acrobat |
An acrobat is a person who performs off the ground doing physical acts that take balance, skill, and strength. |
air |
all that is above the ground; sky. [1/6 definitions] |
aloft |
high above the ground. |
angle1 |
An angle is how much a line or surface slants compared with the flat ground or other flat surface. [1/4 definitions] |
ant |
an insect that lives in large, organized groups called colonies. Most kinds of ants live in or on the ground. Ants are related to bees and wasps. |
anthill |
An anthill is a pile of earth that ants make when they dig in the ground to build their nest. |
asparagus |
Asparagus is a green plant that people eat as a vegetable. People usually eat the young plants when they come up from the ground and are around eight to ten inches tall. These plants are shaped something like spears. |
baboon |
a large monkey that has a long snout like a dog's. Baboons live on the ground in large groups in Africa and Arabia. They can be powerful fighters. |
Bahrain |
Bahrain is an island country in the Persian Gulf. It is in a part of the world called the Middle East. Bahrain has oil under the ground that it uses for fuel. Bahrain also sells its oil to other countries that need it. People in Bahrain speak Arabic, and they are ruled by a king. |
balcony |
A balcony is something attached to the outside of a building but high off the ground. It is a place to stand or sit in the open air. You enter a balcony through a door in an upstairs room of the building. [1/2 definitions] |
balloon |
a large bag made of thin material designed to inflate and be lifted off the ground when filled with hot air or a gas that is lighter than air. [1/3 definitions] |
bank1 |
the ground at the edge of a river or stream. [1/3 definitions] |
basement |
A basement is a space in a building that is under the ground. People often keep things that they don't need every day in their basement. Some people use their basement as a place to play games and relax or to do certain kinds of work like making things with wood or washing clothes. |
bed |
an area of ground used for planting, or the plants themselves. [1/5 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] |
bouncy |
If something is bouncy, it bounces easily. When something bounces, it springs back after hitting a surface like the ground or a wall. A tennis ball is usually bouncy. A baseball is much less bouncy than a tennis ball. [1/2 definitions] |
bran |
the outer layer of wheat and other cereal grains. Bran is left after the grain is ground and the flour or meal is sifted out. |
buck2 |
of an animal, to leap off the ground and come down with stiff front legs. [1/3 definitions] |
buckwheat |
a plant with seeds that are often ground into flour or used as food for farm animals. [1/2 definitions] |
bulb |
Many plants grow from seeds, but some plants grow from something called bulbs instead. A bulb is a small round thing that grows out of part of a plant under the ground. From this bulb, a new plant starts to grow under the ground near the first one. Sometimes people cut off bulbs from plants and put these bulbs in the ground in some other place to grow. Some flowers, such as tulips, grow from bulbs. [1/2 definitions] |
burger |
a sandwich made with cooked ground beef that has been made into a flat, round shape, or the flat, round patty of ground meat itself. [1/2 definitions] |