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an |
another word for a. It is used before words that start with a, e, i, o, or u, or before words that begin with vowel sounds. |
c/o |
used to show that something is being sent to one person at another person's address. "C/o" is an abbreviation of "care of." |
c.o.d. |
abbreviation of "collect on delivery," or "cash on delivery." Ordering an item c.o.d. means that payment is not required until the goods arrive. |
consonant |
When you speak, you make different kinds of sounds. Some of these sounds are called consonants and some are called vowels. These two kinds of sounds are made in different ways in your mouth. The letters D, K, B, S and M stand for some of the consonant sounds that we make in English. The letters A, E, and O stand for some of the vowel sounds. [1/2 definitions] |
jelly |
the British word for a clear, fruit-flavored gelatin dessert similar to Jell-O. [1/2 definitions] |
oxygen |
a gas with no color or smell that is one of the chemical elements. Oxygen combines with hydrogen to make water. It also makes up about twenty percent of the earth's atmosphere. Most living things need oxygen. (symbol: O) |
spell1 |
When you spell a word, you write or say the letters of the word from the first letter to the last letter. When you spell the word "two," you write or say the letters T, W, O. [2/3 definitions] |
tick-tack-toe |
a game for two players who take turns marking either an X or an O on a grid of nine squares. The winner is the first player who fills in three squares in a row with the same mark. |
trademark |
A trademark is a special name, symbol, or other mark used to show who made a product. By law, only the company that makes the product may use its trademark. For example, the name "Jell-O" is a trademark. Only the company that makes the dessert product that they call "Jell-O" can use that name. If another company made and sold a similar product and called it "Jell-O," they would be breaking the law. |
vowel |
in the English alphabet, any of the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y." [1/2 definitions] |
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