Word origins

• oceanOne of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
• lackA deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
• depththe vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
• whateverA thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
• vintageThe yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
• trainThe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
• handlingA touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
• originThe beginning of something.
• ScotlandA constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.
• intelligenceThe capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
• boughtCompromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
• conTo study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
• routeA course or way which is traveled or passed.
• battleA contest, a struggle.
• speakTo communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
• clipTo grip tightly.
• equityFairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
• speechThe ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
• wireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• tapeFlexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
• judgeA public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
• economicsNow chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
• centA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
• compatibleCapable of working together without conflict.
• fightTo engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• heightThe distance from the base to the top of something.
• speakerOne who speaks.
• obtainTo get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
• recreationAny activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• remainThat which is left; relic; remainder.
• marriageThe state of being married.
• rollTo revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
• secretA piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
• bathA tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• AustinAugustinian.
• performTo do (something); to execute.
• translationThe conversion of text from one language to another.
• injuryDamage to the body of a living thing.
• josephOne whose chastity is above temptation.
• ministryA government department at the administrative level, normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity.
• lawyerA professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
• marriedIn a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
• portalAn entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
• waitingWatching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
• birthdayThe anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
• failTo be unsuccessful.
• brianTo keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.
• towardIn the direction of.
• wonTo live, remain.
• assistTo help.
• callingA strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
• wearTo carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
• walesOne of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
• representativeTypical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
• minorLesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly
• finishAn end; the end of anything.
• physicsThe branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
• rareVery uncommon; scarce.
• danielA wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
• rowA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
• forecastTo estimate how something will be in the future.
• cycleAn interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
• containTo hold inside.
• riseTo move upwards.
• sleepTo rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• birdAn animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
• pharmacyA place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
• creationSomething created such as an invention or artwork.
• sceneThe location of an event that attracts attention.
• hunterOne who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
• ladyThe mistress of a household.
• crystalA solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
• famousWell known.
• writerA person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
• violenceExtreme force.
• drinkTo consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• academyAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
• genderClass; kind.
• eatTo consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
• permanentWithout end, eternal.
• agricultureThe art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
• dellA small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.
• practicalRelating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
• seatA place in which to sit.
• originallyAs it was in the beginning; at first.
• philosophyAn academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
• reductionThe act, process, or result of reducing.
• aimThe pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
• tollA fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
• capeA piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
• meaningThe denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
• secondaryNext in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
• wonderfulTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
• mineUsed predicatively.
• henryIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H
• guessTo reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
• preventionThe act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
• whomAs the object of a verb.
• mathArithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
• importSomething brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.