addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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algebraic | (adjective) of or relating to algebra | Synonyms: algebraical |
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algebraical | (adjective) of or relating to algebra | Synonyms: algebraic |
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algebraically | (adverb) in an algebraic manner | - |
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algebraist | (noun) a mathematician whose specialty is algebra | - |
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betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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birdbrain | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, loon |
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braid | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braiding, gold braid |
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(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: plait, tress, twist |
(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: pleach |
(verb) decorate with braids or ribbons | - |
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: lace, plait |
braided | (adjective) woven by (or as if by) braiding | - |
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braiding | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braid, gold braid |
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brail | (noun) a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in | - |
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(noun) a small net used to draw fish into a boat | - |
(verb) haul fish aboard with brails | - |
(verb) take in a sail with a brail | - |
braille | (noun) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals | - |
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(verb) transcribe in braille | - |
brain | (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | Synonyms: encephalon |
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(noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche |
(noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat | - |
(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
(verb) hit on the head | - |
(verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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brainchild | (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: inspiration |
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brainiac | (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
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brainish | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
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brainless | (adjective) not using intelligence | Synonyms: headless |
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brainpan | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, cranium |
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brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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brainsick | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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(verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
brainstorming | (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | - |
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brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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(verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
brainwashed | (adjective) subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones | - |
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brainwashing | (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
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brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
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(noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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brainy | (adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | Synonyms: brilliant, smart as a whip |
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braise | (verb) cook in liquid | - |
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braised | (adjective) cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container | - |
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braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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crackbrained | (adjective) insanely irresponsible | Synonyms: idiotic |
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featherbrained | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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harebrained | (adjective) very foolish | Synonyms: insane, mad |
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hindbrain | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: rhombencephalon |
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interbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: betweenbrain, diencephalon, thalmencephalon |
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midbrain | (noun) the middle portion of the brain | Synonyms: mesencephalon |
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rattlebrained | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty |
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scatterbrain | (noun) a flighty and disorganized person | Synonyms: forgetful person |
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scatterbrained | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty |
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(adjective) guided by whim and fancy | Synonyms: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds |
unbraid | (verb) undo the braids of | - |
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unbrainwashed | (adjective) not successfully subjected to brainwashing | - |
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upbraid | (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: reproach |
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upbraider | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reproacher, reprover |
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upbraiding | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over |
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