LexiTopic: History
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 172 words that are used in 186 different ways related to History in the A-O portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 74% of the entire lexicon.
The list is given below, followed by the topical analysis, with definitions.
NOTE: All currencies, including ancient and obsolete currencies, are in ECONOMICS AND FINANCE.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words Related to TOPIC in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Word List
ABDICATEABDICATEDACCOLADEAGORAALLEGIANCEAMPHORAANCIENTARCADIAARCADIANARCHAICARMORARMORIALARROWARTIFACTATILTATRIAATRIUMAUGURBARDBARONBATONBATTLEBATTLEAXBATTLEAXEBENDBENEFICEBENEVOLENCEBILLBLACKMAIL
BLOODBOLTBOOKBOORBOROUGHBOULEBOWMENCANOPICCANTONCARRYCHALLENGECHARGINGCHATEAUCHATEAUXCHIEFCHIVALRICCIVILIANCOHORTCOIFCOLORCOMPANYCOUNTCOUNTYCOURTCZARCZARINADAMEDECIMATEDECIMATED
DEVICEDIADEMDICTATORDIPPEDDIPPINGDOGEDOOMDORMANTDUBBEDDUBBINGDUCALDUKEDUNGEONEAGLEEMBLEMENNOBLEENNOBLEDENNOBLEMENTEOLITH*EUNUCHEXTINCTFEUDALFIEFFIELDFLAGFLAGGINGFLAGPOLEFLAKEFLANK
FLINTFOLKFOOLFURLGAGEGALLEONGALLEYGAVELGENTEELGENTEELLY*GENTLEGENTLEDGENTLEMANGENTLEMENGHETTOGLOBEGLOVEGRAYGROOMGUILDHALLHANDLEHEADPIECEHELMHELMEDHELMETHELMETEDHENGEHOMAGE
HONORHYACINTHIMPALEINDENTJACKKEEPKHANKINGLABELLADYLAMELANCELANCEDLANCINGLANDMARKLEGIONLIEGELIEGELIEGELILYLINKLONGBOWLORDLORDLYLOWLYMACEMAHARANIMAILMANDARIN
MANORMAROONMATCHMEDIEVALMEDIEVALMOATMOGULMOMENTMONARCHMOOTMOTLEYMOTTONABOBNAVALLY*NEOLITHNINJANOBILITYNOBLENOBLEMENNOBLEWOMENNONROYALODEA*ODEONODEUMOLDENORDINARYOVATION
Words Related to TOPIC in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Topical Arrangement
Subject Headings
Government, Property, Taxation
BENEFICE: a feudal estate in lands: fiefBENEVOLENCE: a compulsory contribution or tax levied by certain English kings with no other authority than the claim of prerogativeBLACKMAIL: M-W’s 1st def.: a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage [this is not designated as archaic or obsolete or “chiefly Scottish”]BOROUGH: a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privilegesBOULE: a legislative council of ancient Greece consisting first of an aristocratic advisory body and later of a representative senateCIVILIAN: a specialist in Roman lawCOUNTY: one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposesDICTATOR: a person granted absolute emergency power, especially, history: one appointed by the senate of ancient RomeDOGE: the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and GenoaDOOM: a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon EnglandFEUDAL: of, relating to, or suggestive of feudalismFIEF: a feudal estateGAVEL: rent or tribute in medieval EnglandHOMAGE: an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lordINDENT: a certificate issued by the U.S. at the close of the American Revolution for the principal or interest on the public debtLIEGE: having the right to feudal allegiance or service (his liege lord); also, obligated to render feudal allegiance and serviceLORD: a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king; also, one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenureMANOR: a unit of English rural territorial organization, especially: such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold courtMOOT: a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice, especially: one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon communityNABOB: a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India
Heraldry and Vexillology
ARMORIAL: of, relating to, or bearing heraldic armsBATON: a narrow heraldic bendBEND: a diagonal band that runs from the dexter chief to the sinister base on a heraldic shieldCANTON: the top inner quarter of a flag, or the dexter chief region of a heraldic fieldCARRY: the position assumed by a color-bearer with the flag or guidon held in position for marchingCHARGING: to place a heraldic bearing on (charged his shield with three roses); also, to assume as a heraldic bearingCHIEF: the upper part of a heraldic fieldCOLOR: an identifying badge, pennant, or flag —usually used in plural (a ship sailing under Swedish colors); also, colors plural: a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or loweredDEVICE: heraldry: an emblematic design used especially as a heraldic bearingDIPPED: to lower and then raise again (dip a flag in salute)DIPPING: to lower and then raise again (dip a flag in salute)DORMANT: represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepawsEMBLEM: a symbolic object used as a heraldic deviceFIELD: the ground of each division in a flag, or the whole surface of an escutcheonFLAG: a usually rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is used as a symbol (as of a nation), as a signaling device, or as a decorationFLAGGING: to signal with or as if with a flagFLAGPOLE: a pole on which to raise a flagFLANK: the area along either side