| acacia |
a tree that grows in tropical areas of the world, especially in parts of Africa and Australia. The branches of an acacia spread out very wide and evenly across the top. Sometimes the top of the tree looks almost flat. |
| across |
When something goes across something, it goes from one side of it to the other. [5 definitions] |
| Amazon |
the longest river in South America. It flows from the Andes mountains in Peru across northern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. [1/2 definitions] |
| Amazon River |
a major river of South America that flows from the Andes Mountains in Peru across northern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| aqueduct |
a structure like a bridge for carrying a waterway or pipe across a river or valley. [1/2 definitions] |
| asteroid |
a small, rocky, planet-like body that circles the sun and is mostly found between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. The size of an asteroid can vary from very tiny to six hundred miles across. |
| Atlas Mountains |
a range of mountains in northwest Africa stretching across the southwestern part of Morocco and northern parts of Algeria and Tunisia. |
| badminton |
a sport in which players use rackets to hit a small rubber object back and forth across a high net. |
| bangs |
a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. |
| bar1 |
to place a bar across. [1/10 definitions] |
| basket |
A basket is something used to hold or carry things. Baskets are usually open containers, and many have a handle that goes across them. Baskets are made of long, thin pieces of wood, long grass, metal, and other things. [1/3 definitions] |
| bisect |
to cut across or intersect. [1/2 definitions] |
| bishop |
a piece that can be moved diagonally across squares in the game of chess. [1/2 definitions] |
| bolt1 |
A bolt is something attached to a door that keeps the door closed. It is a metal or wooden bar that slides across the door, or a little part of the door, and into the door frame. When the bolt is moved across so that it goes a little into the frame, the door cannot be opened. [1/5 definitions] |
| bound2 |
When a person or animal bounds, they go across or over an area by making big jumps. |
| bridge1 |
a structure built over a river, railroad, or other obstacle, that allows people to travel across. [1/4 definitions] |
| brush1 |
to lightly touch or move across. [1/6 definitions] |
| cable car |
an enclosed vehicle either on rails or hanging from a cable that is pulled back and forth by a moving cable. A cable car carries people up and down a steep slope or across a chasm. |
| camel |
a large animal with long legs and a long neck. Camels are domesticated mammals; people use camels for riding and for carrying loads across deserts. Camels from the deserts of Central Asia have two humps. Camels from northern Africa and the Middle East have one hump. |
| causeway |
a raised road or path across water or land that is wet. |
| Chang Jiang River |
The Chang Jiang River is one of the great rivers of the world. It is the longest river of Asia, and it flows across China. The Yangtze River is an older name in English for the Chang Jiang River. |