| accident |
When something happens by accident, it happens without anybody planning it. [2 definitions] |
| accidentally |
If you do something accidentally, you don't mean to do it. You don't plan it or wish for it to happen. It just happens. |
| accomplish |
When you accomplish something, you finally do something or finish something that you've needed to do. Usually, when you accomplish something, you feel good about it. Often it takes a lot of work or effort to accomplish something. |
| accordion |
An accordion is an instrument for playing music. You hold an accordion in your arms to play it. It has black and white keys like a piano, but sound is made when air is forced through it. |
| account |
If you have an account at a bank, it means that you can keep your money there. You can put more money into your account or take money out of your account when you need it. [2 definitions] |
| ace |
An ace is a playing card that shows only one symbol in the middle. For example, a card that has just one heart in the middle, is an ace. |
| ache |
When your body or a part of your body aches, you feel a kind of pain for a long time. You don't usually cry or yell when your body aches. This kind of pain is not sharp, but you feel bad when you have it. [2 definitions] |
| acorn |
An acorn is a very hard brown fruit that grows on a certain kind of tree called an oak. People can't eat acorns, but squirrels and chipmunks do. |
| acrobat |
An acrobat is a person who performs off the ground doing physical acts that take balance, skill, and strength. |
| across |
When something goes across something, it goes from one side of it to the other. It begins on one side and ends on the other, like a bridge across a river. [5 definitions] |
| act |
When someone plays the part of a character in a play, movie, or on television, they are acting. [6 definitions] |
| action |
An action is a movement or a set of movements. Walking and waving goodbye are actions. [4 definitions] |
| active |
When you are active, it means that you are always doing something, or you have a lot of energy. |
| activity |
An activity is something you spend time doing. Some activities are reading, playing a game, swimming, and cooking. |
| actor |
An actor is a person who performs a part in a play or movie, or on television or radio. |
| actress |
An actress is a woman or girl who acts in a movie or play, or on radio or television. |
| actual |
When something is actual, it is real. If you got a toy giraffe for your birthday, nobody would be surprised. But if you got an actual giraffe, everybody would be surprised! Everybody would ask where you would keep it and how you would feed it. |
| actually |
Actually means really. When you actually catch a very big fish, you really catch it. It is not just a story or a dream. |
| ad |
"Ad" is a short word for "advertisement." An advertisement is something that tells people about things to buy or things that are happening. You often see advertisements on television. Sometimes you hear ads on the radio or see them online. Also, when you are outside, you sometimes see advertisements on signs. |
| add |
When you add something, you put it together with something else to make it better or larger. [3 definitions] |
| addition |
When you add numbers together to find out how much they make, you are doing addition. [2 definitions] |