of a heraldic shieldFURL: to wrap or roll (something, such as a sail or a flag) close to or around somethingHONOR: the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheonIMPALE: to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a paleJACK: a small national flag flown by a shipLABEL: a heraldic charge that consists of a narrow horizontal band with usually three pendantsLILY: a fleur-de-lis: a conventionalized iris in artistic design and heraldryMOTTO: sayings or sentiments that appear on a scroll above the crest in Scottish heraldry and, in English heraldry, beneath both the shield and any decorations, orders and medals hanging from it.NAVALLY*: with a naval crown (an eagle … and on the sinister a stork proper, each navally gorged—Burke's Peerage)ORDINARY: a common heraldic charge (such as the bend) of simple form
Objects of the Past
AMPHORA: an ancient Greek jar or vase with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles …ARTIFACT: a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object; especially: an object remaining from a particular period; also something characteristic of or resulting from a particular human institution, period, trend, or individual; also, something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or importantBOOK: a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivoryCANOPIC: M-W has canopic jar, a jar in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the viscera of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummyEOLITH*: a very crudely chipped flintFLAKE: a flake tool: a Stone-Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger pieceFLINT: an implement of flint used in prehistoric culturesHYACINTH: a plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus; also, a precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphireLINK: a torch formerly used to light a person's way through the streetsNEOLITH: a Neolithic stone implement
People of the Past
ACCOLADE: a ceremony or salute conferring knighthoodALLEGIANCE: the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lordANCIENT: a person who lived in ancient times; ancients plural: the civilized people of antiquity; especially: those of the classical nationsARCHAIC: having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized usesARTIFACT: something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or importantAUGUR: an official diviner of ancient RomeBOOR: a peasant; a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small landowners or as laborers; also: a member of a similar class elsewhereCOMPANY: a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guildDICTATOR: a person granted absolute emergency power, especially, history: one appointed by the senate of ancient RomeEUNUCH: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palaceFOLK: the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generationFOOL: a retainer formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and baubleGROOM: archaic: a manservant, or one of several officers of the English royal householdGUILD: a medieval association of merchants or craftsmenHANDLE: a royal handle: an appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or landsHOMAGE: a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord; also, the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassalKHAN: a medieval sovereign of China and ruler over the Turkish, Tatar, and Mongol tribesLADY: a woman receiving the homage or devotion of a knight or loverLANCE: a lancer, a member of a military unit formerly composed of light cavalry armed with lancesLIEGE: a vassal bound to feudal service and allegiance; also, a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are dueLORD: a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king; also, one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenureLOWLY: having or being a low rank in some hierarchyMANDARIN: a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior gradesMAROON: or Maroon: a Black person of the Americas who escaped slavery and formed or joined a free and often secluded settlement or a descendant of such a personMEDIEVAL: a person of the Middle AgesMOGUL: an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian originMOTLEY: a jester, foolNINJA: a person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts and employed especially for espionage and assassinations
Periods of the Past
ANCIENT: of or relating to a remote period, to a time early in history, or to those living in such a period or timeARCHAIC: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time: antiquated; also, surviving from an earlier periodMEDIEVAL: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages; also, having a quality (such as cruelty) associated with the Middle AgesMOMENT: a stage in historical or logical development (a moment in the history of the nation)OLDEN: of or relating to a bygone era
Places and Structures of the Past
