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brach
(encz) | brach,čuba n: Zdeněk Brož |
brach
(gcide) | brach \brach\, brache \brache\(br[a^]k or br[a^]ch), n. [OE.
brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache,
F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack
a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr.
L. fragrare to smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. --Shak. [Also
spelled bratch when pronounced (br[a^]ch).]
[1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906]
A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was
grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer.
--Burton
(Anatomy of
Melancholy).
[Century Dict. 1906] |
Brach
(gcide) | Brach \Brach\ (br[a^]k), n. [OE. brache a kind of scenting hound
or setting dog, OF. brache, F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G.
bracke; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to
smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. --Shak.
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brachial
(encz) | brachial,brachiální adj: Zdeněk Brožbrachial,pažní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brachiate
(encz) | brachiate,zhoupnout se z větve na větev v: jako Tarzan Jirka Daněk |
brachiating
(encz) | brachiating,způsob pohybu n: Jirka Daněk |
brachiopod
(encz) | brachiopod,ramenonožec n: Zdeněk Brož |
brachiopods
(encz) | brachiopods,ramenonožky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
brachium
(encz) | brachium,paže n: Myk |
brachycephalic
(encz) | brachycephalic,krátkolebý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dibrach
(encz) | dibrach, n: |
microbrachia
(encz) | microbrachia, n: |
musculus biceps brachii
(encz) | musculus biceps brachii, n: |
musculus triceps brachii
(encz) | musculus triceps brachii, n: |
phylum brachiopoda
(encz) | phylum Brachiopoda, n: |
plexus brachialis
(encz) | plexus brachialis, n: |
suborder brachyura
(encz) | suborder Brachyura, n: |
triceps brachii
(encz) | triceps brachii, n: |
vena brachialis
(encz) | vena brachialis, n: |
vena brachiocephalica
(encz) | vena brachiocephalica, n: |
brachiální
(czen) | brachiální,brachialadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Amphibrach
(gcide) | Amphibrach \Am"phi*brach\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*br[a^]k), n. [L. ?, Gr. ?
short at both ends; 'amfi` + brachy`s short.] (Anc. Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and
last short ([crescent] -- [crescent]); as, h[a^]b[=e]r[e^].
In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of
the long and the unaccented of the short; as,
pro-phet[bprime]ic.
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Antibrachial
(gcide) | Antibrachial \An`ti*brach"i*al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
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Antibrachium
(gcide) | Antibrachium \An`ti*brach"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the
carpus; the forearm.
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Asio brachyotus
(gcide) | Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.
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Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
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2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
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If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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Little woodcock.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
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Aspidosperma Quebracho
(gcide) | Quebracho \Que*bra"cho\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also,
its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of
the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also {white
quebracho}, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a
Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose
bark is said to have similar properties. --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
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Brach
(gcide) | brach \brach\, brache \brache\(br[a^]k or br[a^]ch), n. [OE.
brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache,
F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack
a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr.
L. fragrare to smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. --Shak. [Also
spelled bratch when pronounced (br[a^]ch).]
[1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906]
A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was
grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer.
--Burton
(Anatomy of
Melancholy).
[Century Dict. 1906]Brach \Brach\ (br[a^]k), n. [OE. brache a kind of scenting hound
or setting dog, OF. brache, F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G.
bracke; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to
smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. --Shak.
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brache
(gcide) | brach \brach\, brache \brache\(br[a^]k or br[a^]ch), n. [OE.
brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache,
F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack
a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr.
L. fragrare to smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. --Shak. [Also
spelled bratch when pronounced (br[a^]ch).]
[1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906]
A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was
grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer.
--Burton
(Anatomy of
Melancholy).
[Century Dict. 1906] |
Brachelytra
(gcide) | Brachelytra \Brach*el"y*tra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (?) short + ?
a covering.] (Zool.)
A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
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brachet
(gcide) | brachet \brachet\, (br[a^]ch), n.
same as bratchet.
[Century Dict. 1906]bratchet \bratch"et\, (br[a^]ch"[e^]t), n. [Sc. also bratchart;
fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF. brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of
brache a hound. See brach.]
a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a
child. See also brach. [Also spelled brachet.]
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The bratchet's bay
From the dark covert drove the prey. --Scott,
(Marmion, ii.
int.).
