arctic |
The Arctic is the area of the world all around the North Pole. It is inside an imaginary line called the Arctic Circle. [1/3 definitions] |
Arctic Circle |
an imaginary line drawn around the earth parallel to the equator which marks the boundary of the Arctic. North of this line there are periods of continuous night in the winter and continuous day in the summer. |
axis |
a real or imaginary line through the center of an object, around which the object turns. [1/2 definitions] |
beast |
A person or imaginary animal that is bad or cruel is sometimes called a beast. Beast can be another word for monster. [1/2 definitions] |
brownie |
A brownie is an imaginary being like a small fairy who is believed to do good things around the house in secret at night. [1/2 definitions] |
dragon |
an imaginary monster that looks like a giant lizard with wings, claws, and a long tail. In stories or pictures, dragons breathe fire and often guard a place or treasure. |
elf |
an imaginary small creature that looks like a human and has magical powers. |
equator |
the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles. The equator is represented by a line that goes around the middle of a globe. |
fairy |
an imaginary tiny creature in human form, thought to have magic powers. |
fairy tale |
a story that tells of magical events and creatures in a make-believe world. The stories usually take place in an imaginary past time and often involve characters such as knights and kings and princesses. |
giant |
an imaginary being who looks like a person but has enormous size and strength. [1/3 definitions] |
goblin |
A goblin is a small imaginary being that does bad things to people. A goblin is scary to look at. |
imaginary |
When something is imaginary, it is something you can see and think about in your mind but it is not real. |
longitude |
distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole and passes through Greenwich, England. Longitude is usually measured in degrees. |
make-believe |
not real; imaginary. [1/2 definitions] |
meridian |
an imaginary circle around the earth that passes through the North and the South Pole, or either half of such a circle from one pole to the other. [1/2 definitions] |
mermaid |
an imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the lower body and tail of a fish. |
monster |
a large, frightening imaginary creature. [1/4 definitions] |
mythical |
not real; not existing in fact; imaginary. [1/2 definitions] |
parallel |
any of the imaginary lines that circle the earth in the same direction as the equator. Parallels mark degrees of latitude. [1/5 definitions] |
side |
A side is an area that is to the right or left of a real or imaginary center line. [1/11 definitions] |