Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Bozzo A surname. bp Stylised name of British Petroleum. bpdemon A person with BPD (borderline personality disorder) who acts in a temperamental, aggressive, or other kind of manner that makes them undesirable to be around or deal with. BPDer A person with borderline personality disorder. bps baud rate br Belarusian. bra An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. braaam A low, loud sound, originally produced by brass instruments and a prepared piano but sometimes made synthetically, included in film and trailer scores to increase audience stress. braai A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing. braaivleis Braai meat. Braamfontein An inner suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa. braap The sound of a fart. Braaten A surname. Braatz A surname. brab The palmyra tree. Brabander A Brabantian; a person from Brabant. Brabanditti The soldiers of General Edward Brabant, British military commander in colonial South Africa. Brabant A draft horse of a strong, heavy breed originating from the Brabant region of modern Belgium. Brabanter Somebody from Brabant; a Brabantian. Brabantian Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people. Brabantic Synonym of Brabantian. Brabantine Synonym of Brabantian. Brabantish Synonym of Brabantian. brabantite A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, and thorium. brabble To make clamorous noises; to act noisily. brabblement A brabble; a noisy contest or wrangle. brabbler A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy person; a wrangler. Brabec A surname. Braben A surname. Brabetz A surname from Czech. Brabham A surname. Brabin A surname. Brabo A surname from Portuguese. Brabova A village and commune of Dolj County, Romania. Brabson A surname. Braby A surname. Bracamonte A surname from Spanish. bracatinga A tree of Brazil, Mimosa scabrella braccae Shapeless trousers of wool or skin tied at the waist and ankles by cords, worn chiefly by the ancient Gauls. bracciale A wooden cylinder worn over the forearm and used to strike the ball in the game of pallone. braccio An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard. Bracco A surname. brace A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. braceable Able to be supported with a brace. Braceborough A small village in Braceborough and Wilsthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0813). Bracebridge A southern suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9668). Braceby A small village in Braceby and Sapperton parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0135). braced Having braces or similar supports. braceface A person with visible braces (orthodontic device) Braceful A surname. Bracegirdle A surname. braceless Not having a brace or braces. bracelet A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament. braceleted Wearing a bracelet or bracelets. bracelets handcuffs braceletwood Any of various plants of the genus Jacquinia. bracer That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage. bracera A tradition type of coastal sailboat around the Adriatic Sea. bracero A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945. braces A device worn on the teeth to straighten them. Braceville A village in Will County and Grundy County, Illinois, United States. Bracewell A surname. bracewellite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, and oxygen. Bracey A surname from Norman. brach Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound. bracha Blessing. brachaelurid Any shark of the family Brachaeluridae. brachauchenine Any pilosaurid of the subfamily Brachaucheninae bracheid Synonym of brachysclereid. brachelytral Synonym of brachelytrous. brachelytrism Synonym of brachelytry. brachelytrous That has short elytrons brachelytry The condition of being brachelytrous brachet A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach. brachial Pertaining or belonging to the arm. brachialgia pain in the arm brachialis A muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint, in conjunction with the biceps brachii. brachially In a brachial manner brachiaria A grass of the genus Brachiaria. brachiate Having decussate branches. brachiating That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms brachiation Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. brachiator Any creature that moves by means of brachiation brachidium The calcified support for the lophophore in some brachiopods brachinine Any beetle of the carabid subfamily Brachininae. brachinite An achondrite found in some asteroids brachiobasilic Pertaining to the arm and basilic vein. brachioblast An immature piece of tissue that has arms or needles brachiocephalic Of or pertaining to the arm and the head. brachiocrural Relating to both an upper and lower limb (especially to an arm and a leg or thigh) brachiocubital Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm brachiofacial Relating to the arm and the face. brachiolaria The second stage of larval development in many sea stars, following the bipinnaria brachiolarian Relating to brachiolaria brachiole The food-gathering arm of a blastoid or a cystoid brachiologia brevity in speech. brachiomanual Employing the arm and hand. brachionichthyid Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. brachionid Any cup orchid of the genus Brachionidium brachiopatagium The portion of patagium stretching from the fourth digit to the hind limbs. brachiophore The supporting plate for the tentacle-bearing arms on a brachiopod. brachioplasty The reshaping of the muscles of the upper arm brachiopod Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food brachiopodist One who studies brachiopods. brachiopodologist Synonym of brachiopodist. brachiopodology The study of brachiopods. brachioproctic Of or pertaining to a sexual practice (brachioproctic insertion) wherein a hand or arm is inserted into the rectum. brachioradial Relating to the forearm (between wrist and elbow) brachioradialis A muscle that flexes the forearm at the elbow. brachiosaur Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. brachiosaurid Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Brachiosauridae. brachiosaurus A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America. brachioteuthid Any squid of the family Brachioteuthidae. brachiovaginal Of or pertaining to a sexual practice (brachiovaginal insertion) wherein a hand or arm is inserted into a vagina. brachistochrone A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points. brachium The upper arm. Brachle A surname from German. Bracht A surname. brachy A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>. brachyaconitine Any of a group of diterpenoid alkaloids present in aphids of the genus Brachycaudus brachyanticlinal Relating to brachyanticlines. brachyanticline A short anticline. brachyaxis The shorter lateral axis of some crystals. brachybasidiaceous Of or relating to the Brachybasidiaceae. brachybasidiole A cell that resembles a basidiole but is larger and more inflated. brachyblast A short shoot often bearing clusters of leaves brachycalyx Having a short calyx brachycardia Synonym of bradycardia. brachycatalectic A verse that is two syllables short for a metre. brachycentrid Any caddisfly of the family Brachycentridae. brachycephali Brachycephalic people. brachycephalic Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80. brachycephalid Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. brachycephalization Modification to a brachycephalic form brachycephalize To make or become brachycephalic. brachycephalous Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic. brachycephaly A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. brachyceran Any fly of the suborder Brachycera. brachycerid Any weevil of the family Brachyceridae brachycladiid Any parasitic flatworm of the family Brachycladiidae brachycranial brachycephalic brachycranic brachycephalic brachycyte A thick-walled, drought-tolerant brood cell in protonemata of mosses of the genus Funaria. brachydactyl A brachydactylous creature brachydactylia brachydactyly brachydactylic Relating to brachydactyly brachydactylism The condition of being brachydactylous. brachydactylous Having abnormally short digits. brachydactyly Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes brachydiagonal The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.