[Century Dict. 1906]
To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye,
my fair-favoured little gossip? . --Scott,
(Kenilworth,
II. xxi).
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Brachia
(gcide) | Brachia \Brach"i*a\, n. pl.
See Brachium.
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Brachial
(gcide) | Brachial \Brach"i*al\or, a. [L. brachialis (bracch-), from
bracchium (bracch-) arm: cf. F. brachial.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the
brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
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2. Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.
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Brachiata
(gcide) | Brachiata \Brach`i*a"ta\, n. pl. [See Brachiate.] (Zool.)
A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with
long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.
[1913 Webster]Encrinoidea \En`cri*noid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Encrinus and
-oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living
and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin
of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and
Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
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Brachiate
(gcide) | Brachiate \Brach"i*ate\, a. [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs
or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.] (Bot.)
Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal,
and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple
and lilac.
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Brachinus crepitans
(gcide) | Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
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Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is Brachinus fumans.
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Brachinus displosor
(gcide) | Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
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Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is Brachinus fumans.
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Brachinus fumans
(gcide) | Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
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Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is Brachinus fumans.
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Brachioganoid
(gcide) | Brachioganoid \Brach`i*og"a*noid\, n.
One of the Brachioganoidei.
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Brachioganoidei
(gcide) | Brachioganoidei \Brach`i*o*ga*noid"e*i\, n. pl.[NL., from L.
brachium (bracch-) arm + NL. ganoidei.] (Zool.)
An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a
living example. See Crossopterygii.
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Brachiolaria
(gcide) | Brachiolaria \Brach`i*o*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. brachiolum
(bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm.] (Zool.)
A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a
bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of
vibrating cilia.
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Brachiopod
(gcide) | Brachiopod \Brach"i*o*pod\, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.] (Zool.)
One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
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Brachiopoda
(gcide) | Brachiopoda \Brach`i*op"o*da\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? arm + -poda.]
(Zool.)
A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell,
often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
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Note: 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.
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Brachium
(gcide) | Brachium \Brach"i*um\, n.; pl. Bracchia. [L. brachium or
bracchium, arm.] (Anat.)
The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the
shoulder and the elbow.
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Brachman
(gcide) | Brachman \Brach"man\, n. [L. Brachmanae, pl., Gr. ?.]
See Brahman. [Obs.]
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Brachycatalectic
(gcide) | Brachycatalectic \Brach`y*cat`a*lec"tic\, n. [Gr. ?; brachy`s
short + ? to leave off; cf. ? incomplete.] (Gr. & Last.
Pros.)
A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
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Brachycephalic
(gcide) | Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
[1913 Webster] Brachycephaly |
brachycephalic vs dolichocephalic brachycranal brachycranic
(gcide) | broad-headed \broad-headed\ adj.
having a broad head. [Narrower terms: {brachycephalic (vs.
dolichocephalic), brachycranal, brachycranic}]
Syn: roundheaded, short-headed.
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Brachycephalism
(gcide) | Brachycephaly \Brach`y*ceph"a*ly\, Brachycephalism
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lism\, n. [Cf. F. Brachyc['e]phalie] . (Anat.)
The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of
head.
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Brachycephalous
(gcide) | Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
[1913 Webster] Brachycephaly |
Brachycephaly
(gcide) | Brachycephaly \Brach`y*ceph"a*ly\, Brachycephalism
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lism\, n. [Cf. F. Brachyc['e]phalie] . (Anat.)
The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of
head.
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Brachyceral
(gcide) | Brachyceral \Bra*chyc"er*al\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ke`ras
horn.] (Zool.)
Having short antenn[ae], as certain insects.
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Brachychiton acerifolium
(gcide) | Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF.
flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr.
flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau,
Flamingo.]
1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
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2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a
flame of zeal severe." --Milton.
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Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
--Pope.
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Smit with the love of sister arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
--Pope.
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3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
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4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
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Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
obtain graphic representation of the action of the human
vocal organs. See Manometer.
Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the
presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,
etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as
the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the
Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.
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Brachydiagonal
(gcide) | Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short +
E. diagonal.]
Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
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Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an
orthorhombic crystal.
[1913 Webster]Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, n.
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
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Brachydiagonal axis
(gcide) | Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short +
E. diagonal.]
Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
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Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an
orthorhombic crystal.
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Brachydome
(gcide) | Brachydome \Brach`y*dome\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome.]
(Crystallog.)
