Glossary

The following is a glossary of terms.

## My First Signs

* Eat - put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.
* Milk - an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.
* Water - a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
* Ball - a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.
* More - a greater or additional amount or degree.
* Bird - a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak and (typically) by being able to fly.
* Cat - a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed.
* Dog - a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, nonretractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.
* Fish - a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water.
* Car - a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people.
* Airplane - a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces.
* Want - have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
* Shoes - a covering for the foot, typically made of leather, having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.
* Flower - the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).
* Mom - a woman in relation to her child or children.
* Dad - a man in relation to his child or children.
* Baby - a very young child, especially one newly or recently born.
* Sleep - a condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

## Playtime Signs

* Friend - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.
* Play - engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.
* Train - a series of railroad cars moved as a unit by a locomotive or by integral motors.
* Doll - a small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy.
* Bike - a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
* Bear - a large, heavy, mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, with thick fur and a very short tail. Bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.
* Please - cause to feel happy and satisfied.
* Share - a part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.
* Turn - move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point.
* Thank You - a polite expression used when acknowledging a gift, service, or compliment, or accepting or refusing an offer.
* Book - a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
* Read - look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.
* Socks - a garment for the foot and lower part of the leg, typically knitted from wool, cotton, or nylon.
* Yes - used to give an affirmative response.
* No - not any.
* Thirsty - feeling a need to drink something.
* Drink - a liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.
* Dirty - covered or marked with an unclean substance.
* Clean - free from dirt, marks, or stains.
* Potty - a bowl used by small children as a toilet.
* Wash Hands - clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
* Bath - an act or process of immersing and washing one's body in a large container of water.
* Hurt - cause physical pain or injury to.
* Sorry - feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune.
* Go - move from one place to another; travel.
* Stop - (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.
* Wait - stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.
* Grandma - the mother of one's father or mother.
* Grandpa - the father of one's father or mother.

## Everyday Signs

* Hungry - feeling or displaying the need for food.
* Apple - the round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin red or green skin and crisp flesh. Many varieties have been developed as dessert or cooking fruit or for making cider.
* Cookie - a small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp.
* Cereal - a grain used for food, such as wheat, oats, or corn.
* Banana - a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe.
* Bread - food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked.
* Cheese - a food made from the pressed curds of milk.
* Cracker - a thin, crisp wafer often eaten with cheese or other savory toppings.
* Ice Cream - a soft frozen food made with sweetened and flavored milk fat.
* Candy - a sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts.
* Help - make it easier for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.
* Full - containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.
* Hot - having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.
* Cold - of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.
* Dry - free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.
* Wet - covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
* Like - having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.
* Don't Like - nothaving the same characteristics or qualities as; not similar to.
* Day - a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.
* Sun - the star around which the earth orbits.
* Night - the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise.
* Moon - the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
* Star - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
* Happy - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
* Laugh - make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of contempt or derision.
* Sad - feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.
* Cry - shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.
* Boy - a male child or young man.
* Girl - a female child.

## Family, Feelings, and Fun

* House - a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people.
* Home - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
* Family - a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
* Brother - a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents.
* Sister - a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.
* Son - a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents.
* Daughter - a girl or woman in relation to her parents.
* Uncle - the brother of one's father or mother or the husband of one's aunt.
* Aunt - the sister of one's father or mother or the wife of one's uncle.
* Cousin - a child of one's uncle or aunt.
* Tree - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
* Wind - the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
* Leaf - a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. Leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration.
* Grass - vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
* Cloud - a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
* Rain - moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
* Snow - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
* Coat - an outer garment worn outdoors, having sleeves and typically extending below the hips.
* Boots - a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot, the ankle, and sometimes the leg below the knee.
* Gloves - a covering for the hand worn for protection against cold or dirt and typically having separate parts for each finger and the thumb.
* Hat - a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform.
* Feelings - an emotional state or reaction.
* Grumpy - bad-tempered and irritable.
* Surprise - an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing.
* Silly - having or showing a lack of common sense or judgment; absurd and foolish.
* Scared - fearful; frightened.
* Excited - very enthusiastic and eager.
* Sick - affected by physical or mental illness.
* Love - an intense feeling of deep affection.

## ABC Signs

* Aa - the first letter of the alphabet.
* Bb - the second letter of the alphabet.
* Cc - the third letter of the alphabet.
* Dd - the fourth letter of the alphabet.
* Ee - the fifth letter of the alphabet.
* Ff - the sixth letter of the alphabet.
* Gg - the seventh letter of the alphabet.
* Hh - the eighth letter of the alphabet.
* Ii - the ninth letter of the alphabet.
* Jj - the tenth letter of the alphabet.
* Kk - the eleventh letter of the alphabet.
* Ll - the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
* Mm - the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Nn - the fourteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Oo - the fifteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Pp - the sixteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Qq - the seventeenth letter of the alphabet.
* Rr - the eighteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Ss - the nineteenth letter of the alphabet.
* Tt - the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
* Uu - the twenty-first letter of the alphabet.
* Vv - the twenty-second letter of the alphabet.
* Ww - the twenty-third letter of the alphabet.
* Xx - the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet.
* Yy - the twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet.
* Zz - the twenty-sixth letter of the alphabet.
* One - the lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1.
* Two - equivalent to the sum of one and one; one less than three; 2.
* Three - equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3.
* Four - equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three, or six less than ten; 4.
* Five - equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5.
* Six - equivalent to the product of two and three; one more than five, or four less than ten; 6.
* Seven - equivalent to the sum of three and four; one more than six, or three less than ten; 7.
* Eight - equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8.
* Nine - equivalent to the product of three and three; one more than eight, or one less than ten; 9.
* Ten - equivalent to the product of five and two; one more than nine; 10.

## My Favorite Things

* Colors - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.
* Red - of a color at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.
* Orange - a color intermediate between red and yellow.
* Yellow - of the color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue; colored like ripe lemons or egg yolks.
* Green - of the color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; colored like grass or emeralds.
* Blue - of a color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.
* Purple - a color intermediate between red and blue.
* Rainbow - an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
* Fruit - the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
* Strawberry - a sweet soft red fruit with a seed-studded surface.
* Pear - a sweet yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider toward the base, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh.
* Peach - a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow skin.
* Grapes - a berry, typically green (classified as white), purple, red, or black, growing in clusters on a grapevine, eaten as fruit, and used in making wine.
* Watermelon - the large fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with smooth green skin, red pulp, and watery juice.
* Vegetable - a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean.
* Carrot - a tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable.
* Corn - a North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob. Its many varieties yield numerous products, highly valued for both human and livestock consumption.
* Lettuce - a cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are a usual ingredient of salads. Many varieties of lettuce have been developed with a range of form, texture, and color.
* Bean - the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable.
* Potato - a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
* Walk - move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.
* Run - move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.
* Sit - adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.
* Swing - a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
* Dance - move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.
* Sing - make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
* Jump - push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.
* Swim - propel the body through water by using the limbs, or (in the case of a fish or other aquatic animal) by using fins, tail, or other bodily movement.

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