Brachypterous :: Brachypterous (a.) Having short wings.

Brachystochrone :: Brachystochrone (n.) 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..

Brachytypous :: Brachytypous (a.) Of a short form.

Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) 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..

Brachyural :: Brachyural (a.) Alt. of Brachyurou.

Brachyuran :: Brachyuran (n.) One of the Brachyura.

Brachyurous :: Brachyurous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

Bracing :: Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brac.

Bracing :: Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind..

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced..

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..

Brack :: Brack (n.) An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.

Brack :: Brack (n.) Salt or brackish water.

Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like..

Bracket :: Bracket (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Bracketed :: Bracketed (imp. & p. p.) of Bracke.

Bracketing :: Bracketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracke.

Bracketing :: Bracketing (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively..

Brackish :: Brackish (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil..

Brackishness :: Brackishness (n.) The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt..

Bracky :: Bracky (a.) Brackish.

Bract :: Bract (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises..

Bract :: Bract (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower..

Bractea :: Bractea (n.) A bract.

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