an adjective meaning knobbly, rough and twisted, especially with age, eg. 'gnarled apple trees grew along the road'.

a verb meaning to speak in an aggressive voice, eg. 'she was in such a bad mood that she gnarled at everyone that morning'.

an adjective meaning run-down and a little broken, eg. 'we came across a gnarled shed with holes in the roof and the walls'.

a noun meaning an instrument used by doctors to remove thorns / splinters etc, eg. 'using a sceptical, he gently extracted the thorn from her finger'.

an adjective meaning someone who doubts the truth, eg. 'they were sceptical about the politicians' promises'.

an adjective meaning someone who trusts too easily, eg. 'his sceptical nature meant that people often took advantage of him'.

someone's face or facial expression, eg. 'the man's countenance made him appear older than he actually was'.

an old fashioned calculator that was used to measure the area of farm land, eg. 'he walked across the field with his countenance'.

somebody's attitude towards something, eg. 'his countenance was clear: he did not like the arrangement'.

the impression that something bad is going to happen, eg. 'The sky darkened ominously'.

really furious about something, eg. 'the man was clearly ominous: he stormed out of the door, slamming it behind him'.

something containing more than one episode or book, eg, 'the comics had been collected into one large ominous'.

to throw something very far with great power, eg. 'he relented the javelin across the field with a force never seen before'.

to give in when something is difficult, eg. 'the questions were too hard so I just closed the exam paper and relented'.

to give in to a request, eg. 'I had been asking for a pocket money raise for ages and Mum finally relented'.

a verb meaning to take something apart, especially with the intention of fixing it, eg 'the watchmaker destructed the watch carefully'.

is a noun meaning the act of destroying something, eg. 'the destruction from the storm was everywhere'.

is a noun meaning the act of building something back up, eg. 'after the storm, a programme of destruction was needed'.

a person who lives in very rural America, eg. 'the hillock community farmed in traditional ways'.

a person who is a fool, eg. 'even though he was my friend, he sometimes acted like a real hillock'.

a small hill, eg. 'the tree resided on a small hillock on the outskirts of the village'.

to make a long, sad sound, especially when someone has died, eg. 'the keening could be heard over the sound of the music at the funeral'.

to tidy the edges of a lawn, eg. 'after mowing your lawn it is best to keen the edges with some shears'.

to be very eager to do something, eg 'he keened at the teacher, desperate to be chosen for the task'.

a disease that affects the muscular system of the arm, eg. 'he used to play tennis but now suffered from cronies'.

a friend, especially one that is likely to give dishonest help, eg. 'the thief needed help: he called his old cronies'.

a mythical Greek creature that is a crow crossed with a pony, eg. 'the cronies and their magical powers were not to be trusted'.