Word origins

• masonryThe art or occupation of a mason.
• eightyThe cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
• scarceUncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
• rocheOne of various types of rock or geological strata.
• obedienceThe quality of being obedient.
• plagueThe bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
• gladlyIn a glad manner; happily.
• lineageDescent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
• brewTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
• kernA corn; grain; kernel.
• coupA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
• cassTo render moot or void; to annul; to reject
• despairTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
• alpsA mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.
• supernaturalAbove nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
• fearedPertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
• RoweA surname.
• slickSlippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
• lobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
• hopperOne who or that which hops.
• abstractionThe act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
• zenithThe point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
• tenorA musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
• softlyIn a soft manner; gently.
• plenaryFully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
• limbA major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
• occupyTo fill.
• ganTo go.
• BethlehemA lunatic asylum.
• celestialOf, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars are visible.
• immenseHuge, gigantic, very large.
• AudreyA female given name from Old English.
• merlinA small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
• limpTo walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
• muteNot having the power of speech; dumb.
• imaginaryExisting only in the imagination.
• AlbionGreat Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
• dartA pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
• robeA long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
• multitudeA great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
• captiveOne who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
• kettleA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
• dustyCovered with dust.
• episcopalOf or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
• humaneHaving or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
• moonlightThe light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
• affectionThe act of affecting or acting upon.
• swornGiven or declared under oath.
• viciousViolent, destructive and cruel.
• kinRace; family; breed; kind.
• combA toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
• beechA tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
• unreasonableWithout the ability to reason; unreasoning.
• rockerA curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
• alasUsed to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
• sawyerOne who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
• tenseThe property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
• invokeTo call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
• leaningA tendency or propensity.
• paddleA single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
• chopA cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
• onyxA banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
• foolishLacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
• firA conifer of the genus Abies.
• composeTo make something by merging parts.
• nauseaA feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
• hoopA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
• dioceseAn administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
• thistleAny of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
• sleepyTired; feeling the need for sleep.
• shrineA holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
• attendantOne who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
• gullA seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
• NorthumberlandA ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
• britA British person.
• shinThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flawA flake, fragment, or shiver.
• paneAn individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
• angularRelating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
• grinderOne who grinds something, such as the teeth.
• avoidanceThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
• conquerTo defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• badgerAny member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
• impressTo affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
• willyWilling; favourable; ready; eager.
• testifyTo make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
• boycottTo abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
• crustA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• traverseA route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
• garrisonA permanent military post.
• salSalt.
• barbThe point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
• genitalOf or relating to biological reproduction.
• spongeAny of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
• sectAn offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
• anticipationThe act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
• oxAn adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
• buffUndyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• butcherA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
• hamletA small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village or town with usually under two hundred people.