abroach | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: broached |
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abroad | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: overseas |
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(adverb) to or in a foreign country | - |
(adverb) in a place across an ocean | Synonyms: overseas |
(adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: afield |
abrocome | (noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes | Synonyms: chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla |
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abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
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abrogation | (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: annulment, repeal |
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abrogator | (noun) an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal | - |
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ambrosia | (noun) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal | Synonyms: nectar |
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(noun) fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut | - |
(noun) any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | Synonyms: bitterweed, ragweed |
(noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | Synonyms: beebread |
ambrosial | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosian |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosian, nectarous |
ambrosian | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosial |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous |
broach | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, brooch |
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(verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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broad | (adjective) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | Synonyms: wide |
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(adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | Synonyms: large-minded, liberal, tolerant |
(adjective) lacking subtlety; obvious | Synonyms: unsubtle |
(adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
(adjective) not detailed or specific | Synonyms: unspecific |
(adjective) being at a peak or culminating point | Synonyms: full |
(adjective) very large in expanse or scope | Synonyms: spacious, wide |
(adjective) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional | - |
(noun) slang term for a woman | - |
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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broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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(adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
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 |
(verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, send, transmit |
(verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand | - |
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 | - |
broaden | (verb) become broader | - |
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(verb) make broader | - |
(verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: extend, widen |
(verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, diversify |
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 |
broadleaf | (adjective) having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves | Synonyms: broad-leafed, broad-leaved |
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broadloom | (adjective) (of rugs or carpets) woven full width | - |
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(noun) a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams | - |
broadly | (adverb) without regard to specific details or exceptions | Synonyms: broadly speaking, generally, loosely |
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(adverb) in a wide fashion | - |
broadness | (noun) the property of being wide; having great width | Synonyms: wideness |
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broadnosed | (adjective) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses | Synonyms: platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic |
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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 | (adjective) toward a full side | - |
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(noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | - |
(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 |
(adverb) with a side facing an object | - |
(verb) collide with the broad side of | - |
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 | - |
broadwise | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthways, breadthwise |
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brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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(verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
brocaded | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: embossed, raised |
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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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broider | (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: embroider |
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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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(verb) cook under a broiler | Synonyms: oven broil |
(verb) heat by a natural force | Synonyms: bake |
(verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bake |
broiled | (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: grilled |
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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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broke | (adjective) lacking funds | Synonyms: bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke |
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broken | (adjective) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split | - |
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(adjective) not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly | - |
(adjective) (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded | Synonyms: unkept |
(adjective) out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') | Synonyms: busted |
(adjective) destroyed financially | Synonyms: impoverished, wiped out |
(adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: confused, disordered, upset |
(adjective) discontinuous | - |
(adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: crushed, humbled, humiliated, low |
(adjective) weakened and infirm | - |
(adjective) imperfectly spoken or written | - |
(adjective) lacking a part or parts | - |
(adjective) topographically very uneven | Synonyms: rugged |
(adjective) tamed or trained to obey | Synonyms: broken in |
brokenhearted | (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: heartbroken, heartsick |
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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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(verb) act as a broker | - |
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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(verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
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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bromic | (adjective) relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine) | - |
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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 | - |
bromidic | (adjective) given to uttering bromides | - |
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(adjective) dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality | Synonyms: corny, platitudinal, platitudinous |
brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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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bronchial | (adjective) relating to or associated with the bronchi | - |
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bronchiolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving bronchioles | - |
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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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bronchitic | (adjective) suffering from or prone to bronchitis | - |
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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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bronchoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi | - |
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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 | (adjective) of the color of bronze | Synonyms: bronzy |
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(adjective) made from or consisting of bronze | - |
(noun) a sculpture made of bronze | - |
(noun) an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin | - |
(verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: tan |
(verb) give the color and appearance of bronze to something | - |
bronzed | (adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: suntanned, tanned |
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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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bronzy | (adjective) of the color of bronze | Synonyms: bronze |
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brooch | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, broach |
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(verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: clasp |
brood | (noun) the young of an animal cared for at one time | - |
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(verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: cover, hatch, incubate |
(verb) think moodily or anxiously about something | Synonyms: dwell |
(verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen | Synonyms: grizzle, stew |
(verb) be in a huff and display one's displeasure | Synonyms: pout, sulk |
(verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: bulk large, hover, loom |
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 | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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(noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem | Synonyms: pensiveness |
(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 | (adjective) physiologically ready to incubate eggs | - |
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(adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
(noun) a domestic hen ready to brood | Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter |
brook | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: creek |
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(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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 |
(verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: sweep |
(verb) finish with a broom | - |
broomcorn | (noun) tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes | Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare technicum |
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