| 11. |
touch |
1. put the hand on or against something and feel it:
She touched the paint. 2. be against; come against: Your sleeve
is touching the butter. 3. being touched: Just the touch of my hand woke
the baby. |
| 12. |
crops |
plants grown for people to use: Corn is a crop grown for
people to eat. |
| 13. |
compound |
made up of more than one part: A compound sentence has
two subjects and two predicates. |
| 14. |
compare |
find out or point out how persons or things are alike:
The girls compared their new red coats. |
| 15. |
spot |
1. a mark: She has an ink spot on her sleeve.
2. a part different from the rest: Peter's new tie is red with white
spots. 3. a place: From this one spot on the hill you can see the whole
valley. 4. make a spot: Big drops of rain are beginning to spot the
sidewalk. |
| 16. |
process |
doing or making something by following each step in order:
There are many steps in the process of making cheese. |
| 17. |
property |
1. the thing or things someone owns: This car is
the property of my dad. 2. a piece of land: My uncle owns property in
the country. |
| 18. |
company |
1. a group of people joined together to run a business
or put on a play. 2. a visitor or visitors: Our company stayed for
dinner. |
| 19. |
column |
1. a thick, tall post or pole used to hold up a roof or
a part of a building. 2. anything like a column: a column of numbers, a
column of smoke from the chimney 3. a special part of a newspaper: I
always read the baseball column. |
| 20. |
oxygen |
colorless, tasteless air we breathe. |