Obscure 5 Letter Words - Set 1

blain

a boil or blister

bavin

a bundle of brushwood

caple

a horse

ament

a person who fails to develop mentally

bulse

a small bag for diamonds or gold dust

bight

a wide bay; a bend or coil in a rope

anent

about; concerning

azoth

alchemical name for mercury

bower

anchor carried at bow of a ship

anole

arboreal American lizard with ability to change colour

aught

at all

beata

beatified woman

bosun

boatswain

bombé

bulging outwards

antre

cave

buffe

chin-piece for helmet with breathing holes

ambit

circuit; scope; compass; confines

argil

clay used in making pottery

baize

coarse napped cotton or wool fabric

brash

collection of broken pieces of rock or ice

biune

combining two entities into one

boyau

communication trench

aulic

courtly; ceremonious; genteel

bosky

covered with trees or shrubs

argol

crust formed on wine kept too long or improperly

calix

cup; chalice

besom

curler's broom

braxy

disease of sheep causing fits

bifid

divided in two by a deep split

beele

double-pointed miner's pick

argol

dried cow dung used as fuel

ancon

elbow

benet

exorcist

brach

female hunting hound

breme

fierce; cruel; keen

cabré

flying upside down with tail down

broma

food; aliment

cable

heavy rope or chain for mooring a ship

baton

heraldic sign of bastardy

aubin

horse's gait between an amble and a gallop

anile

imbecilic; senile; like a very old woman

cella

inner chamber of a classical temple

bilbo

iron bar used to shackle prisoners' feet

bonce

large marble used in games

brail

leather strap to bind a hawk's wing

azure

light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue

borné

limited; narrow-minded

anker

liquid measure of 8 1/2 gallons

atimy

loss of honour; disgrace

bilge

lower point of inner hull of a ship; nonsense or rubbish

broch

luminous ring around the moon

breve

mark over letter to indicate a short vowel sound

caret

mark used to note an omission

batik

method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax

atony

muscular weakness

anear

nearly; almost

bezel

oblique side or face of a cut gem

animé

of a heraldic animal, having eyes differently-coloured from the animal itself

apian

of, like or pertaining to bees

bolar

of, like or pertaining to clay

arval

of, like or pertaining to ploughed land

calyx

outer covering of a flower

cento

patchwork composition; collection of short quotations

bodge

piece of poor or clumsy workmanship

blype

piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn

barre

placing capo or finger across guitar strings

anion

positively charged ion

bitts

posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes

beira

pygmy antelope

bogan

quiet tributary or backwater

ambry

recess for church vessels; cupboard or niche

bongo

reddish African antelope with white vertical stripes

atlas

rich satin fabric

armet

round iron helmet

bulla

round seal attached to a papal bull

bolus

rounded mass

arris

sharp edge on stone; meeting of two surfaces

arete

sharp mountain ridge

caman

shinty stick

bruit

something rumoured widely; to report or spread rumour

ankus

spiked elephant goad

berge

spy glass or telescope

burse

square cloth case to carry the corporal during Communion service

amice

strip of fine linen worn as cloak or wrap by priest at mass

arras

tapestry covering a wall

amain

to a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed

anele

to administer extreme unction to

assot

to befool; to besot

cadge

to beg or sponge from another

bream

to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed

arefy

to dry up; to wither

brank

to prance; toss the head; to strut

cavil

to raise trivial and frivolous objections

belay

to secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat

boult

to sift through cloth; to examine by sifting

appui

to support militarily

burke

to suppress quietly; to bypass or avoid

boman

well dressed criminal

araba

wheeled Middle Eastern carriage

cabas

woman's work basket or handbag