| balcony |
A balcony is a place to sit in a theater. It is above the main floor where most of the seats are, and people at the front of the balcony can look down at the people who are sitting below. [1/2 definitions] |
| belly |
Your belly is a part of your body. It is the area below your chest and above your legs. This area contains your stomach and other parts of the body used in breaking down food. Other mammals, such as dogs, have bellies too. You have to reach under a dog to touch its belly. |
| below |
When something is below something else, it is under it. [3 definitions] |
| beneath |
under; lower than; below. [1/4 definitions] |
| biosphere |
the parts of the earth and its atmosphere that can support the existence of living things. The biosphere includes areas of water and air, and of land both above and below the ground. [1/2 definitions] |
| bishop |
a priest or minister who holds a high position in certain Christian churches. A bishop is often in charge of a group of churches. In the Catholic Church, a bishop's rank is above a priest but below an archbishop and a cardinal. [1/2 definitions] |
| boost |
to raise to a higher position by pushing from below. [1/5 definitions] |
| bowel |
(usually plural) the long tube below the stomach that forms part of the digestive system; intestine. |
| bow-legged |
having legs that curve outward around or below the knees. |
| breeches |
(used with a plural verb) pants that reach to or just below the knee. |
| bulge |
a rounded or swollen part caused by pressure from below or within. [1/2 definitions] |
| calf2 |
the rounded back part of a human's leg below the knee. |
| canyon |
When a river runs over rock for many, many years, it sometimes cuts deeper and deeper into the rock until the sides of the river become very high and the river is far below. When this happens, a canyon is made. |
| captain |
an officer of the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marines, holding the rank just below major. [2/7 definitions] |
| cardinal |
A cardinal is a priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's rank is just below the Pope's. There is only one Pope, though, and a good number of cardinals. [1/2 definitions] |
| chin |
the part of the face below the mouth and above the neck; the center of the lower jaw. [1/2 definitions] |
| cold |
having a body temperature below normal. [1/7 definitions] |
| colonel |
an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marines who ranks above lieutenant colonel and below general. |
| commander |
the rank directly below captain in the U.S. Navy. [1/3 definitions] |
| continental shelf |
the edge of a continent that is below water. Just beyond the continental shelf lies a steep slope leading down to the ocean floor. |
| corporal2 |
an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is ranked below sergeant and above private first class. |