| A | B |
|---|
| clapboard | a thin board used in building houses |
| dugout | a shelter dug in the ground |
| dwelling | a house or home |
| fertile | rich; able to grow many crops |
| foundation | base |
| home site | a place where a house is or will be built |
| prairie | a large treeless area of grassy land |
| sod | a top layer of earth |
| burrows | holes or tunnels that animals dig in the ground |
| flash flood | a sudden flood |
| hearth | the floor of a fireplace |
| luxury | a comfort or pleasure not needed |
| plumbing | pipes and fixtures of a building's water system |
| rot | to spoil |
| sodbusters | frontier farmers in the American West who broke through sod to plant crops |
