Compound Words

Catherine M.
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  1. backpack
    a bag carried by a straps over your shoulders
  2. baseball
    a ball game between two teams of nine players
  3. outside
    the region that is outside of something
  4. inside
    relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
  5. bluebird
    blue North American songbird
  6. cupcake
    small cake baked in a muffin tin
  7. birthday
    the date on which a person was born
  8. scarecrow
    a human-shaped object used to keep birds away from crops
  9. strawberry
    any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
  10. grasshopper
    terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
  11. playground
    an area where many people go for recreation
  12. whiteout
    a weather condition where snow makes it hard to see
  13. rainbow
    an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
  14. toothbrush
    small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth
  15. butterfly
    an insect typically having a slender body and colorful wings
  16. football
    a team sport played with an oval or round ball
  17. sunshine
    the rays of the sun
  18. sunflower
    any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
  19. cowboy
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
  20. pancake
    a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
  21. flashlight
    a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
  22. newspaper
    a daily or weekly publication with articles and advertisements
  23. homework
    preparatory school work done outside school
  24. snowflake
    a crystal of snow
Created on Mon Apr 04 10:01:54 EDT 2011

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