFIGURE[v. -URED, -URING, -URES] · © to change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform
CHASTISEMENT[n. -S] · © the act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment
COMMUNICABLE[a.] · © capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge
CONSERVATION[n. -S] · © the act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping in a safe or entire state; preservation
CONTUMELIOUS[a.] · © exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful
DEMONSTRABLE[a.] · © capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question
DISPENSATION[n. -S] · © the act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration
DISTRIBUTION[n. -S] · © the act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children
ESTRANGEMENT[n. -S] · © the act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation
FRANKINCENSE† [n. -S] · an aromatic gum resin
IMMENSURABLE[a.] · © immeasurable
INDISCRETION[n. -S] · © the quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence
INTELLIGIBLE[a.] · able to be understood; comprehensible
PRESENTATION[n. -S] · © the act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal
PROTESTATION[n. -S] · © the act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent
PURIFICATION† [n. -S] · act of purifying
RENOUNCEMENT[n. -S] · © the act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation
RESSENTIMENT[n. -S] · (psychology) a feeling of resentment and hostility, usually chronic, coupled with an inability to express the feeling or to act to change the situation
SURVEILLANCE[n. -S] · © oversight; watch; inspection; supervision
SUSTENTATION[n. -S] · © the act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance
UNIVERSALITY† [n. -TIES] · state of being universal
CONTEMPLATIVE[n. -S] · © a religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity
DISPARAGEMENT[n. -S] · © matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation
IMPLACABILITY[n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being implacable
INFLEXIBILITY† [n. INFLEXIBILITIES] · lack of flexibility
MOLLIFICATION[n. -S] · © the act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening
PRONOUNCEMENT[n. -S] · © the act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement
SIGNIFICATION[n. -S] · © the act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means
IMPOVERISHMENT[n. -S] · © the act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty
RECOMMENCEMENT[n. -S] · derivative of recommence