| baking soda |
Baking soda is a white powder that people often use when they make things like cookies, cake, or pancakes. Baking soda makes these things rise when they are baking. Some breads use baking soda too, but most breads that we eat use yeast to make them rise instead of baking soda. Baking soda is used for other things too, not just for baking. |
| balance |
If you are on a bicycle and you have your balance, you don't fall to one side or the other. If you stand on one foot and do not move or fall, you have your balance. [2 definitions] |
| 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. [2 definitions] |
| bald |
When someone is bald, they have little or no hair on their head. |
| ball1 |
A ball is something completely round or almost completely round. [2 definitions] |
| ball2 |
A ball is a very large and fancy party where people dance. People usually wear their best and most beautiful clothes to a ball. A ball might be held at a palace or other very grand place. |
| ballet |
Ballet is a type of dance that uses exact, graceful movements. Girls who study ballet wear special shoes that let them dance on their toes. Boys study ballet too, and they have to be very strong to jump high and to lift up the girls. It takes a lot of practice to become very good at ballet. [2 definitions] |
| balloon |
A balloon is a small bag, often made of thin rubber, that we fill with air or some other gas. When a balloon is full, we use it as a decoration or toy. Balloons can be many different colors and shapes. When a full balloon breaks, it makes a loud noise! [2 definitions] |
| Baltic Sea |
The Baltic Sea is a large body of water in northern Europe. It lies between the countries of Sweden and Finland, and it touches other countries such as Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Fishing boats go out into the Baltic Sea, and people often cross the sea in ferries as they travel from country to country. |
| bamboo |
Bamboo is a kind of grass plant that grows very tall and has a hard, hollow stem. Bamboo grows very quickly. Some kinds of bamboo can grow as tall and straight as a tree. |
| banana |
A banana is a long, curved fruit with a thick green skin that becomes yellow. When the banana's skin is yellow, it is ready to eat. Bananas grow in bunches on trees in places where the weather is warm and there is plenty of rain. |
| band1 |
A band is a group of people who play music together. [2 definitions] |
| band2 |
A band is a thin piece of material in the shape of a ring. |
| bandage |
A bandage is a piece of cloth used to cover a cut. |
| bandit |
A bandit is a person who steals from people, especially when they are traveling from one place to another. |
| bang |
A bang is a sudden, loud noise. When something hits something else, or when something explodes, we often hear a bang. |
| Bangladesh |
Bangladesh is a country in Asia. Its neighbors are India and Burma, and it is on the coast of the Indian Ocean. People in Bangladesh speak the Bengali language like many of the people in the northern part of India. The great Brahmaputra River flows through Bangladesh. Sometimes Bangladesh has powerful storms, and the river floods the land around it. |
| Bangladeshi |
When something is Bangladeshi, it is from the country of Bangladesh, or it has to do with the people or culture of Bangladesh. |
| bank2 |
A bank is a place where people keep their money safe. |
| bar1 |
A bar is a solid piece of some substance that is usually in the shape of a block. [3 definitions] |
| Barbados |
Barbados is an island country in the Caribbean Sea. Many people come to Barbados to enjoy its beautiful, sandy beaches and warm weather. Many people in Barbados make a living by working with tourists, by fishing, or by farming. |