| A | B |
| merchant | a storekeeper |
| cupboard | a closet or cabinet with shelves to hold dishes and food items |
| gumbo | a soup thickened with okra pods |
| carpenter | a person who builds houses |
| chandelier | a fixture with several branches of lights |
| mortar and pestle | a container and club shaped tool used for grinding or pounding something into powder |
| plaster | a soft, sticky mixture that hardens when it dries and is used for walls and ceilings |
| moccasin | a soft leather shoe or sandal without a heel |
| loft | a space just below the roof of a building |
| lard | fat from hogs used for cooking |
| license | a permit from a government allowing someone to do a certain thing |
| luxuries | expensive goods that can make life more comfortable and pleasant |
| whitewash | a mixture of lime and water painted on walls or fences to whiten them |