- lumberjack (n.)
- 1831, Canadian English, from lumber (n.) + Jack.
- matriarchy (n.)
- formed in English 1881 from matriarch + -y (4).
- limo (n.)
- abbreviation of limousine, by 1959, American English.
- gemstone (n.)
- Old English gimstan; see gem + stone (n.).
- kitchenette (n.)
- 1905, American English, a hybrid from kitchen + -ette.
- kook (n.)
- 1960, American English slang; see kooky.
- silkworm (n.)
- Old English seolcwyrm; see silk + worm (n.).
- greater
- Old English gryttra, Anglian *gretra; comparative of great.
- dizziness (n.)
- Old English dysignesse; see dizzy + -ness.
- smidge (n.)
- short form of smidgen, 1902, American English dialect.
- dreariness (n.)
- Old English dreorinysse; see dreary + -ness.
- snollygoster
- 1846, American English slang, fanciful coinage.
- sinter (n.)
- 1780, from German Sinter, cognate with English cinder.
- pol (n.)
- 1942, American English colloquial shortening of politician.
- passageway (n.)
- 1640s, American English, from passage + way (n.).
- coke (n.2)
- shortened form of cocaine, 1908, American English.
- daylong (adj.)
- Old English dæglang; see day + long (adj.).
- crybaby (n.)
- 1851, American English, from cry + baby (n.).
- deckhand (n.)
- 1844, American English, from deck (n.) + hand (n.).
- re-apportionment (n.)
- also reapportionment, 1800, American English, from re- + apportionment.
- twofold (adj.)
- Old English tweofeald; see two + -fold.
- fell (v.2)
- past tense of fall (v.), Old English feoll.
- roar (n.)
- late 14c., from roar (v.) and Old English gerar.
- openness (n.)
- Old English opennes; see open (adj.) + -ness.
- activities (n.)
- in schoolwork sense, 1923, American English, from activity.
- breezeway (n.)
- 1904, American English, from breeze (n.) + way (n.).
- marshland (n.)
- Old English mersclond; see marsh + land (n.).
- looey (n.)
- 1916, American English, colloquial familiar form of lieutenant.
- leanness (n.)
- Old English hlænnesse; see lean (adj.) + -ness.
- brotherliness (n.)
- Old English broðorlichnes; see brotherly + -ness.
- mightiness (n.)
- Old English mihtinesse; see mighty + -ness.
- mightily (adv.)
- Old English mihtiglice; see mighty + -ly (2).
- midmost (adj.)
- Old English midmest; see mid + -most.
- tough (n.)
- "street ruffian," 1866, American English, from tough (adj.).
- motherless (adj.)
- Old English moderleas; see mother (n.) + -less.
- newness (n.)
- Old English neownysse; see new + -ness.
- ninefold
- Old English nigonfeald; see nine + -fold.
- nightlong (adj.)
- Old English nihtlang; see night + -long.
- parlour
- chiefly British English spelling of parlor (q.v.).
- oldness (n.)
- Old English ealdnysse; see old + -ness.
- outdoorsman (n.)
- 1924, American English, from outdoors + man (n.).
- po-face (adj.)
- "expressionless, impassive," 1934, American English, of unknown origin.
- cares (n.)
- "anxieties," late Old English, from care (n.).
- carefulness (n.)
- Old English carfulnys; see careful + -ness.
- carelessness (n.)
- Old English carleasnes; see careless + -ness.
- Cestrian
- 1703, from Cester, Old English form of Chester, + -ian.
- evil (n.)
- Old English yfel (see evil (adj.)).
- pine-barren (n.)
- 1731, American-English, from pine (n.) + barren (n.).
- cissy (n.)
- chiefly British English variant of sissy (q.v.).
- recklessly (adv.)
- Old English recceleaslice; see reckless + -ly (2).