A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
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Brachygrapher
(gcide) | Brachygrapher \Bra*chyg"ra*pher\, n.
A writer in short hand; a stenographer.
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He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes
of the sermon. --Gayton.
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Brachygraphy
(gcide) | Brachygraphy \Bra*chyg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short +
-graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.]
Stenography. --B. Jonson.
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Brachylogy
(gcide) | Brachylogy \Bra*chyl"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? : brachy`s short + ?
discourse: cf. F. brachylogie.] (Rhet.)
Conciseness of expression; brevity.
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Brachyoura
(gcide) | Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short +
o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs,
characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up
beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.]
See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
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Brachypinacoid
(gcide) | Brachypinacoid \Brach`y*pin"a*coid\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E.
pinacoid.] (Crytallog.)
A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to
the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal)
axis.
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Brachyptera
(gcide) | Brachyptera \Bra*chyp"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
short-winged; brachy`s short + ? feather, wing.] (Zool.)
A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
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Brachypteres
(gcide) | Brachypteres \Bra*chyp"te*res\, n. pl. [NL. See Brachyptera. ]
(Zool.)
A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
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Brachypterous
(gcide) | Brachypterous \Bra*chyp"ter*ous\, a. [Gr. ? : cf. F.
brachypt[`e]re.] (Zool.)
Having short wings.
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Brachystegia speciformis
(gcide) | msasa \msasa\ n. (Bot.)
Amall shrubby African tree (Brachystegia speciformis)
having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green
flowers.
Syn: Brachystegia speciformis.
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Brachystochrone
(gcide) | Brachystochrone \Bra*chys"to*chrone\, n. [Incorrect for
brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of
brachy`s short) + ? time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.)
A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and
descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another
given point in a shorter time than it could by any other
path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes
called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.
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Brachystola magna
(gcide) | Lubber \Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See Looby, Lob.]
A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
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Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser.
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Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a
person who lives on land.
Lubber grasshopper (Zool.), a large, stout, clumsy
grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky
Mountain plains, and Romalea microptera, which is
injurious to orange trees in Florida.
Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top,"
next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without
going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is
considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers.
--Totten.
Lubber's line, Lubber's point, or Lubber's mark, a line
or point in the compass case indicating the head of the
ship, and consequently the course which the ship is
steering.
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brachytactyly
(gcide) | brachytactyly \brachytactyly\ n.
abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.
Syn: brachydactylia.
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Brachytypous
(gcide) | Brachytypous \Brach"y*ty`pous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ?
stamp, form.] (Min.)
Of a short form.
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Brachyura
(gcide) | Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short +
o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs,
characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up
beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.]
See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
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Brachyural
(gcide) | Brachyural \Brach`y*u"ral\, Brachyurous \Brach`y*u"rous\, a.
[Cf. F. brachyure.] (Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Brachyura.
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Brachyuran
(gcide) | Brachyuran \Brach`y*u"ran\, n.
One of the Brachyura.
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Brachyurous
(gcide) | Brachyural \Brach`y*u"ral\, Brachyurous \Brach`y*u"rous\, a.
[Cf. F. brachyure.] (Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Brachyura.
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Brachyurus melanocephala
(gcide) | Cacajao \Ca*ca*j[~a]o"\, n. [Pg.] (Zool)
A South American short-tailed monkey ({Pithecia
melanocephala} syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [Written
also cacajo.]
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Brachyurus ouakari
(gcide) | Ouakari \Oua*ka"ri\, n. [From the native name.] (Zool.)
Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus,
especially Brachyurus ouakari.
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Bubalus brachyceros
(gcide) | Zamouse \Za*mouse"\, n. [From a native name.] (Zool.)
A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short
horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed
internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of
a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.
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dibrach
(gcide) | dibrach \dibrach\ n. (Prosody)
a foot of two short (unstressed-unstressed) syllables.
Syn: pyrrhic.
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Interbrachial
(gcide) | Interbrachial \In`ter*brach"i*al\, a. (Zool.)
Between the arms.
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Nudibrachiate
(gcide) | Nudibrachiate \Nu`di*brach"i*ate\, a. [L. nudus naked + brachium
an arm.] (Zool.)
Having tentacles without vibratile cilia. --Carpenter.
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Pleurobrachia
(gcide) | Pleurobrachia \Pleu`ro*brach"i*a\, n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and
Brachium.] (Zool.)
A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long
plumose tentacles.
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