skittish
SKIT-ish 
<English<probably Scandinavian
fearful; wary
nineties
NYN-teez 
<English
the numbers 90 to 99 inclusive
inning
IN-ing 
<English
a division in a baseball game consisting of a turn at bat for each team
character
KER-uhk-tuhr 
<English<French<Latin
a person in a play or novel
culex
KYOO-leks 
<Latin
a large genus of mosquitos
tempura
tem-PUHR-uh 
<Japanese
fritters of seafood and vegetables fried in deep fat
eiderdown
Y-duhr-doun 
<Germanic<Icelandic<Old Norse
the small fluffy underfeathers of any of various northern sea ducks
susurration
soo-suh-RAY-shuhn 
<Latin
a whispering sound; a murmur
meringue
muh-RANG 
<French
egg whites beaten with sugar until stiff and used as pie covering
mycteric
mik-TER-ik 
<Greek
of, or relating to, the nasal cavities