Early Childhood Vocabulary

902 words and 0 expressions at the early childhood level.

babyadj

Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

Baconname

A surname.

badadj

Of low quality.

ballintj

An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.

balloonverb

To increase or expand rapidly.

bananaadj

Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

bantlingnoun

An infant or young child.

barnverb

To lay up in a barn.

baseballnoun

A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.

batnoun

Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

bathnoun

A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).

batheverb

To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

bathingnoun

The act of taking a bath.

bathroomnoun

A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

bathtubnoun

A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

bathwaternoun

The water used in a bath (bathtub).

beprep

Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra.

beachnoun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

beanverb

To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.

bearverb

To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

Beardname

A surname transferred from the nickname.

bednoun

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

bedroomnoun

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

bedtimenoun

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

beenoun

A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

beginverb

To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

behaveverb

To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.

bellverb

To bellow or roar.

bellynoun

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

beltnoun

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

benchnoun

A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

bibnoun

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.

biblenoun

Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).

bicycleverb

To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

bignoun

Someone or something that is large in stature.

binnoun

son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

birdverb

To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.

birthdaynoun

The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

biscuitverb

To fire (pottery) in a kiln, without a ceramic glaze.

BITEnoun

Acronym of behavior, information, thoughts, emotions (“four aspects of people's lives that a cult attempts to control”).

blackverb

To make black; to blacken.

blanketnoun

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

bleedverb

To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

blocknoun

Misspelling of bloc.

bloodverb

To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

blowintj

Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Bluename

A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.

BoaTnoun

Alternative form of BOAT.

bodynoun

The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.

boogernoun

A performer of the booger dance.

boogeymannoun

Alternative form of bogeyman.

boohoonoun

The sailfish.

bookverb

simple past of bake

bootnoun

Remedy, amends.

bootsnoun

plural of boot

bornverb

past participle of bear; given birth to.

bottlenoun

A dwelling; habitation.

bouncyadj

Easily bounced.

bownoun

A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

bowlnoun

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

bowwownoun

Alternative spelling of bow-wow.

boxverb

To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

boyintj

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

breadverb

To coat with breadcrumbs.

breakfastnoun

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

breatheverb

To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

bringverb

To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

brotherverb

To treat as a brother.

brownadj

Having a brown colour.

Brownienoun

A junior Girl Guide.

brushverb

To clean with a brush.

Bugname

An East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).

buildverb

To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

bulladj

Large and strong, like a bull.

bumblebeenoun

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

bumpnoun

The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

bunchverb

To gather into a bunch.

bunnyadj

Easy or unchallenging.

burnnoun

A large stream.

burpnoun

A belch.

busverb

To transport via a motor bus.

bushverb

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

butprep

Apart from, except (for), excluding.

buttverb

To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

butterflynoun

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

Buttonname

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.

buynoun

Something which is bought; a purchase.