| barrio |
one of the districts of a town in a Spanish-speaking country. [1/2 definitions] |
| biscuit |
a small, round-shaped bread for one person made with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. Biscuits are not usually sweet. [1/3 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. |
| 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-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] |
| 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] |
| Kazakhstan |
a Central Asian country located to the south of Russia. The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan. |
| major scale |
a musical scale of whole steps, with two half-steps that occur between the third and fourth steps and the seventh and eighth steps. |
| minor scale |
any musical scale in which there is a half-step between the second and third tones and seventh and eighth tones. |
| peeler |
a kitchen tool used for removing the skin of vegetables, such as potatoes and carrots, or of thin-skinned fruits like apples. |