Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter B > Page 89 of 120. « Previous ¦81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 ¦ Next » Bracelet Brace"let noun [ French bracelet , dim. of Old French bracel armlet, prop. little arm, dim. of bras arm, from Latin bracchium . See Brace , noun ] Bracer Bra"cer noun Brach Brach (brăk) noun [ Middle English brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, Old French brache , French braque , from Old High German braccho , German bracke ; possibly akin to English fragrant , from Latin fragrare to smell.] A bitch of the hound kind. Shak.
Brachelytra Brach·el"y·tra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek short + ... a covering.] (Zoology) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
Brachia Brach"i·a noun plural See Brachium .
Brachial Brach"i·al or adjective [ Latin brachialis ( bracch -), from bracchium ( bracch -) arm: confer French brachial .] Brachiata Brach`i·a"ta noun plural [ See Brachiate .] (Zoology) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea .
Brachiate Brach"i·ate adjective [ Latin brachiatus ( bracch -) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium ( bracch -) arm.] (Botany) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
Brachioganoid Brach`i·og"a·noid noun One of the Brachioganoidei.
Brachioganoidei Brach`i·o·ga·noid"e·i noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin brachium ( bracch -) arm + New Latin ganoidei .] (Zoology) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii .
Brachiolaria Brach`i·o·la"ri·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin brachiolum ( bracch -), dim. of brachium ( bracch -) arm.] (Zoology) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.
Brachiopod Brach"i·o·pod noun [ Confer F. brachiopode .] (Zoology) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
Brachiopoda Brach`i·op"o·da noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... arm + -poda .] (Zoology) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. » Within the shell is a pair of "arms," often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by which a current of water is made to flow into the mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the mouth between the bases of the arms. The shell is both opened and closed by special muscles. They form two orders; Lyopoma , in which the shell is thin, and without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula ; and Arthropoma , in which the firm calcareous shell has a regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella . See Arthropomata .
Brachium Brach"i·um noun ; plural Brachman Brach"man noun [ Latin Brachmanae , plural, Greek ....] See Brahman . [ Obsolete]
Brachycatalectic Brach`y·cat`a·lec"tic noun [ Greek ...; Brachycephalic, Brachycephalous Brach`y·ce·phal"ic, Brach`y·ceph"a·lous adjective [ Greek Brachycephaly, Brachycephalism Brach`y·ceph"a·ly, Brach`y·ceph"a·lism noun [ Confer French Brachycéphalie ] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.
Brachyceral Bra·chyc"er·al adjective [ Greek Brachydiagonal Brach`y·di·ag"o·nal adjective [ Greek Brachydiagonal Brach`y·di·ag"o·nal noun The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
Brachydome Brach`y·dome noun [ Greek Brachygrapher Bra·chyg"ra·pher noun A writer in short hand; a stenographer. He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. Brachygraphy Bra·chyg"ra·phy noun [ Greek Brachylogy Bra·chyl"o·gy noun [ Greek ... : Brachypinacoid Brach`y·pin"a·coid noun [ Greek Brachyptera Bra·chyp"te·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... short-winged; Brachypteres Bra·chyp"te·res noun pl. [ New Latin See Brachyptera . ] (Zoology) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
Brachypterous Bra·chyp"ter·ous adjective [ Greek ... : confer French brachyptère .] (Zoology) Having short wings.
Brachystochrone Bra·chys"to·chrone noun [ Incorrect for brachistochrone , from Greek Brachytypous Brach"y·ty`pous adjective [ Greek ... short + ... stamp, form.] (Min.) Of a short form.
Brachyura Brach`y·u"ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek Brachyural, Brachyurous Brach`y·u"ral, Brach`y·u"rous adjective [ Confer French brachyure .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.
Brachyuran Brach`y·u"ran noun One of the Brachyura.
Bracing Bra"cing adjective Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.
Bracing Bra"cing noun Brack Brack (brăk) noun [ Confer D. braak , Danish bræk , a breaking, Swedish & Icelandic brak a crackling, creaking. Confer Breach .] An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. Brack Brack noun [ Dutch brak , adj., salt; confer LG. wrak refuse, German brack .] Salt or brackish water. [ Obsolete] Drayton.
Bracken Brack"en noun [ Middle English braken , Anglo-Saxon bracce . See 2d Brake , noun ] A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.
Bracket Brack"et noun [ Confer OF. braguette codpiece, French brayette , Spanish bragueta , also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. from Latin bracae breeches; confer also, Old French bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Confer Breeches .] Bracket Brack"et transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bracketed ; present participle & verbal noun Bracketing ] To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
Bracket Brack"et noun (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket . After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork .
Bracket Brack"et transitive verb (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).
Bracketing Brack"et·ing noun (Architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
Brackish Brack"ish adjective [ See Brack salt water.] Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil. Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be. Brackishness Brack"ish·ness noun The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.
Bracky Brack"y adjective Brackish. Drayton.
Bract Bract noun [ See Bractea .] (Botany) Bractea Brac"te·a noun [ Latin , a thin plate of metal or wood, gold foil.] (Botany) A bract.
Bracteal Brac"te·al adjective [ Confer F. bractéal .] Having the nature or appearance of a bract.
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