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Amphibrach :: Amphibrach (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic..

Antibrachial :: Antibrachial (a.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm..

Antibrachium :: Antibrachium (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

Brach :: Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

Brachelytra :: Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles..

Brachia :: Brachia (n. pl.) See Brachium.

Brachial :: Brachial (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve..

Brachial :: Brachial (a.) Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.

Brachiata :: Brachiata (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea..

Brachiate :: Brachiate (a.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac..

Brachioganoid :: Brachioganoid (n.) One of the Brachioganoidei.

Brachioganoidei :: Brachioganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

Brachiolaria :: Brachiolaria (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia..

Brachiopod :: Brachiopod (n.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell..

Brachiopoda :: Brachiopoda (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle..

Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Brachman :: Brachman (n.) See Brahman.

Brachycatalectic :: Brachycatalectic (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

Brachycephalic :: Brachycephalic (a.) Alt. of Brachycephalou.

Brachycephalism :: Brachycephalism (n.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.

Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

Brachycephaly :: Brachycephaly (n.) Alt. of Brachycephalis.

Brachyceral :: Brachyceral (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects..

Brachydiagonal :: Brachydiagonal (a.) Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism..

Brachydiagonal :: Brachydiagonal (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.

Brachydome :: Brachydome (n.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.

Brachygrapher :: Brachygrapher (n.) A writer in short hand; a stenographer.

Brachygraphy :: Brachygraphy (n.) Stenography.

Brachylogy :: Brachylogy (n.) Conciseness of expression; brevity.

Brachypinacoid :: Brachypinacoid (n.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.