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

brittle bladder fern
brittle fern noun delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

brittle maidenhair
brittle maidenhair fern noun tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated

brittle star
brittle-star noun an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc

brittlebush
brittle bush noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine

brittleness
crispness 1 crispiness noun firm but easily broken

Brix scale
noun a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions

Brno
Brunn noun an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic southeast of Prague

broach
initiate verb bring up a topic for discussion

broad
large-minded adjective showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; `a broad political stance`; `generous and broad sympathies`; `a liberal newspaper`; `tolerant of his opponent`s opinions`

broad arrow
noun an arrow with a wide barbed head

broad bean
broad-bean noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder

broad bean
noun a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder

broad beech fern
southern beech fern noun beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes

broad buckler-fern
Dryopteris dilatata noun European shield fern

broad gauge
noun a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches

broad hatchet
noun a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead

broad interpretation
judicial activism noun an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)

broad jump
long jump noun the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start

broad leaved centaury
noun a variety of centaury with broad leaves

broad-brimmed
adjective (of hats) having a broad brim

broad-headed
roundheaded adjective having a brachycephalic head

broad-leaved bottletree
Brachychiton australis noun north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

broad-leaved everlasting pea
perennial pea noun perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America

broad-leaved montia
Montia cordifolia noun succulent plant with mostly basal leaves; stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers; western North America

broad-leaved twayblade
Listera convallarioides noun small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America

broad-minded
adjective inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; `a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed`

broad-mindedly
adverb in a broad-minded manner; `the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers`

broad-mindedness
noun an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior

broad(a)
full(a) adjective being at a peak or culminating point; `broad day`; `full summer`

broadax
broadaxe noun a large ax with a broad cutting blade

broadband
wideband adjective responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies; `a broadband antenna`

broadcast
noun message that is transmitted by radio or television

broadcast
transmit verb broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; `We cannot air this X-rated song`

broadcast area
noun the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received

broadcast journalist
noun a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television

broadcast medium
noun a medium that disseminates via telecommunications

broadcaster
noun a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

broadcasting
noun taking part in a radio or tv program

broadcasting company
noun a company that manages tv or radio stations

broadcasting studio
noun a studio where broadcasts originate

broadcloth
noun a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib

broaden
verb become broader; `The road broadened`

broadening
noun the action of making broader; `the broadening of travel`

broadleaf
broad-leafed adjective having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves

broadloom
adjective (of rugs or carpets) woven full width; `a broadloom rug`

broadly
loosely 2 broadly speaking adverb without regard to specific details or exceptions; `he interprets the law broadly`

broadside
adjective toward a full side; `a broadside attack`

broadsword
noun a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab

broadtail
caracul noun hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur

Broadway
Great White Way noun a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters

Brobdingnag
noun a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous

Brobdingnagian
adjective huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

Broca
Pierre-Paul Broca noun French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca`s area (1824-1880)

Broca`s area
Broca`s center noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people

brocade
noun thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

brocaded
adjective embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; `brocaded silk`; `an embossed satin`; `embossed leather`; `raised needlework`; `raised metalwork`

broccoli
noun branched green undeveloped flower heads

broccoli raab
broccoli rabe noun plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots

broccoli rabe
broccoli raab noun slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds

brochette
noun a small spit or skewer

Brockhouse
Bertram Brockhouse noun Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003)

brodiaea
noun any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium

Brodmann`s area
noun one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture

brogan
brogue noun a thick and heavy shoe

Broglie
de Broglie noun French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)

broil
broiling noun cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

broiled
adjective cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)

broiler
noun an oven or part of a stove used for broiling

broke
bust adjective lacking funds; ``skint` is a British slang term`

broken
broken in adjective tamed or trained to obey; `a horse broken to the saddle`; `this old nag is well broken in`

broken
adjective (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; `broken (or unkept) promises`; `broken contracts`

broken arch
noun an arch with a gap at the apex; the gap is usually filled with some decoration

broken heart
noun devastating sorrow and despair; `he is recovering from a broken heart`; `a broken heart languishes here`

broken home
noun a family in which the parents have separated or divorced

broken-backed
hogged adjective (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

broken-down
adjective not in working order; `had to push the broken-down car`; `a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on`

broken-field
adjective varying in direction suddenly and frequently; `broken-field running`

brokenhearted
heartbroken adjective full of sorrow

broker
verb act as a broker

broker-dealer
noun a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal

brokerage
brokerage firm noun a stock broker`s business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

brokerage account
noun a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage; `you can`t get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000`

brokerage house
brokerage noun place where a broker conducts his business

bromate
brominate verb treat with bromine

brome
bromegrass noun any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

Bromelia
noun the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx

Bromeliaceae
family Bromeliaceae noun a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance

bromic
adjective relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine)

bromic acid
noun an unstable acid used as an oxidizing agent

bromide
noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs

bromidic
adjective given to uttering bromides

bromidic
platitudinal adjective dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; `bromidic sermons`

bromine
Br noun a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water

Bromo-seltzer
noun an antacid

bromoform
tribromomethane noun colorless liquid haloform CHBr3

bromophenol blue
bromphenol blue noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator

bromothymol blue
bromthymol blue noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator

brompheniramine maleate
Dimetane noun antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis)

brompton stock
Matthiola incana noun European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Bromus
genus Bromus noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae