| barrio |
one of the districts of a town in a Spanish-speaking country. [1/2 definitions] |
| black bear |
a medium-sized bear, usually with thick black or reddish brown fur. They are the most common bears in North America and live in forests and mountain areas. [1/2 definitions] |
| blues |
(used with a singular or plural verb) a style of sad-sounding music with roots in African American folk music. Jazz and rock music developed from the blues. [1/2 definitions] |
| bongo1 |
an African antelope that is reddish brown with white stripes and has spiral-shaped horns. |
| cactus |
a thick-stemmed, often prickly plant without conventional leaves that grows in hot, dry areas of America. |
| colander |
a bowl-shaped container with many holes in the bottom, used especially for washing fruits and vegetables and also for draining the water away from spaghetti or other pasta. A colander usually has very small legs on the bottom, and it often has a handle or handles. |
| cookie |
a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. |
| courgette |
the British name for a "zucchini," a cucumber-shaped vegetable with a smooth, dark green rind. |
| dove1 |
A dove is a pure white pigeon. The bird is considered to be a symbol of peace. Images of the bird that you might see in a work of art or on a poster or T-shirt are also used as symbols that express the meaning of peace. [1/2 definitions] |
| fast1 |
If the color of your T-shirt is fast, it means that the color will not wash out or fade easily. [1/9 definitions] |
| flow chart |
a chart or diagram that shows step-by-step how something grows, develops, or is made. |
| football |
the oval-shaped ball used in a game of American football. [1/4 definitions] |
| glowworm |
a worm-shaped insect that can give off light from its body. The larvae and the females of the firefly are kinds of glowworm. |
| harp |
a large musical instrument with an upright triangular frame. Harps have forty-six strings and are played by plucking the strings with the fingers. |
| hop2 |
a tall, climbing vine that bears green cone-shaped flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| ice-skate |
When you ice-skate, you move along on ice with skates on your feet. A skate is a shoe with a blade attached to the bottom of it. |
| ice-skating |
the activity or sport of moving or dancing over ice wearing ice-skates. |
| independent |
not needing the support or advice of another; self-sufficient. [1/3 definitions] |
| informal |
When something is informal, it is relaxed in style and feeling. A T-shirt is an informal type of clothing, but a suit that someone wears to work is not. If you go to a very informal wedding, it might be OK to wear a T-shirt, but most weddings require more formal clothes. [1/2 definitions] |
| irregular |
When something is called "irregular" in a language, it means that it does not follow the usual rule for something. For example, the verb "break" is called an irregular verb because its past tense is "broke" instead of "breaked." Most verbs in English follow the rule that "-ed" is added to a verb to make the past tense. The noun "sheep" is irregular because its plural form is "sheep" and not "sheeps." Most nouns in English make their plural form by adding "-s." [1/3 definitions] |
| jack |
(plural but used with a singular verb) a children's game in which one bounces a ball and picks up as many small, star-shaped metal pieces as one can before the ball lands. [1/5 definitions] |