Word origins

• afternoonThe part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
• threatAn expression of intent to injure or punish another.
• sittingA period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
• controllerOne who controls something.
• castleA large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
• residenceThe place where one lives (resides); one's home.
• hundredA numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
• strangeNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
• mentionA speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
• greyCommonwealth standard spelling of gray.
• boldCourageous; daring.
• stableA building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
• lessonTo instruct to teach.
• scanTo examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
• drinkingAn act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
• reactionAn action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
• blankWhite or pale; without colour.
• exceptionThe act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
• durationAn amount of time or a particular time interval.
• bulkSize, specifically, volume.
• recommendationAn act of recommending.
• flyingThat flies or can fly.
• sinA violation of divine will or religious law.
• planeOf a surface: flat or level.
• desireTo want; to wish for earnestly.
• jewelleryCollectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
• welfareHealth, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
• peerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
• bottleA container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
• thousandA numerical value equal to 1,000; ten times a hundred (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation)
• legendThe life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
• graceCharming, pleasing qualities.
• ingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
• innerBeing or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
• formationThe act of assembling a group or structure.
• gateA doorlike structure outside a house.
• toneA specific pitch.
• ethicsMorality.
• foreverFor all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
• captainA chief or leader.
• imagineTo form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
• legA limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
• neckThe part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
• wingAn appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
• tasteOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
• dealingA business transaction.
• commitTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• tinyVery small.
• jayAny of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
• gapAn opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
• beltA band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
• determinationThe act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
• oracleA shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
• leaseAn interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
• proudFeeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
• excessThe state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
• giantA mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
• alarmA summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• usualMost commonly occurring; typical.
• franklinA one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
• angleA figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
• robTo steal from, especially using force or violence.
• worstMost inferior; doing the least good.
• libertyThe condition of being free.
• convertTo transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
• possibilityThe quality of being possible.
• commissionerOne who commissions something.
• dangerousFull of danger.
• pleasureA state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
• honorRecognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
• aspA water snake.
• eagleAny of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
• nurseAnyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
• prayerA practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
• appointmentThe act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
• quietWith little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
• luckSomething that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
• dialA graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
• carefullySorrowfully.
• jetA collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
• undergroundBelow the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
• makerSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
• principleA fundamental assumption, fundamental law or guiding belief.
• gangTo go; walk; proceed.
• smokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
• craftStrength; power; might; force .
• cakeA rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
• apartPlaced separately (in regard to space or time).
• blindUnable to see, or only partially able to see.
• madInsane; crazy; mentally deranged.
• algorithmA collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
• grossRemarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
• stronglyIn a strong or powerful manner.
• kenTo give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
• horrorAn intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• familiarKnown to one, or generally known; commonplace.
• tillUntil; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• penAn enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
• shoeA protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
• victoryThe condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.