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