AGORA: an ancient marketplaceARCADIA: a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryARCADIAN: Related to arcadia, a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryATRIA: plural of atrium, the central room of a Roman houseATRIUM: the central room of a Roman houseCHATEAU: M-W has château; plural châteaux [or châteaus]: a feudal castle or fortress in FranceCHATEAUX: M-W has château; plural châteaux [or châteaus]: a feudal castle or fortress in FranceDUNGEON: a donjon, a massive inner tower in a medieval castleGHETTO: a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to liveHALL: the castle or house of a medieval king or noble, or the chief living room in such a structure, or the manor house of a landed proprietorHENGE: a circular Bronze Age structure (as of wood) with a surrounding bank and ditch found in EnglandKEEP: [a place] that keeps or protects: such as a fortress, castle, specifically: the strongest and securest part of a medieval castleLANDMARK: a structure (such as a building) of unusual historical and usually aesthetic interest, especially: one that is officially designated and set aside for preservationMOAT: a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (such as a castle) that is usually filled with waterODEA*: plural of odeum, a small roofed theater of ancient Greece and Rome used chiefly for competitions in music and poetryODEON: not in M-W; Collins says in British English, another name for odeumODEUM: a small roofed theater of ancient Greece and Rome used chiefly for competitions in music and poetry
Royalty and Aristocracy
ABDICATE: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or functionABDICATED: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or functionBARON: one of a class of tenants holding his rights and title by military or other honorable service directly from a feudal superior (such as a king); a lord of the realm: noble, peer; a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in Great Britain; a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank; a member of the lowest order of nobility in JapanBLOOD: human stock or lineage, especially: royal lineage; honorable or high birth or descent; descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigreeCOUNT: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earlCOUNTY: the domain of a countCOURT: the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary (the king's court); also, a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers (The king held a general court.); also, the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power (The court has decided against the alliance.); also, the family and retinue of a sovereign; also, a reception held by a sovereignCZAR: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolutionCZARINA: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolutionDAME: a female member of an order of knighthood —used as a title prefixed to the given nameDIADEM: a crown, a royal or imperial headdress or cap of sovereignty, specifically, a a royal headband; also, something that adorns like a crownDUBBED: conferred knighthood onDUBBING: conferred knighthood onDUCAL: of or relating to a duke or dukedomDUKE: a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy; also, a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank, especially : a member of the highest grade of the British peerageENNOBLE: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityENNOBLED: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityENNOBLEMENT: to make noble: elevate; to raise to the rank of nobilityEXTINCT: having no qualified claimant, as in an extinct titleGENTEEL: of or relating to the gentry or upper classGENTEELLY:* of or relating to the gentry or upper classGENTLE: (adj) belonging to a family of high social station; honorable, distinguished; specifically: of or relating to a gentleman; or suited to a person of high social station; or (noun) a person of gentle birth or statusGENTLE: to raise from the commonalty: ennobleGENTLED: to raise from the commonalty: ennobleGENTLEMAN: a man of noble or gentle birth, or a man belonging to the landed gentryGENTLEMEN: a man of noble or gentle birth, or a man belonging to the landed gentryGLOBE: an orb, a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justiceKHAN: a medieval sovereign of China and ruler over the Turkish, Tatar, and Mongol tribesKING: a male monarch of a major territorial unit, especially: one whose position is hereditary and who rules for lifeLADY: a woman having proprietary rights or authority especially as a feudal superior; also, a woman who is a member of an order of knighthood; also, any of various titled women in Great Britain —used as the customary title of (1) a marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness or (2) the wife of a knight, baronet, member of the peerage, or one having the courtesy title of lord and used as a courtesy title for the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earlLIEGE: