Word origins

• windyAccompanied by wind.
• masteryThe position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
• steerTo guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
• outwardOuter; located towards the outside.
• whisperThe act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords; the sound thus produced.
• eanTo bring forth young; to yean.
• confessionThe open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
• moldingThe act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
• leopardA large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
• jingleThe sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
• bountyGenerosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
• earringA piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
• furiousFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
• moistCharacterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
• muleThe generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
• motiveAn idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
• guessingThe act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
• meadAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
• throttleA valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
• gongA percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
• messiahThe one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
• infamousHaving a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
• pleasingAgreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
• waterfallA flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
• persecutionThe act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
• petitPetite: small, little.
• burgessAn inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
• gazeTo stare intently or earnestly.
• freshlyRecently, newly.
• SaxonA member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
• ryeA grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
• stallA compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• entiretyThe whole; the complete or amount.
• ladA boy or young man.
• hulkA large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.
• portageAn act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
• hostageA person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
• storeyA floor or level of a building or ship.
• scotchA surface cut or abrasion.
• contentionArgument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• utterTo the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
• theirsThat or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
• laxA salmon.
• caterTo provide, particularly
• rehearsalThe practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
• tuckTo pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
• slabA large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
• archbishopA senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
• lingAny of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.
• roadwayA way used as a road.
• decorateTo furnish with decorations.
• revocationAn act or instance of revoking.
• peaAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
• simulateTo model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
• medinaThe traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
• thankfulShowing appreciation or gratitude.
• pinchTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• worryingInducing worry.
• timberlandForested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
• hersThat or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
• grinA smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
• comforterA person who comforts someone who is suffering.
• spitA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
• dissentTo disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
• hemUsed to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
• evenlySo as to form a flat surface.
• roveTo shoot with arrows (at).
• erectUpright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
• avisadvice; opinion; deliberation.
• barrowA mountain.
• transportingThe transportation of a criminal.
• mortarA mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
• declaringThe act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming
• wrenchA movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
• discomfortMental or bodily distress.
• scarA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
• indictmentAn official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
• AndoverA town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
• puddingAny of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
• flawedHaving a flaw or imperfection.
• PlatoA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• rotTo suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
• needlessNot needed; unnecessary.
• monasteryA residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
• LorraineA cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
• outlawA fugitive from the law.
• interruptionThe act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
• demiA fifty pence piece.
• teaseTo separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
• motleyComprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
• cognitionThe process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
• punishTo cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
• rowanSorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
• dwellA period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
• stairA single step in a staircase.
• dineTo eat; to eat dinner or supper.
• slapA blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
• salineContaining salt; salty.
• pawThe soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
• dissolutionThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.