| bacteria |
microscopic organisms that often play a role in the decay of living things, the process of fermentation, and sometimes in causing disease. |
| bright |
giving a lot of light. |
| crack |
a break in something. |
| due |
required or expected to arrive. |
| forward |
toward a place or time that is further on or in the future; ahead. |
| jewelry |
things made of special stones and metal worn on the body for decoration. Rings, necklaces, and bracelets are some kinds of jewelry. |
| job |
work a person does every day or every week and gets paid for. |
| limb |
one of the large branches of a tree. |
| nest |
a structure of sticks and other material that birds make to hold their eggs. |
| once |
at one time in the past. |
| rail |
one of the two long steel bars along which a train moves. |
| rate |
the speed or pace at which something is done. |
| rifle |
a gun that has a long barrel and that is shot from the shoulder. |
| section |
a part that is different or apart from the whole. |
| swim |
to move through water by moving parts of the body. |