betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
betrothed | (noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
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broth | (noun) a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock | - |
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(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: stock |
brothel | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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brother | (noun) a male with the same parents as someone else | Synonyms: blood brother |
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(noun) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) | - |
(noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick |
(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: comrade |
brotherhood | (noun) the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers | - |
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(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: fraternity, sodality |
(noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | Synonyms: labor union, trade union, trades union, union |
(noun) the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings | - |
chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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froth | (noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | Synonyms: foam |
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frothiness | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, effervescence |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydrotherapy | (noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: hydropathy |
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hydrothorax | (noun) accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys | - |
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pleurothallis | (noun) any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers | - |
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prothalamion | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamium |
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prothalamium | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamion |
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prothorax | (noun) the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
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prothrombin | (noun) a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin | Synonyms: factor II |
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prothrombinase | (noun) coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors | Synonyms: factor X |
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stepbrother | (noun) a brother who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-brother, half brother |
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troth | (noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity | Synonyms: plight |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, engagement |
tyrothricin | (noun) a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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