a loyal subjectLORD: a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due; also, a British nobleman: such as a baron, or a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess, earl, or viscount, or the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl, or a bishop of the Church of England; also, a title used informally in place of the full title; also used by courtesy, etc.LORDLY: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord: dignified, grand, noble; exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rankMAHARANI: the wife of a maharaja; also, a Hindu princess ranking above a raniMONARCH: a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: such as a sovereign rulerNOBILITY: the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank; also, the body of persons forming the noble class in a country or state: the aristocracyNOBLE: a person of noble rank or birth; also of high birth or exalted rank: aristocraticNOBLEMEN: plural of nobleman, a man of noble rank: a peerNOBLEWOMEN: plural of noblewoman, a woman of noble rank: a peeressNONROYAL: not of or relating to kingly ancestry: not royal (nonroyal lineage)
Weapons and Warfare of the Past
ARMOR: defensive covering for the body especially: covering (as of metal) used in combatARROW: a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the buttATILT: with lance in handBARD: a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank, or to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament: to furnish with bardsBATTLE: a combat between two persons; specifically, [in] history: the combat by which disputes were legally decidedBATTLEAX: M-W hyphenates battle-ax or battle-axe: a broadax formerly used as a weapon of warBATTLEAXE: M-W hyphenates battle-ax or battle-axe: a broadax formerly used as a weapon of warBILL: a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped bladeBOLT: a shaft or missile designed to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, especially: a short stout usually blunt-headed arrowBOWMEN: an archerCHALLENGE: a summons that is often threatening, provocative, stimulating, or inciting, specifically: a summons to a duel to answer an affront; also, to call out to duel or combat (challenged his rival to a duel)CHIVALRIC: relating to chivalry, mounted men-at-arms, or the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthoodCHIVALRIC: relating to chivalry, mounted men-at-arms, or the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthoodCOHORT: one of 10 divisions of an ancient Roman legionCOIF: in M-W 1st def. of coif: a protective usually metal skullcap formerly worn under a hood of mailDECIMATE: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of (decimate a regiment)DECIMATED: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of (decimate a regiment)EAGLE: the eagle-bearing standard of the ancient RomansGAGE: a token of defiance, specifically: a glove or cap cast on the ground to be taken up by an opponent as a pledge of combatGALLEON: a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the SpanishGALLEY: a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as a long low ship used for war and trading especially in the Mediterranean Sea from the Middle Ages to the 19th century; also: galleass, a large fast galley used especially as a warship by Mediterranean countries in the 16th and 17th centuries and having both sails and oars but usually propelled chiefly by rowing; or a warship of classical antiquity; or a large open boat (such as a gig) formerly used in EnglandGLOVE: a gauntlet, a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the handGRAY: a soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War; also, and often capitalized: the Confederate armyHEADPIECE: a protective or defensive covering for the headHELM: a helmet, or to cover or furnish with a helmetHELMED: to cover or furnish with a helmetHELMET: any of various protective head coverings usually made of a hard material to resist impactHELMETED: a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armorLAME: lames plural: small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)LANCE: a lancer, a member of a military unit formerly composed of light cavalry armed with lancesLANCE: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLANCED: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLANCING: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry; also, to pierce with or as if with a lanceLEGION: the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with cavalryLONGBOW: a hand-drawn wooden bow held vertically and used especially by medieval English archersMACE: a heavy often spiked staff or club used especially in the Middle Ages for breaking armorMAIL: armor made of metal links or sometimes platesMATCH: a chemically prepared wick or cord formerly used in firing firearms or powderOVATION: a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted