Ancient | Very old. When we talk about ancient times, we usually talk about the period before Christ and before the fall of Rome in the year 476. |
Archaeologist | Somebody who studies ancient cultures by looking at what they left behind, like pottery and bones. |
Artificial | Made by man, to look like something natural. |
Atmosphere | Gasses that surround a planet like the earth. |
Canal | Manmade waterway. |
Canvas | Heavy cloth used for sails and tents. |
Cargo | Goods carried by a form of transport. |
Castrate | Remove a male person or animal's sexual organs. |
Common | Happening often; existing in large numbers or in many places. |
Coral reef | Hard ridge in warm seas, made from the skeletons of very small sea animals that can be also be called corals. |
Destination | A place to which somebody/something is going or being sent. |
Domestic | Kept as a pet or to produce food. |
Domesticate | Tame. If you domesticate a wild animal you tame it so that it can become a domestic animal. |
Endangered | In danger of dying out as a species. |
Glider | Aircraft without an engine, which floats (glides) on air. |
Ignition | System that puts the fuel alight to start an engin. |
Interior | Remote from the coast or frontier; inland. |
Jet engine | An engine that uses the air to propel an aircraft. |
Locomotive | A engine that propels itself, used to pull trains. |
Luxurious | Full of luxury; not necessary for us to have but really enjoyable. |
Mill | Machine for grinding something, like grain. |
Modern | Using the latest technology, designs, materials, etc. |
Motorise | Put a motor (engine) in something. |
Nuclear power | Energy that is released through scientific processes called fission and fusion. |
Pneumanic tyre | A tyre inflated with air. |
Prehistoric | From a period before events and history were written down. |
Primitive | Of an early, simple stage of development. |
Produce | Things that have been made or grown, especially things connected with farming. |
Propel | To cause to move forward or onward. |
Quantity | Amount. |
Recreation | Things we do to relax or to enjoy ourselves. |
Rural | In or of the countryside. The opposite is urban, which means in or of the town or city. |
Steam boiler | A closed tank in which water is turned into steam. |
Steer Direct. | When you steer something, you take it into the direction you want it to go. |
Sustainable | The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment. |
Transport | A system for carrying people or goods from one place to another, using vehicles, roads, etc. |
Technology | The application of knowledge for practical purposes. |
Variety | Several different sorts of the same thing. |
Yoke | Wooden bar put across the necks of two animals to hold them together. |