Word origins

• freeUnconstrained.
• lineA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
• houseA structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• lawThe body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
• vThe twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.
• saleAn exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
• singleNot accompanied by anything else; one in number.
• bankAn institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
• hillAn elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
• dealA division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
• eyeAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
• BostonIn the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
• worthHaving a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
• heardThat has been perceived aurally.
• feltA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
• helloA greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
• phoenixA mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
• raw(of food) Not cooked.
• cottonA soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
• clarkAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
• dearHigh in price; expensive.
• beerAn alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
• bottleA container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
• HiltonA surname.
• WayneA surname originating as an occupation.
• ClintonA surname.
• henceFrom here, from this place, away.
• GordonA Gordon setter.
• reedAny of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
• hollandA type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
• cloudA visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• NortonA motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
• BerkeleyA habitational surname from Old English.
• coleCabbage.
• StanleyA habitational surname from Old English.
• RaleighA medieval manor in Devon, England.
• ripeOf a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
• StanfordA habitational surname from Old English.
• riderA knight, or other mounted warrior.
• wheatAny of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
• amongstDenotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
• BrightonA coastal city in East Sussex, England.
• nastyDirty, filthy.
• mereJust, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
• BradleyA former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
• MiltonA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
• SheffieldA city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
• ClarkeAn English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Clark.
• hoseA flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
• hollyAny of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
• surreyA light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
• hamThe region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
• BradfordA shaken martini.
• settleTo determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
• coveA hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
• CrawfordAn English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names.
• PrestonAn industrial city in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5329).
• FairfieldA local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council.
• domeA structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
• blakeYellow, as butter or cheese.
• NewarkA civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.
• HalifaxAn industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, 20km south-west of Leeds (OS grid ref SE0925).
• Shirleysurely
• wadeTo walk through water or something that impedes progress.
• brentA habitational surname from Old English.
• WilmingtonA surname.
• WhitneyA habitational surname from Middle English.
• RileyA surname.
• CamdenAn English habitational surname from Old English.
• bartonA farmyard.
• astonA car made by Aston Martin.
• PresleyA surname from Old English.
• WaltonA surname.
• MarleyA hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).
• carrAny marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
• barkTo make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
• WestonA village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
• FultonAn English habitational surname from Old English.
• StocktonAn unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
• smilesA surname from Old English.
• babylonA female breast.
• upwardIn a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
• CliftonAn English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
• AshlandA community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
• SidneyAn English habitational surname.
• mockAn imitation, usually of lesser quality.
• BentonA small village in Bratton Fleming parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6536).
• oreRock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
• ThorntonA small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535).
• HoughtonA village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
• AshtonA hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
• buryTo kill or murder.
• StratfordThe name of various cities, towns and boroughs in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See the full list.
• BlackburnA large town in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England.
• ledgerA book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
• CaldwellA locality in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
• kiteA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
• awhileFor some time; for a short time.
• axeA tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
• IrwinA Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic.