Branching (n.) The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.
Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.
Branchiomerism (n.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments.
Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.
Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
Branchiostegal (a.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.
Branchiostegal (n.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.
Branchiostege () The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.
Branchiostegous (a.) Branchiostegal.
Branchiostoma (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.
Branchiura (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).
Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
Branchlet (n.) A little branch; a twig.
Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.
Branchy (a.) Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.
Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
Brand (v. t.) An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
Brand (v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
Branded (imp. & p. p.) of Brand
Branding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brand
Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
Brand (v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
Brand (v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
Brander (n.) One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.
Brander (n.) A gridiron.
Brand goose () A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
Brandied (a.) Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.
Branding iron () An iron to brand with.
Brand iron () A branding iron.
Brand iron () A trivet to set a pot on.
Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron.
Brandished (imp. & p. p.) of Brandish
Brandishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brandish
Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
Brandish (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
Brandish (n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.
Brandisher (n.) One who brandishes.
Brandle (v. t. & i.) To shake; to totter.
Brandling (n.) Alt. of Brandlin
Brandlin (n.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.
Brand-new (a.) Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.
Brandies (pl. ) of Brandy
Brandy (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
Brandywine (n.) Brandy.
Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
Brangled (imp. & p. p.) of Brangle
Brangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brangle
Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
Branglement (n.) Wrangle; brangle.
Brangler (n.) A quarrelsome person.
Brangling (n.) A quarrel.
Brank (n.) Buckwheat.
Brank (n.) Alt. of Branks
Branks (n.) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
Branks (n.) A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.
Brank (v. i.) To prance; to caper.
Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
Branlin (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
Branlin (n.) A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.
Bran-new (a.) See Brand-new.
Branny (a.) Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.
Bransle (n.) A brawl or dance.
Brant (n.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Brant (a.) Steep.
Brantail (n.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
Brant-fox (n.) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
Branular (a.) Relating to the brain; cerebral.
Brasen (a.) Same as Brazen.
Brash (a.) Hasty in temper; impetuous.
Brash (a.) Brittle, as wood or vegetables.
Brash (n.) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
Brash (n.) Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
Brash (n.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
Brash (n.) Broken fragments of ice.
Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier
Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass.
Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier
Brazier (n.) A pan for holding burning coals.
Brasses (pl. ) of Brass
Brass (n.) An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
Brass (n.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
Brass (n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
Brass (n.) Impudence; a brazen face.
Brass (n.) Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
Brass (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
Brass (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Brassage (n.) A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.
Brassart (n.) Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.
Brasse (n.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.
Brassets (n.) See Brassart.
Brassica (n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.
Brassicaceous (a.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.
Brassiness (n.) The state, condition, or quality of being brassy.
Brass-visaged (a.) Impudent; bold.