All English words - page 691

Meanings of Brachiated:

verb

(of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.

Usage examples:

The gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure

adjective

Branched, especially having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides.

Usage examples:

Isidia are extensions of the surface of the thallus and may be cylindrical, globular, brachiate (br…

Meanings of Brachiating:

verb

(of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.

Usage examples:

The gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure

adjective

Branched, especially having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides.

Usage examples:

Isidia are extensions of the surface of the thallus and may be cylindrical, globular, brachiate (br…

Meanings of Brachiocephalic:

adjective

Relating to the arm and head, used when referring to blood vessels that supply blood to the head, neck, and arms

Meanings of Brachiopod:

noun

A marine invertebrate of the phylum brachiopoda, which comprises the lamp shells.

Usage examples:

Most such particles are echinoderm stem ossicles, brachiopods, bryozoans or other corals.

Meanings of Brachiopoda:

plural noun

A phylum of marine invertebrates that comprises the lamp shells.

Usage examples:

Many recent textbooks unite ectoprocta, phoronida and brachiopoda under the name lophophorata, a na…

Meanings of Brachiopodous:

adjective

Of or relating to brachiopods.

Meanings of Brachioradialis:

noun

A muscle of the bottom part of the arm that helps to bend that part of the arm at the elbow

Meanings of Brachiosaur:

noun

A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late jurassic to mid cretaceous periods, with forelegs much longer than the hind legs.

Usage examples:

They found embedded in solid rock what they believe to be the pelvis of a primitive sauropod, a fou…

Meanings of Brachiosaurus:

noun

A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late jurassic to mid cretaceous periods, with forelegs much longer than the hind legs.

Usage examples:

They found embedded in solid rock what they believe to be the pelvis of a primitive sauropod, a fou…

Meanings of Brachistochrone:

noun

A curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve.

Usage examples:

The brachistochrone problem was one of the earliest problems posed in the calculus of variations.

Meanings of Brachistochronic:

noun

A curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve.

Usage examples:

The brachistochrone problem was one of the earliest problems posed in the calculus of variations.

Meanings of Brachium:

noun

The arm, especially the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow

Meanings of Brachycephalic:

adjective

Having a relatively broad, short skull (typically with the breadth at least 80 per cent of the length).

Usage examples:

Thylacoleo are highly specialized brachycephalic predators with greatly hypotrophied molar rows and…

Meanings of Brachylogies:

noun

Excessive briefness in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

A subject that is a part of an idiom may also be omitted by brachylogy.

Meanings of Brachylogy:

noun

Excessive briefness in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

A subject that is a part of an idiom may also be omitted by brachylogy.

Meanings of Bracing:

adjective

Fresh and invigorating.

Usage examples:

The bracing sea air

verb

Make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.

Usage examples:

The posts were braced by lengths of timber

Meanings of Bracingly:

adverb

In a fresh and invigorating way.

Usage examples:

She is wry and bracingly frank

Meanings of Brack:

noun

A cake or bun containing dried fruit.

Usage examples:

Mugs of tea surreptitiously laced with whiskey were handed around while biscuits, cakes and bracks,…

Meanings of Bracken:

noun

A tall fern with coarse lobed fronds, which occurs worldwide and can cover large areas.

Usage examples:

The other especially weedy fern is bracken, which also unusually for pteridophytes has vessels.

Meanings of Bracket:

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

Meanings of Bracketed:

adjective

(of words or figures) enclosed in brackets.

Usage examples:

The relevant data is included as bracketed points

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

Meanings of Bracketing:

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

Meanings of Brackets:

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

Meanings of Brackish:

adjective

(of water) slightly salty, as in river estuaries.

Usage examples:

A cup of brackish water

Meanings of Braconid:

noun

A small parasitic wasp of a family ( braconidae ) which is related to the ichneumons. unlike the latter, braconids lay numerous eggs in a single host.