| aisle |
An aisle is a straight, open path that you walk down between other things. In a theater, there are rows of seats on each side of the aisle. In a grocery store or library, there are tall shelves on each side. |
| Alabama |
Alabama is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Alabama is AL. |
| alarm |
An alarm is a bell or other loud noise that tells you that there may be some danger. [3 definitions] |
| Alaska |
Alaska is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. Alaska is very far north, and it is separate from the main part of the United States. Alaska shares a border with Canada. A short way to write Alaska is AK. |
| Albania |
Albania is a country in Europe. Some of its neighbors are Greece, North Macedonia, and Montenegro. Albania has mountains on one side and seashore on the other. People speak a language in Albania that is quite different from all the other languages in Europe. It is called Albanian. |
| Alberta |
Alberta is one of the ten provinces of Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| album |
An album is something that looks like a book with empty pages. We use albums to keep pictures and other things we want to look at and keep safe. Most people use albums for photographs, but people who collect things such as stamps or coins use albums too. |
| alcohol |
Alcohol is a liquid often made from grain or fruit. Some drinks, such as beer and wine, have alcohol in them. Many adults enjoy the taste of alcohol in drinks, but alcohol can also make people feel and act differently from how they usually feel or act. Drinking some alcohol is usually OK for adults, but drinking a lot of alcohol can sometimes be bad. |
| Algeria |
Algeria is the largest country in Africa. It lies along the shore of a sea called the Mediterranean. Algeria has big cities, beaches, and mountains in the north, but the southern part of Algeria is all desert. It is part of the Sahara Desert, the biggest desert in the world. |
| alike |
When things are alike, they are the same or similar in some way. |
| alive |
When something has life, it is alive. If someone is breathing, that person is alive. |
| all |
All means every one of a group of things, or it means the whole of something. If all children in a school are girls, then there are no boys in the school. If we say that it rained all day, it means that it never stopped raining the whole day. [3 definitions] |
| alligator |
An alligator is a large, powerful reptile that lives in and around water. An alligator has a long body and tail, but it has short legs. It also has a long snout and many sharp teeth. |
| allow |
When you allow someone to do something, you let them do it. They can do it because you say it is OK. When something is allowed, it is OK to do. If swimming is allowed at a beach, it means that people can swim there. |
| allowance |
An allowance is a little money that some parents give to their children usually once a week. The children can spend the money for something they want. |
| all right |
When something is all right, it is not hurt, sick, or broken. [3 definitions] |
| almost |
If you are almost ready, you are very close to being ready but you are not ready yet. Maybe you just have to put your shoes on. If there were twelve cookies and your brother ate almost all of them, then maybe there are only one or two cookies left. |
| alone |
When you are alone, there is no one with you. [2 definitions] |
| along |
When you walk along something, you walk next to it or go the same way that it goes. When you walk along the river, you walk next to the river. [2 definitions] |
| alphabet |
An alphabet is all the letters that people use to write words in a language. When you say all the letters of an alphabet, you usually say them in a certain order. The English alphabet begins with the letter A and ends with Z. Many languages use an alphabet that is similar to the English one, but some languages use very different alphabets. |
| alphabetize |
When you alphabetize words, you put them in an order that uses the alphabet. Words that begin with A are first, then words that begin with B, and so on. Words that begin with Z are at the end. |