| cone |
A cone is a figure that is mostly round, but it is wide at the bottom and narrow and pointed at the top. [3 definitions] |
| confidence |
When you have confidence, you feel sure that you can do something. [2 definitions] |
| confident |
When you are confident, you feel sure about something. [2 definitions] |
| confuse |
When something confuses you, it makes it hard for you to understand it. Something about it doesn't make sense. |
| Congo River |
The Congo River is an important river in Africa. It is a very large river, and it is the deepest in the world. The Congo River travels through a major rainforest as it flows north through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Then it flows along the border with another country called the Republic of the Congo. At its end, the Congo River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| conifer |
A conifer is a type of tree. A pine tree is one kind of conifer. Trees that are conifers produce cones that hold their seeds, and their leaves are very narrow and sharp. The leaves of conifers are called needles. Most conifers are green all the time. |
| conjunction |
A conjunction is a certain kind of word. A conjunction is a word that connects other words or parts of sentences together. If we say "cars and trucks," the conjunction "and" connects "cars" with "trucks." "And" is one of the most common conjunctions, but there are many others also. Words like "but," "so," "because," and "while" are some of the conjunctions we have in English. |
| connect |
When you connect something to something else, you join the things together. |
| Connecticut |
Connecticut is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Connecticut is CT. |
| connection |
When there is a connection between two things, it means that they have something to do with each other. When you have a connection with a person, it means that you are related to them or that you know them in some way. |
| conserve |
When you conserve something, you try not to use too much of it. You try not to waste it so that you will have enough of it in the future. |
| consider |
When you consider something, you think about it carefully and in a serious way. [2 definitions] |
| 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. [2 definitions] |
| contact |
When there is contact between two things, they are touching each other in some way. When you make contact with something, you touch it. [3 definitions] |
| contagious |
If a disease is contagious, it means that one person can give it to another person. If you have a contagious illness, you can pass it to other people. [2 definitions] |
| contain |
When something is contained, it is in or inside of something else. When a food contains salt, it means that the food has salt in it. If a box contains cereal, it means that the box has cereal inside it. |
| container |
A container is something that holds something else. Boxes, bowls, and cans are some kinds of containers. |
| contest |
A contest is a kind of competition. A contest is often about things like who can eat the most hot dogs, or who painted the best picture, or who made the best pie. If you win a contest, you get a prize. |
| continent |
A continent is any one of the seven very large areas of land on the earth. These continents are called Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. When we talk about the countries that make up a particular continent, we often include islands that are close to that continent or are connected with it by culture and history. For example, when we talk about the island country of Madagascar, we call it part of Africa even though it does not actually touch the continent. |
| continue |
When something continues, it means that it keeps going. It doesn't stop. [2 definitions] |
| contraction |
When we say things like "don't" or "I'm" or "can't," we are using what we call contractions. Contractions let us put two words together so we can say or write them in a shorter way. "Don't" is a contraction of the two words "do" and "not." "I'm" is a contraction of the words "I" and "am." The little mark between the two words in a contraction is called an apostrophe. That mark tell us that something is missing. For example, in the contraction "I'm," the letter "a" of the word "am" is missing. |