broach | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, brooch |
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broad | (noun) slang term for a woman | - |
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broadax | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadaxe |
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broadaxe | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadax |
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broadbill | (noun) small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills | - |
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(noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill | Synonyms: Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller |
(noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill | Synonyms: bluebill, scaup, scaup duck |
(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, boatbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
broadcast | (noun) message that is transmitted by radio or television | - |
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(noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: program, programme |
broadcaster | (noun) a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | Synonyms: spreader |
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(noun) someone who broadcasts on radio or television | - |
broadcasting | (noun) taking part in a radio or tv program | - |
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(noun) a medium that disseminates via telecommunications | Synonyms: broadcast medium |
broadcloth | (noun) a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib | - |
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(noun) a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish | - |
broadening | (noun) the action of making broader | - |
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(noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: widening |
(noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: widening |
broadloom | (noun) a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams | - |
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broadness | (noun) the property of being wide; having great width | Synonyms: wideness |
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broadsheet | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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broadside | (noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | - |
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(noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern | - |
(noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship | - |
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
(noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: philippic, tirade |
broadsword | (noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab | - |
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broadtail | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: caracul, karakul |
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(noun) the fur of a very young karakul lamb | - |
brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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(noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
brochette | (noun) a small spit or skewer | - |
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brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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(noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
brodiaea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium | - |
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brogan | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogue, clodhopper, work shoe |
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brogue | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe |
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broil | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broiling, grilling |
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broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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(noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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brokenheartedness | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: grief, heartache, heartbreak |
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broker | (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, factor |
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brokerage | (noun) place where a broker conducts his business | Synonyms: brokerage house |
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(noun) a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller | Synonyms: brokerage firm, securities firm |
(noun) the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties | - |
brolly | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: gamp |
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bromance | (noun) non-sexual but intense relationship between two men | - |
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bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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brome | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: bromegrass |
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bromegrass | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: brome |
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bromeosin | (noun) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures | Synonyms: eosin |
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bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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bronc | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: broncho, bronco |
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bronchiole | (noun) any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli | - |
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bronchiolitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles | - |
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bronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes | - |
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broncho | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: bronc, bronco |
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bronchodilator | (noun) a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs | - |
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bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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bronchoscope | (noun) a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes | - |
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bronchospasm | (noun) a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis | - |
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bronchus | (noun) either of the two main branches of the trachea | Synonyms: bronchial tube |
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bronco | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: bronc, broncho |
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broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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brony | (noun) an adult, male fan of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | - |
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bronze | (noun) a sculpture made of bronze | - |
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(noun) an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin | - |
bronzer | (noun) A cosmetic powder that comes in various shades of brown, meant to create an impression of tanned skin. | Synonyms: bronzing powder |
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brooch | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, broach |
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brood | (noun) the young of an animal cared for at one time | - |
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brooder | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: incubator |
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brooding | (noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem | Synonyms: pensiveness |
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(noun) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | Synonyms: incubation |
broodmare | (noun) a female horse used for breeding | Synonyms: stud mare |
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broody | (noun) a domestic hen ready to brood | Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter |
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brook | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: creek |
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brooklet | (noun) a small brook | - |
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brooklime | (noun) plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers | Synonyms: American brooklime, Veronica americana |
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(noun) European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America | Synonyms: European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga |
brookweed | (noun) water pimpernel of Europe to China | Synonyms: Samolus valerandii |
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(noun) American water pimpernel | Synonyms: Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus |
broom | (noun) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | - |
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(noun) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | - |
(noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather |
broomcorn | (noun) tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes | Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare technicum |
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broomstick | (noun) the handle of a broom | Synonyms: broom handle |
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broomweed | (noun) annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers | Synonyms: broom-weed, Gutierrezia texana |
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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 | - |
brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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brougham | (noun) a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat | - |
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(noun) light carriage; pulled by a single horse | - |
brouhaha | (noun) a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits | - |
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(noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar |
brow | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: forehead |
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(noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium |
(noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: hilltop |
browallia | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers | Synonyms: bush violet |
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brown | (noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation | Synonyms: brownness |
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brownie | (noun) square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts | - |
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(noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | Synonyms: elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy |
browning | (noun) cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill | Synonyms: toasting |
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brownness | (noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation | Synonyms: brown |
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brownout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, dimout |
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brownstone | (noun) a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color | - |
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(noun) a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings | - |
browntail | (noun) small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees | Synonyms: brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea |
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browse | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browsing |
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(noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browsing |
(noun) vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat | - |
browser | (noun) a program used to view HTML documents | Synonyms: web browser |
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(noun) a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular | - |
browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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(noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |