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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

bradawl
pricker noun an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

Bradley
Omar Bradley noun United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

Bradley method of childbirth
Bradley method noun a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father)

Bradley`s spleenwort
Asplenium bradleyi noun a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States

Brady
James Buchanan Brady noun United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)

Brady
noun United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)

bradycardia
noun abnormally slow heartbeat

Bradypodidae
family Bradypodidae noun a family of edentates comprising the true sloths

Bradypus
genus Bradypus noun type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths

brae
noun a slope or hillside

brag
bragging noun an instance of boastful talk; `his brag is worse than his fight`; `whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade`

Braga
noun an ancient city in northern Portugal

Bragg
Braxton Bragg noun Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)

braggadocio
bluster 1 rodomontade noun vain and empty boasting

bragger
braggart noun a very boastful and talkative person

Bragi
Brage noun (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin

Brahe
Tycho Brahe noun Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler`s laws of planetary motion (1546-1601)

Brahma
noun the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon

brahman
brahmin noun the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category

Brahmana
noun prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the Brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

Brahmanism
Brahminism noun the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads

Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra River noun an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal

Brahmi
noun a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed

brahminic
brahminical adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a Brahmin

Brahms
noun the music of Brahms; `Brahms was included in the program`

Brahui
noun an isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan

braid
plait noun a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

braided
adjective adorned with braid; `his braided collar`

brail
noun a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in

braille
noun a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals

brain
encephalon noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

brain cell
noun a nerve cell in the brain

brain coral
noun massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface

brain dead
adjective having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram; `was declared brain dead`

brain death
cerebral death noun death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops

brain disorder
encephalopathy noun any disorder or disease of the brain

brain drain
noun depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

brain science
noun the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain

brain surgery
noun any surgical procedure involving the brain

brain tumor
brain tumour noun a tumor in the brain

brainless
headless adjective not using intelligence

brainsick
crazy adjective affected with madness or insanity; `a man who had gone mad`

brainstem
brain-stem noun the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus

brainstorm
verb try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it

brainstorm
brainwave noun the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

brainstorming
noun a group problem-solving technique in which members sit around a let fly with ideas and possible solutions to the problem

brainwash
verb submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly

brainwashed
adjective subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones; `brainwashed prisoners of war`; `captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers`

brainwashing
noun forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs

brainwave
brain wave noun (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph

brainworker
brain-worker noun someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems

brainy
brilliant adjective having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; `some men dislike brainy women`; `a brilliant mind`; `a brilliant solution to the problem`

braise
verb cook in liquid; `braise beef`

braised
adjective cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container

braising
noun cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture

brake
noun a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

brake band
noun a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation

brake cylinder
hydraulic brake cylinder noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston

brake disk
noun a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads

brake drum
noun a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

brake failure
noun brakes fail to stop a vehicle

brake light
noun a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop

brake lining
noun the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum

brake pad
noun one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk

brake pedal
noun foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder

brake shoe
noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel`s rotation

brake system
the brakes noun a brake consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

brakeman
noun a railroad employee responsible for a train`s brakes

braky
brambly adjective covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth

Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker noun Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)

Brama
genus Brama noun type genus of the Bramidae

Bramante
Donato Bramante noun great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514)

bramble bush
noun any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits

brambling
Fringilla montifringilla noun Eurasian finch

Bramidae
family Bramidae noun deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas

Bramley`s Seedling
noun very large cooking apple

bran
noun food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

bran flake
noun wheat flake including the bran

bran muffin
noun muffin containing bran

branch
subdivision 1 arm noun an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; `a branch of Congress`

branch
limb noun any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; `the arm of the record player`; `an arm of the sea`; `a branch of the sewer`

branch line
spur track noun a railway line connected to a trunk line

branch water
noun pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water

branched
branching adjective having branches

branched chain
noun an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it

branchial
adjective of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)

branchiate
gilled adjective provided with gills; `a gilled tadpole`

branching
adjective resembling the branches of a tree

Branchiobdella
genus Branchiobdella noun type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker

Branchiobdellidae
family Branchiobdellidae noun small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches

branchiopod
branchiopodan adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

branchiopod crustacean
branchiopod noun aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

Branchiopoda
subclass Branchiopoda noun primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas

Branchiostegidae
family Branchiostegidae noun small family of marine fishes having covered gills

Branchiura
order Branchiura noun copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes

branchless
adjective having no branches

branchlet
twig noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

branchlike
branch-like adjective resembling branches

branchy
adjective having many branches; `a branchy tree trunk`

Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)